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December 24, 2010
TERROR WARS
Australia pays out in terrorist case
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Dec 22, 2010
An Indian doctor wrongly accused of terrorism involvement has received an estimated $1 million in compensation from the Australian government. Indian Dr. Mohamed Haneef, who was working in Australia in 2007, was arrested July 2 but the director of public prosecution withdrew the charges and he was released July 27. His passport was returned but his work visa was canceled and he voluntarily left the country July 29 to return to India. He returned to Australia last week to begin fin ... read more

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INTERN DAILY

China, Taiwan sign medical deal during talks
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China, Taiwan sign medical deal during talks
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WAR REPORT

Israeli warplanes raid Gaza: two Palestinians wounded
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A weakening forest buffer challenges EU climate goals
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NANO TECH

Nanomaterials In Our Environment
The manufacturing of nanomaterials has been steadily on the rise in the medical, industrial, and scientific fields. Nanomaterials are materials that are engineered to have dimensions less than 100 n ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Veteran US Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies
Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and a key figure in the 1995 peace agreement that ended three years of war in Bosnia ... more
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WATER WORLD

Decline Of West Coast Fog Brought Higher Coastal Temperatures Last 60 Years
Fog is a common feature along the West Coast during the summer, but a University of Washington scientist has found that summertime coastal fog has declined since 1950 while coastal temperatures have ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

Long-Distance Ultrasound Exams Controlled By Joystick
Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. In small clinics, however - and still more on spacecraft - trained radiologists are rare. So ESA i ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Astronomers Detect First Carbon-Rich Exoplanet
A team led by a former postdoctoral researcher in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics, recently measured the first-ever planeta ... more
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INTERN DAILY

Protestors urge 'hands off medicine' at EU-India summit
Protestors wearing white medical coats staged a noisy protest outside an India-EU summit Friday to demand continued access to cheap medicine for hundreds of thousands of HIV sufferers in poor countries. ... more
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FIRE STORM

Death toll from Israel inferno hits 43: reports
The death toll from northern Israel's forest fire rose to 43 on Saturday as another prison guard died of his injuries, media reports said. ... more
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FROTH AND BUBBLE

Waste pollutes Adriatic coast
A Montenegrin beach on the Adriatic coast has been left covered in plastic bottles, medical waste and parts from household appliances, an environmental group said Tuesday. ... more
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INTERN DAILY

Safer source for medical isotopes hailed
Molybdenum-99, essential for medical imaging, is being made for the first time from low-enriched uranium rather than weapons-grade material, U.S. officials say. ... more
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FROTH AND BUBBLE

Neglected Greenhouse Gas Discovered By Atmosphere Chemists
When doctors want their patients asleep during surgery they gently turn the gas tap. But Anaesthetic gasses have a global warming potential as high as a refrigerant that is on its way to be banned i ... more
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FIRE STORM

Thousands battle to tame Israel's worst fire as toll hits 41
Thousands of Israeli firemen and rescuers fought Friday to control a massive forest fire that has already killed 41, as global help poured in to battle the biggest inferno in the country's history. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Iranian expats want protection for Ashraf
Roughly 1,000 Iranian expatriates gathered in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels Wednesday to demand international protection for the Iranian opposition living in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Mapping Mangroves By Satellite
Mangroves are among the most biologically important ecosystems on the planet, and a common feature of tropical and sub-tropical coastlines. But ground-based evidence suggests these vital coastal for ... more
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NANO TECH

Measuring The Temperature Of Nanoparticles
One of the holy grails of nanotechnology in medicine is to control individual structures and processes inside a cell. Nanoparticles are well suited for this purpose because of their small size; they ... more
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INTERN DAILY

A USB For Medical Diagnosis
Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a plug-in interface for the microfluidic chips that will form the basis of the next generation of compact medical devices. They hope that the "f ... more
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EPIDEMICS

Haiti cholera death toll rises to 1,751
Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed at least 1,751 people since it emerged in mid-October, according to figures released by the health ministry on Tuesday. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets

Qatar-Led International Team Finds Its First Alien World

Planetary Family Portrait Reveals Another Exoplanet

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'World's first' glasses-free 3D TV hits stores in Japan

Motorola Mobility buys cloud storage firm Zecter

Goodrich Begins Environmental Test Of ORS-1 Satellite

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Galileo's Navigation Control Hub Opens In Fucino

Launch Of New Russian Navigation Satellite Postponed To Next Year

China Launches Seventh Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav System

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China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

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Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

Peak viewing for 'shooting stars' meteor show

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Asteroid's Coat Of Many Colors

NASA Discovers Asteroid Delivered Assortment Of Meteorites

Research Points To Better Understanding Of Carbon In Comets

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EPIDEMICS

Death toll from Haiti cholera rises to 1,721
At least 1,721 Haitians have died from a worsening cholera epidemic in the earthquake-devastated country, according to new figures released by the health ministry on Monday. ... more
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BIO FUEL

Gene Find Could Lead To Better Biofuel Production
Purdue University scientists have found the last undiscovered gene responsible for the production of the amino acid phenylalanine, a discovery that could lead to processes to control the amino acid ... more
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EPIDEMICS

Cholera And Vaccine Experts Urge United States To Stockpile Vaccine
As the cholera epidemic in Haiti continues to rage, public health workers are focusing their efforts on treating the tens of thousands who have already been hospitalized with cholera-like symptoms a ... more
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WEATHER REPORT

Lightning, storm kill seven in South Africa: media
Lightning and a storm killed seven people and injured 67 at a Christmas party at a nursery school in KwaZulu Natal, the South African news agency Sapa reported on Saturday. ... more
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EPIDEMICS

Haiti cholera death toll surges past 1,600
The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic rose to 1,603 on Thursday, up from 1,415 just two days previously, according to the health ministry. ... more
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