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Guinea junta talks hit impasse as junta pulls outConakry (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 Talks between Guinea's junta and the opposition are stalled after the military leadership said it would pull out until its leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara recovers from an assassination bid. The junta announced late Tuesday that it was suspending talks in Ouagadougou with mediator Blaise Compaore, Burkina Faso's president, until Camara returns to work. He is in Morocco for medical ... read more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 08, 2009There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic. The structure of the frosty flakes also fascinate ice chemists like Purdue University's Travis Knepp, a doctoral candidate in analytical chemistry who studies the basics of snowflake structure to gain more insight into the dynamics of ground-level, or "tropospheric," ozone depletion in the Arctic. ... more  
Rabat (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Guinea's foreign minister on Monday denounced "insubordination and indiscipline" in the armed forces as he kept a hospital vigil for his country's military ruler who survived an assassination attempt. One African rights group meanwhile warned of a bloodbath if the military regime could not be made to moved towards civilian rule. Foreign Minister Alexandre Cece Loua said Captain Moussa ... more  
Lima (AFP) Dec 1, 2009The Candoshi people in Peru's northern Amazon jungle are close to extinction from a hepatitis B infection that has gone unchecked since 2000, tribal leaders and health officials said Tuesday. "My people are suffering, we're in real danger of extinction," said Candoshi chief Venancio Ucama Simon. Standing next to a Candoshi woman suffering from hepatitis-induced cirrhosis who doctors said ... more |
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London (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Climate change will imperil health through malaria, cholera, heatwaves and hunger, but many problems can be eased or avoided if countries make wise policy choices, doctors said on Wednesday. In a series of papers issued ahead of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, experts challenged governments to factor in public health when conceiving a battle plan for global warming. "In view of ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 24, 2009The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the German Aerospace Center intend to carry out health research together. On 23 November 2009, both partners signed a cooperation agreement to conduct bio-medical studies at Neumayer-Station III in Antarctica. In two projects, scientists will monitor the health of the station crew and study the physical and psychological effect ... more  
Hegang, China (AFP) Nov 23, 2009Gao Shujun is one of the seven million Chinese coal miners who every day brave long hours in dangerous working conditions, but it is the price he must pay for economic survival. Lying in a hospital bed Monday, Gao reflected on the deadly nature of his job after surviving a weekend mine blast that killed at least 104 fellow miners in the city of Hegang in northeastern Heilongjiang province. ... more |
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