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South Africa launches crime unit to battle rhino poachingPretoria (AFP) Oct 5, 2010 South Africa launched Tuesday a special wildlife crime unit to tackle a dramatic surge in rhino poaching, driven by demand for the animal's horn in Asia for use in traditional medicines. Rhino poaching has doubled this year in South Africa, with 227 slaughtered so far compared to 122 in all of last year. Environment Minister Buyelwa Sonjica convened a two-day "rhino summit" Tuesday to bring together police and wildlife experts, and unveiled a new crime-fighting unit to crack down on poaching. ... read more |
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West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Sep 20, 2010 Identifying the "glue" oysters use to stick together to form large reefs could provide advances for fisheries, boating and in medicine, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at Purdue University say they've uncovered the chemical components of the oysters' adhesive, which could help those trying to boost dwindling oyster populations, lead to creation of materials to keep boat hulls clean wi ... more  
Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2010 A new multimillion-dollar government contract for a Maryland biological security research company indicates the threat of an anthrax outbreak as a result of bioterrorism remains a major priority for the Obama administration. Emergent BioSolutions Inc., which has headquarters in Rockville, Md., said it signed a contract valued at up to $186.6 million with the Biomedical Advanced Research ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2010NASA is enabling biomedical research with National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants that take advantage of the unique microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station to explore fundamental questions about important health issues. The NIH Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) awards are the next step in a new partnership to apply the national l ... more |
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Namibian women with HIV tell court of forced sterilisationsWindhoek (AFP) Sept 9, 2010 In the throes of labour, a Namibian woman was approached by a nurse who handed her a document to sign, saying the form would authorise a Caesarean section. "I was in labour at the state hospital when a nurse showed me a paper and said I must sign to allow a Caesarean section," she told a court last week, speaking through an interpreter. "I did not know this was also for sterilisation," said the woman, whose name is being protected by the court. She only found out that she had been sterilised ... read more |
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