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| May 27, 2014 |
 'Time running out' as CO2 levels hit new high: UN Geneva (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have crossed a new threshold, the UN's weather agency said Monday, highlighting the urgency of curbing manmade, climate-altering greenhouse gases. In April, for the first time, the mean monthly CO2 concentration in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million (ppm) throughout the northern hemisphere, which pollutes more than the south, the World Meteo ... more |  |
 Storms in China leave 26 dead, 10 missing Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Storms in southern and central China have left at least 26 people dead and 10 missing, state media said Monday, as emergency measures were taken to deal with the extreme weather. In Guangdong province 15 have died since Wednesday and five were missing due to the storms, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local flood control authorities. Xinhua said working teams and relief mate ... more |  |
 Satellite imagery shows drought-ridden Lake Powell at half capacity Coconino County, Ariz. (UPI) May 26, 2013 - Diminished by overzealous water withdrawals and a lengthy drought throughout the Southwest, Lake Powell, the meandering mass of water held by Glen Canyon dam, has slowly emptied in recent years. It now sits below half capacity. NASA's Earth Observatory recently released satellite imagery showcasing the decade-plus drying-up of the reservoir that helps quench the thirst of more than 20 m ... more |  |
 Sierra Leone confirms first case of Ebola as epidemic spreads Freetown (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Sierra Leone on Monday confirmed its first death from Ebola and said it was restricting travel in some areas to stop the deadly haemorrhagic fever sweeping west Africa from claiming more lives. Minister of Health and Sanitation Miatta Kargbo urged the public to remain "vigilant" and reaffirmed an earlier ban on trips to attend funerals in Guinea, the epicentre of the west African outbreak. ... more |  |
 Tank Man: Tiananmen protester who became an icon Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2014 - He is world famous, and at the same time anonymous. The man who stood alone blocking a column of tanks at Tiananmen Square endures as a symbol of peaceful protest and defiance 25 years later. It was just before noon on June 5, 1989. Wearing a white shirt, carrying a shopping bag in each hand, he strode out a day after Chinese troops killed hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in the heart of ... more |  |
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 Tiananmen protest leader haunted by ghosts, 25 years on Taipei (AFP) May 26, 2014 - A quarter of a century after Communist authorities crushed the Tiananmen Square demonstrators and their hopes of reform, protest leader Wu'er Kaixi still lies awake at night, haunted by the dead and their unrealised dreams. Students rallying for democracy and freedom had filled the symbolic heart of Chinese power with euphoria, drawing in workers and intellectuals and inspiring protests arou ... more |  |
Thai army threatens action against anti-coup rallies Bangkok (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Thailand's army chief threatened Monday to "intensify law enforcement" against anti-coup protesters who have pledged to rally in Bangkok for a fourth day over the military's seizure of power. General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who was on Monday given royal endorsement to govern the country, said protesters found in breach of martial law could be tried in military courts, in his first press conferenc ... more |  |
Modi sworn in as India PM promising 'inclusive' agenda New Delhi (AFP) May 26, 2014 - India's Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister Monday holding the strongest mandate for 30 years, promising to forge a "strong and inclusive" country on a first day that signalled his bold intentions. The 63-year-old Hindu nationalist broke with tradition and invited his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif who arrived at the ceremony hailing a "great moment and a great opportunity" for ... more |  |
 Virtual dam on after-hours emails tackles burnout Frankfurt (AFP) May 27, 2014 - As smartphones and portable devices increasingly dominate our working lives, moves are afoot in France and Germany to prevent the little electronic miracle workers from encroaching on people's private lives as well. For several years now, some of Germany's biggest companies have started waking up to the counterproductive effects of expecting executives to be reachable around the clock. " ... more |  |
Italian left bucks EU trend with landslide for Renzi Rome (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi won by a landslide in weekend EU elections, bolstering his reforms and turning his Democratic Party into the leading light of Europe's left. Acing a key electoral test for the new government, the party scored 40.8 percent in Sunday's vote, crushing Beppe Grillo's eurosceptic Five Star Movement at 21.2 percent. Disgraced former prime minister Silvio Ber ... more |  |
