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Wounded Pakistan soldiers recall stiff resistance
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (AFP) May 21, 2009
"They used to attack early in the morning or after dark. They would always go for an ambush," said Lieutenant Zaigham, wounded in battle with the Taliban and lying in a Pakistani hospital. Zaigham -- who did not give his full name -- sustained shrapnel wounds from fierce street fighting in the Swat valley and is a patient at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, away from the combat ... read more

Major Breakthrough In Lithium Battery Technology
Ontario, Canada (SPX) May 21, 2009
An NSERC-funded lab at the University Of Waterloo has laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries. The research team of professor Linda Nazar, graduate student David Xiulei Ji and postdoctoral fellow Kyu Tae Lee are one of the first to demonstrate robust electrochemical performance for a lithium ... more
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    Indonesian military plane crashes, 57 reported dead
    Jakarta (AFP) May 20, 2009
    An Indonesian military transport jet crashed Wednesday in East Java killing at least 57 people, a military doctor and local media reported. The Hercules was reported to have ploughed into homes on the ground as it crashed and caught fire in Magetan. Local media said that at least 57 people were killed, including five on the ground. "There have been 70 people brought to the hospital, ... more

    Komodo Dragons Have Combined Tooth-Venom Arsenal
    Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 20, 2009
    A combined tooth-venom arsenal revealed as key to Komodo Dragon's hunting strategy. A new study has shown that the effectiveness of the Komodo Dragon bite is a combination of highly specialized serrated teeth and venom. The authors also dismiss the widely accepted theory that prey die from septicemia caused by toxic bacteria living in the dragon's mouth. Using sophisticated medical imaging ... more

    Lightning leaves two Philippine police dead, six injured
    Manila (AFP) May 15, 2009
    Two policemen were killed and six others injured when lightning struck them in a mountainous area of the northern Philippines, police said Friday. The policemen were struck down as they rested in hammocks slung from tree trunks near the town of Malibcong on Thursday, said Inspector Palmera Domingo. The eight casualties were taken to hospital where two were pronounced dead, he added. ... more

    160 in China hospital over possible factory pollution: report
    Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009
    More than 160 people have been hospitalised and hundreds of others have been sickened in northeastern China in a suspected case of pollution caused by a chemical plant, local media said Thursday. Staff at a plant operated by the Jilin Chemical Fibre Group in Jilin city, as well as residents living nearby, started complaining of headache, nausea, vomiting and general fatigue in late April, th ... more

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    Rise Of Oxygen Caused Earth's Earliest Ice Age
    College Park MD (SPX) May 11, 2009
    An international team of geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question - an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth's earliest ice age may have been due to the rise of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, which consumed atmospheric greenhouse gases and chilled the earth. Scientists from the University of Maryland, including post-doctoral fellows Boswell Wing and San ... more

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    Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2009
    Russia's Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft undocked on Wednesday from the International Space Station to become a temporary space lab before being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Mission Control said. The freighter docked with the orbital station on February 13, bringing 2.4 tons of supplies, including oxygen, food, clothes and medical equipment for the ISS crew. "The command for undocki ... more

    China says global flu situation worsening: state media
    Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009
    China warned Wednesday it faced a growing risk of swine flu infections despite officials elsewhere saying the virus was on the wane, state media reported. "Chinese medical experts believe the global epidemic situation is still worsening and China has to give continued high attention," Vice Health Minister Zhang Mao told a video conference on the prevention and control of the disease, accordi ... more

    Magnesium Detected During Second Flyby Of Mercury
    Baltimore MD (SPX) May 05, 2009
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