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Myanmar says more than 10,000 killed in cyclone Yangon (AFP) May 6, 2008 
Myanmar said Monday more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the impoverished nation, whose secretive military rulers made a rare appeal for international help to cope with the tragedy. Reeling from the weekend disaster, which also left thousands missing, the Southeast Asian country once known as Burma - one of the world's poorest - warned that the staggering death toll ... read more |
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Beijing latest victim of China virus outbreak: state media
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2008A deadly viral outbreak that preys on children has appeared in Olympic host city Beijing, and the number of infections in China has grown to more than 9,000, state media reported Monday. The latest reported death occurred in eastern Zhejiang province, where a person died of hand, foot and mouth disease, the state-run Zhejiang Online news site said, without giving further details. ... more Cholera Study Provides Exciting New Way Of Looking At Infectious Disease 
Rome, Italy (SPX) May 06, 2008Scientists in Italy have discovered a new perspective in the study of infectious disease. Normally, such studies are based upon laboratory work looking at an organism and how it works within the human body. However, in a recent paper published in Environmental Microbiology, Dr Carla Pruzzo, Dr Luigi Vezzulli and Dr Rita R Colwell studied an environmental bacteria and it's interaction with the ... more US: Myanmar junta failed to warn people on cyclone 
Washington (AFP) May 5, 2008US First Lady Laura Bush accused Myanmar's military rulers Monday of failing to warn their citizens in time about a killer cyclone and pressed the junta to accept US aid in the disaster's wake. "Although they were aware of the threat, Burma's state-run media failed to issue a timely warning to citizens in the storm's path," Bush said in an unusual appearance at the White House briefing room ... more Governments line up to offer aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar 
London (AFP) May 5, 2008The international community rallied to help the victims of the devastating cyclone in Myanmar Monday, answering a rare appeal from the military junta there for aid as the death toll passed 10,000. As Myanmar's authorities announced the revised toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged to provide urgent humanitarian aid. "The UN will do ... more Walker's World: Bye-bye boomers 
London (UPI) May 5, 2008 The victory of Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election represents the emergence of a new generation of politicians into the struggle for power. The baby boomers are starting the long, sad slide into senescence. The generation X-ers are on the march. The first sign of this great shift came in Russia earlier this year when Dmitry Medvedev, at 44 just two years older than Johnson ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) May 05, 2008Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology. "The plague bacterium Yersinia pestis needs calcium in order to grow at body temperature. When there is no calcium available, it produces a large amount of an amino acid called aspartic ... more Bush praises new 'green' town rebuilt out of tornado ruins 
Greensburg, Kansas (AFP) May 4, 2008US President George W. Bush praised the courage of the small Kansas community of Greensburg Sunday, as they rebuild a new 'green' town on the ruins of their homes devastated by a tornado a year ago. Exactly 12 months since the disaster, which obliterated 95 percent of the town, Bush came to speak to students graduating from the high school here, and with it "celebrate your year-long journey ... more Ancient Nutcracker Man Challenges Ideas On Evolution Of Human Diet 
Fayetteville AK (SPX) May 02, 2008Tiny marks on the teeth of an ancient human ancestor known as the "Nutcracker Man" may upset current evolutionary understanding of early hominid diet. Using high-powered microscopes, researchers looked at rough geometric shapes on the teeth of several Nutcracker Man specimens and determined that their structure alone was not enough to predict diet. Peter Ungar, professor of anthropology at ... more China Warns Deadly Intestinal Virus Could Kill More 
Beijing (AFP) April 30, 2008The Chinese government on Wednesday warned that a lethal intestinal virus that killed 20 children in east China could cause more deaths. The virus, known as Enterovirus 71, or EV71, has already killed 20 children in Fuyang city in Anhui province, and has infected 1,884 kids, the state-controlled Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. "We estimate that the hand, foot and mouth disease ... more |
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Washington, April 30, 2008 The news that France has overtaken Ireland to boast the highest birthrate in Europe is intriguing for three different reasons. The first is that for a Europe that is worried about too few children being born to support the fast-growing numbers of elderly retirees, it suggests that public policy can make a difference. France now pays any mother with a third child about $1,200 in child ... more Decoding The Dictionary: Study Suggests Lexicon Evolved To Fit In The Brain 
Troy NY (SPX) May 01, 2008The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible - a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary. "Dictionaries have often been thought of as a ... more Chinese officials accused of covering up killer virus 
Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2008Local authorities in eastern China tried to cover up an outbreak of a highly contagious virus that has killed 20 children and left more than 1,500 others ill, Chinese press reports said Tuesday. The China Youth Daily, the official organ of the Communist Youth League, compared the situation in Anhui province to the cover-up by Chinese officials of the SARS crisis in 2003. "SARS has alread ... more Tornado rips through Virginia, 200 injured: officials 
Washington (AFP) April 28, 2008A tornado ripped through southeastern Virginia on Monday, causing about 200 injuries and damaging homes, authorities said. "Suffolk looks to be hardest hit," said Bob Spieldenner, spokesman for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, referring to the city in the southeast corner of the state. "They are estimating somewhere around 200 injuries." A local hospital was also hit ... more
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