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Reporter, editor, publisher: Japan's 89-year-old newshound Ishinomaki, Japan (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Toshio Hiratsuka is the backbone of his local newspaper; the star reporter whose trusty notebook and pen have borne witness to nearly every significant event in his corner of Japan for 65 years. Hiratsuka is the man without whom the paper would never be produced. In fact he is the only reporter at the Oshika Shimbun. And at the age of 89, he is also editor and publisher of the paper that has ... more |  |
 Asia's largest wine expo opens in Hong Kong Hong Kong (AFP) May 27, 2014 - Asia's biggest wine and spirits fair opened in Hong Kong on Tuesday, drawing the world's top producers from France to Chile despite China reporting the first decline in wine consumption for a decade. According to a survey by Vinexpo Asia Pacific, mainland China's wine consumption fell by 2.5 percent last year, after ten years of uninterrupted growth at a rate of 25 percent per year. The ... more |  |
 Prescription, synthetic drug abuse worry EU watchdog Lisbon (AFP) May 27, 2014 - While heroin use in Europe is declining, ever more people are getting their fix from prescription drugs, including some used to treat heroin addiction, a report said Tuesday. It also warned of a flood of new, synthetic drugs, and of established ones like ecstasy and cannabis becoming more potent. "The drug phenomenon is dynamic and continues to evolve, leaving us no room for complacency ... more |  |
More foreign drug firms face scrutiny in China: report Shanghai (AFP) May 27, 2014 - China is reportedly putting more foreign drug firms under scrutiny, state media said Tuesday, days after the conclusion of a police probe into alleged bribery by employees of Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Earlier this month, Chinese authorities ended a nearly one-year probe into GSK, accusing a top British executive of ordering employees to commit bribery and handing the case over to pros ... more |  |
Egypt votes in poll seen giving Sisi landslide victory Cairo (AFP) May 27, 2014 - The ex-army chief who ousted Egypt's first democratically elected leader and crushed his Islamist movement was set for a landslide presidential election win on Tuesday, the final day of voting. The two-day election is the first since the frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July, a move that unleashed the bloodiest violence in Egypt's recent history. ... more |  |
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 Researchers test whether Red Queen hypothesis makes species resilient Iowa City IA (SPX) May 26, 2014 - In Lewis Carroll's 1871 classic novel Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen tells Alice: "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." Over the years, evolutionary biologists have used the Red Queen's statement to refer to the "Red Queen" hypothesis, which describes how living organisms, including humans, manage to survive in a changing environmen ... more |  |
Wondering about the state of the environment? Just eavesdrop on the bees London, UK (SPX) May 26, 2014 - Researchers have devised a simple way to monitor wide swaths of the landscape without breaking a sweat: by listening in on the "conversations" honeybees have with each other. The scientists' analyses of honeybee waggle dances reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 22 suggest that costly measures to set aside agricultural lands and let the wildflowers grow can be very beneficia ... more |  |
Termite genome lays roadmap for 'greener' control measures West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 26, 2014 - A team of international researchers has sequenced the genome of the Nevada dampwood termite, providing an inside look into the biology of the social insect and uncovering new genetic targets for pest control. Michael Scharf, a Purdue University professor of entomology who participated in the collaborative study, said the genome could help researchers develop control strategies that are mor ... more |  |
Infants Benefit from Implants with More Frequency Sounds Dallas TX (SPX) May 26, 2014 - A new study from a UT Dallas researcher demonstrates the importance of considering developmental differences when creating programs for cochlear implants in infants. Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz, assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, recently published the research in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. "This is the first study to show that infants pro ... more |  |
The early earthworm catches on to full data release Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 26, 2014 - To quote the American cartoonist Gary Larson: all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm-but perhaps never in such a visually stunning way as that presented in two papers published in the open access journals GigaScience and PLOS ONE. The work and data presented here provide the first-ever comparative study of earthworm morphology and anatomy using a 3D non-invasive imaging tech ... more |  |
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