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August 16, 2011
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Greenpeace hands Rainbow Warrior to Bangladesh
Singapore (AFP) Aug 16, 2011
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace on Tuesday handed over its iconic protest ship Rainbow Warrior II to a Bangladeshi charity which will turn it into a floating hospital. Greenpeace said it hoped that Friendship would continue to use the ship as a beacon of hope. "This ship has carried people from around the world and has stood as an icon of hope over pessimism and as an emblem of action over complacency," Rainbow Warrior II captain Mike Fincken said during a sombre handover ceremony in Sin ... read more

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China sends experts to treat train crash orphan
China has said it will sent four top medical experts to try to save the legs of a two-year-old girl orphaned and seriously wounded in a deadly train crash that sparked widespread public outrage. ... more
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Virus can cause high blood pressure: Chinese study
High blood pressure could be caused by a common virus, according to a study carried out by a team of Chinese doctors which could lead to better treatment for millions of people around the world. ... more
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EPIDEMICS

UN warns cholera epidemic in Somalia may spread amid famine
The UN warned Friday that a cholera epidemic in Somalia, which has claimed at least 181 lives in one Mogadishu hospital this year, could quickly spread as thousands flee famine in the south. ... more
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China rights activist goes on trial
Chinese human rights activist Wang Lihong went on trial in Beijing on Friday, witnesses said, nearly four months after she was arrested as part of a widespread crackdown on dissent. ... more
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WEATHER REPORT

Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital
A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives and seen 900 people hospitalised this week, media said Friday, amid an energy saving campaign due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Three dead in Iraq, spate of bombs hit Baghdad
Twin bomb attacks in western Iraq killed three people Thursday evening while a string of four explosions in Baghdad wounded 10 others, security and medical officials said. ... more
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MILTECH

Electronic skin tattoo has medical, gaming, spy uses
A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations, according to a US study published Thursday. ... more
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China says raised 'solemn representations' with EU over Russia sanctions
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Thousands struggle in Ethiopia's "green drought"
Shundure Tekamo faces a tough choice - stay with her severely malnourished son in hospital, or return home in the desperate search for food for her five other children. ... more
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EARLY EARTH

New Montana State research sheds light on South Pole dinosaurs
Dog-sized dinosaurs that lived near the South Pole, sometimes in the dark for months at a time, had bone tissue very similar to dinosaurs that lived everywhere on the planet, according to a doctoral ... more
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EPIDEMICS

US researchers find another flu antibody
US scientists have found an antibody that acts against 30 of 36 strains of influenza, the latest discovery in the hunt for a universal treatment and a vaccine, said a study published Monday. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Mushroom poisoning adds to rainy French summer woes
Tourists and locals in southwest France are flocking to hospital wards after eating mushrooms that this year sprouted much earlier than usual due to the rainy summer, officials said Sunday. ... more
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NUKEWARS

N. Korea wants food, cement as aid from S. Korea
North Korea asked South Korea Thursday for food staples and cement after Seoul offered medicine, instant noodles and daily necessities for its neighbour's flood victims, officials said. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Mubarak's fate in court's hands
Hosni Mubarak, on trial in Cairo for murder and fraud, may be a sacrificial lamb but he should have known what was going on during the revolution, experts say. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

US, Vietnam start first military relationship
The United States and Vietnam on Monday opened their first formal military relationship since their war, another sign of growing cooperation amid high tensions between Hanoi and China. ... more
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EARLY EARTH

The key to life on land
A chance discovery of a genetic mutation in wild barley that grows in Israel's Judean Desert, in the course of a doctoral study at the University of Haifa, has led to an international study decipher ... more
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WAR REPORT

NATO warns Kadhafi over use of civilian facilities
NATO warned on Tuesday that its warplanes will bomb former civilian facilities if Moamer Kadhafi's forces use them to launch attacks, as the UN said Libya's capital is suffering shortages of fuel, medicine and cash. ... more
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THE STANS

Hundreds displaced by Iran-Iraq Kurd clashes: ICRC
Fighting between Iranian military forces and Kurdish separatists has displaced hundreds of villagers in the border regions of northern Iraq, the Red Cross said on Monday. ... more
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Uighur leader fears for China detainees after clashes
An exiled leader of China's Uighur minority said Monday she feared for the safety of dozens of people she said were injured in recent clashes with police in the country's Xinjiang region and then detained. ... more
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FARM NEWS

How to eat well and save the planet too
Eating used to be so simple. If you liked it and could afford it, down the hatch it went. Yum-yum, end of story. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Chavez OKs budget from Cuban hospital bed
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez indicated he retains key powers even after delegating responsibilities to aides as he approved a budget from the hospital in Cuba, where is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Millions facing misery in Somalia famine
Struggling through parched bush and baking heat, Rahmo Mohammed brought her severely malnourished son Saeed to Ethiopia's Kobe refugee camp to save him. ... more
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WATER WORLD

EU tightens nuclear waste disposal rules
The European Union on Tuesday tightened rules on the disposal of radioactive waste with strict conditions on exporting it outside EU borders, but the move did not please environmentalists. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Seven hurt in Israeli raid on Gaza: Palestinians
Seven people were wounded in Gaza on Sunday by what Palestinian medical sources said was an Israeli air strike, but Israel denied it had carried out any such raid. ... more
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Framatome opens advanced additive manufacturing hub in France
Framatome to supply nuclear fuel for Barakah plant boosting UAE energy security
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EPIDEMICS

Major AIDS forum gets down to work amid surge of good news
A global medical forum on AIDS got down to business on Sunday for four days of debate on powerful new weapons to combat a pandemic that in 30 years has claimed as many lives as a World War. ... more
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Africans on HIV drugs can expect normal lifespan - study
Patients taking HIV drugs in Africa can expect to have a near-normal lifespan, although men are likelier to die far sooner than women, according to the biggest study of its kind, issued on Monday at the world conference on AIDS medicine. ... more
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