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  Mogosani, South Africa (AFP) March 21, 2017 Under a cloudless sky in South Africa's northwestern farming region, donkeys still amble along muddy paths, pausing to nibble on grass, oblivious to the threat from a demand for Chinese medicine. The gelatin found in the animals' skin has made them a target, leading to a growing wave of donkey slaughtering in several African countries, as gangs seek to fuel a lucrative, and in South Africa illegal, trade. Animal rights groups say the docile beasts of burden are often cruelly bludgeoned to death ... read more |
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Web-based counseling lowers blood pressure as much as meds: studyWashington (AFP) March 18, 2017 People who received regular lifestyle counseling online were able to lower their blood pressure as much as a medication would, researchers said Saturday. ... more  
UN body urges China to act as bird flu deaths spikeRome (AFP) March 17, 2017 The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year. ... more  
Exhaust fumes as a resourceNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) have developed a process in which nitrogen oxides generated during industrial processes can be used in the manufacture of colouran ... more  
AsiaSat transmits live heart surgeryHong KongLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 AsiaSat was proud to support live transmissions of a heart surgery earlier this year in Hong Kong, providing medical practitioners attending a conference in Singapore the opportunity to see the proc ... more |
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NASA twins study team begins integrating resultsHouston TX (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 It begins with one instrument. Then another joins in. Before you know it a grand symphony is playing before your eyes. NASA Twins Study researchers are eager to integrate their results and create a ... more 
700 dead as malaria 'epidemic' hits BurundiNairobi (AFP) March 14, 2017 About 700 people have died from malaria in Burundi so far this year, the health minister said, with the authorities having registered 1.8 million infections in a rising epidemic. ... more 
Making resistant superbugs sensitive to antibioticsCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal l ... more 
Scientists zoom in on AIDS virus hideoutParis (AFP) March 15, 2017 French scientists said Wednesday they had found a way to pinpoint elusive white blood cells which provide a hideout for the AIDS virus in people taking anti-HIV drugs. ... more 
Paris's overworked rat-catchers on strikeParis (AFP) March 14, 2017 Paris's overworked rat-catchers staged a one-day strike Tuesday, protesting outside city hall to demand reinforcements and bonuses two months after carrying out a massive cull in the French capital. ... more
Paris mayor to spend 1.5 million euros for 'war on rats'Paris (AFP) March 12, 2017 The mayor of Paris said Sunday the city would spend 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) to rid the French capital of rats and install more public ashtrays to clean up the city's streets. ... more |
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New technology platform propels the use of 'organs-on-chips'Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 A research team led by scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a novel technology platform that enables the continuous and automated monitoring of so-called "organs-on-chips" - ti ... more 
Groundbreaking technology rewarms large-scale tissues preserved at low temperaturesMinneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatur ... more  
Czech scientists build non-metal magnet out of carbonPrague (UPI) Mar 06, 2017 Scientists in the Czech Republic created magnetized carbon by treating graphene layers with non-metallic elements. ... more 
Group blazes path to efficient, eco-friendly deep-ultraviolet LEDIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 06, 2017 The darkest form of ultraviolet light, known as UV-C, is unique because of its reputation as a killer - of harmful organisms. With wavelengths of between 200 and 280 nanometers, this particula ... more |
  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 19, 2017  Tens of thousands have flowed out of war-wracked Mosul in recent weeks, but Samir Hamid and 33 family members have decided to go against the tide to return home.
"We stayed with relatives for a week and now we're going back home," says the father-of-five, who has travelled with his extended family from a small town outside Mosul.
Iraqi forces have retaken several neighbourhoods in west M ... more Tripoli (AFP) March 20, 2017Libya rescues 420 migrants off its coast: navy  Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2017Face recognition flushes out China's toilet paper crooks  Los Angeles (AFP) March 21, 2017Closures along iconic California highway hit tourism |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017 
Following GPS or satnav instructions turns off part of the brain normally used for navigation, according to a new study.
Researchers at University College London scanned the brains of 24 volunteers as they navigated a simulated version of the neighborhood of Soho in central London. Scientists focused their attention on the hippocampus, a brain region used for memory and navigation, and ... moreLondon (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say  Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017DevOps process reduces GPS OCX development time for Raytheon  Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull - a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers at Stony Brook University and The University of Texas at Austin.
Compared with other primates, the large hole at the base of the human skull where the spinal cord passes through, known as the foramen magnum, ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Human skull and bipedalism evolved side-by-side  University Park PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Nose form was shaped by climate  Tanjung Gusta, Indonesia (AFP) March 17, 2017Indonesian tribes gather amid push to protect homelands |
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New research by Professor Beth Shapiro of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and University of Alberta Professor Duane Froese has identified North America's oldest bison fossils and helped construct a bison genealogy establishing that a common maternal ancestor arrived between 130,000 and 195,000 years ago, during a previous ice age.
