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Beijing 'failing pollution test'
This report from BBC will bring blow to Chinese efforts to promote Beijing as an International city. "Just a month before the start of the Beijing Olympics, the city is still failing to meet international air...
Secret World Bank report: biofuel caused food crisis
The UK is to slow its adoption of biofuels amid fears they raise food prices and harm the environment, the transport secretary has said."Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously... Men have biological clocks too
According to a new study, all sperm is not created equal: male gametes weaken with age."Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks and that they start to tick in...Chinese Mine Collpse: Second within a Week
The Wujiu Coal Mine has collapsed in northern China, just days after the last disaster."State media says that seven miners managed to escape from the Wujiu mine and a further four were rescued. An early investigation into the accident, which happened on Saturday, suggested... 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
"The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center. The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours... 2009 Wheat Prices 30% increase
Japanese wheat wholesalers are saying 2009 wheat prices will be increased by 30%. This is a very serious problem and a good indication will jump worldwide in 2009, causing further problems for the poor, hungry and... Two dead, nine hurt in building blast
"TWO people were killed and nine injured in an explosion that ripped through a 12-storey apartment building in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. A local prosecutor said initial signs were that the blast... March of the penguins becomes a desperate crawl for survival
This makes me just so sad.Penguin numbers are dwindling fast meaning that the world's oceans are in trouble and a species that scientists thought would be relatively safe from the human impacts of global warming are... Warming world sends plants uphill
"Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade. Climate change has caused plants to seek cooler conditions at higher altitudes. Smaller species such as...Body parts plot leader sentenced
is this for real?? all body parts belongs to our creator so call GOD...we don't have any right to do so... " A US dentist who masterminded a scheme to steal body parts from hundreds of corpses has been...California Court to Rule on Dex-Cool Settlement
" Millions of consumers could collect repair costs from General Motors for engine damage caused by the coolant Dex-Cool following a hearing in California scheduled for late August. Two class-action lawsuits are pending in California state court involving GM customers who... Heady excitement damped by doubt
Benin's intro: This is an excerpt from absolutely amazing special report that the Financial Times has done on the current state of the Nigerian economy. The report was very fairly balanced and... Midwest towns hold their breath as more levees break
More residents are starting to worry that the flood waters are not receeding fast enough as more levees are breaking along the Mississippi River and still more flooding could occur."He returned and remodeled his... Faces of Bali - The Bali Museum
"The Bali Museum was established in 1910 by the Dutch who invaded Hindia Belanda ( the old name of Indonesia before gained it’s freedom). The main function of the museum was to collect and preserve artifacts of the...
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