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 Padang, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 2, 2009 
Indonesia said Thursday it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors. The first rescue flights laden with food, medicine and body bags arrived in the devastated region on Sumatra island as another powerful quake struck further south, causing more injuries and sparking panic. ... read more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 30, 2009 Israeli and German scientists say they've discovered moss might provide information allowing researchers to better program stem cells for medical purposes. Nir Ohad of Tel Aviv University and Professor Ralf Reski of the University of Freiburg said they discovered a new use for the polycomb group proteins found in moss. They said they determined the proteins play an important role in tel ... more
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Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2009US disaster assistance teams helping in the recovery effort on tsunami-devastated American Samoa were providing critically needed aid including emergency power and medical supplies, a top aid official said Thursday. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) chief Craig Fugate said two disaster recovery teams arrived Wednesday and that initial assistance carried on through the night into Thu ... more 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 1, 2009Indonesia said Thursday it expected the death toll from a massive earthquake to climb into the thousands, as rescue workers dug with their bare hands to reach those trapped under rubble. The first flights laden with food, medicine and body bags began arriving in the devastated region on Sumatra island, even as another powerful quake struck further south, sending residents fleeing their homes ... more 
Nuku'Alofa (AFP) Oct 1, 2009Desperate tsunami survivors on a remote Tongan island have appealed for urgent aid -- and comforting music -- as they remained homeless and cut off from the outside world. Hundreds of Niuatoputapu residents said Wednesday they needed medical supplies, fresh water and shelter, after more than 90 percent of homes on the tiny island were destroyed. They also requested "radio programmes of ... more |
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Ottawa (AFP) Sept 16, 2009Aboriginal leaders said they were "horrified" Wednesday after receiving body bags from health officials as part of Canada's swine flu preparedness kits. Aboriginal communities in Canada's Manitoba province were hard-hit by the deadly A(H1N1) outbreak some months ago, and since then had asked Ottawa for medical supplies to prepare for a second wave likely to strike soon. Leaders of more ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 16, 2009Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible. New technologies will be needed to meet the huge global market for artificial hips and knees, said Yung Shin, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of Purdue's Center for ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 13, 2009Six workers died on Sunday after plunging 20 floors down a lift shaft in Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper and the fourth tallest building in the world, police and local reports said. A police spokesman said emergency workers called to the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon's popular Tsim Sha Tsui area removed three injured workers, who were all certified dead on arrival at hospital. ... more |
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