Shapiro, Froese and colleagues used new techniques for ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Wild chimpanzees have surprisingly long life spans  Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017When the sea ice melts, juvenile polar cod may go hungry  Beirut (AFP) March 18, 2017Lebanon rescues 3 Siberian tiger cubs en route to Syria |
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 Rome (AFP) March 17, 2017 
The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that countries neighbouring China were at "high risk" of exposure to the H7N9 strain, which has recently mutated to become far more deadly for chicken than it had been.
The agency also w ... more Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017Scientists zoom in on AIDS virus hideout  Nairobi (AFP) March 14, 2017700 dead as malaria 'epidemic' hits Burundi  Paris (AFP) March 14, 2017Paris's overworked rat-catchers on strike |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 21, 2017  Hong Kong will see a creative surge as Art Basel comes to town, but there's a push for a more permanent change to the visual landscape of the city better known for its business hustle than its art scene.
Asia's largest art fair unveils its first preview Tuesday and has boosted Hong Kong's artistic credentials since it first launched in the city four years ago.
A vibrant, wide-ranging "ar ... more Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2017Chinese police 'admit torture' of dead suspect  Hong Kong (AFP) March 17, 2017Warhol Mao portrait goes under the hammer in Hong Kong  Hong Kong (AFP) March 17, 2017Hong Kong protesters jailed for 3 years for anti-China clashes |
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 8, 2017 
The Philippines is seeking US and Chinese help to guard a major sea lane as Islamic militants shift attacks to international shipping, officials said Wednesday.
Manila does not want the Sibutu Passage between Malaysia's Sabah state and the southern Philippines to turn into a Somalia-style pirate haven, coast guard officials said.
The deep-water channel, used by 13,000 vessels each year, ... moreLome (AFP) Oct 15, 2016African leaders tackle piracy, illegal fishing at Lome summit  New York (AFP) Oct 5, 2016US to deport ex-navy chief drug trafficker to Guinea-Bissau  Culiacan, Mexico (AFP) Sept 30, 2016Gunmen ambush Mexican military convoy, kill 5 soldiers |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2016 
Chinese growth stabilised in the third quarter, data showed Wednesday, as ample credit and hot property markets propped up the world's second-largest economy.
But while the forecast-beating reading was in line with state targets, it came as experts warned that authorities have relied too much on easy credit, which has in turn increased financial risks.
The economy grew 6.7 percent in Jul ... moreNew York (AFP) Oct 14, 2016China data and US banks propel equities higher  Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2016No debt-for-equity cure for zombie firms, says China  Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2016China's ranks of super-rich rise despite economic slowdown |
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 Washington (AFP) March 21, 2017  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a NATO meeting in April but travel to Russia the same month, fuelling fears about Washington's commitment to the alliance.
Tillerson will be replaced by his deputy at the Brussels meeting on April 5 and 6, despite Washington's efforts to quash questions about US President Donald Trump's support for NATO and quest for better ties with Moscow.
... more Tallinn (AFP) March 17, 2017NATO battle group led by the British arrive in Estonia  Berlin (AFP) March 17, 2017Germany wants change to NATO two-percent budget goal  Seoul (AFP) March 21, 2017China overtakes Japan in S.Koreans' worst countries list |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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 Washington (AFP) March 21, 2017 
Twitter said Tuesday it suspended 376,890 accounts in the second half of 2016 for "promotion of terrorism," an increase of 60 percent over the prior six-month period.
The latest suspensions bring the total number of blocked accounts to 636,248 from August 2015, when Twitter stepped up efforts to curb "violent extremism," the company announced as part of its latest transparency report.
Th ... more Washington (AFP) March 16, 2017Russia runs up cyber score against US with Yahoo, election hacks  Washington (AFP) March 19, 2017Secrets from smart devices find path to legal system  Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2017China blocks Pinterest: censorship watchdogs |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 21, 2017 
Iraqi forces gained ground from the Islamic State group in Mosul and have deployed snipers in the Old City to target the jihadists, officers said on Tuesday.
Iraqi forces launched a major operation to recapture west Mosul - the most-populated urban area still held by IS - on February 19, and have retaken a series of neighbourhoods from the jihadists.
Iraqi interior ministry forces are ... moreBaghdad (AFP) March 20, 2017Iraq forces push into Old Mosul as thousands trapped  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 19, 2017Fierce fighting on outskirts of Mosul Old City  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 18, 2017Iraq forces say near Mosul mosque where IS declared 'caliphate' |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2017 
The top US military commander for the Middle East warned Thursday that the United States would need more troops on the ground in Afghanistan to stave off a resurgent Taliban.
General Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command (Centcom), told the Senate Armed Forces Committee he was currently working on a new strategy to break the war out of a stalemate.
"I do believe it will involve addi ... more Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) March 3, 2017Iraqi Kurds, PKK fight proxy battle in north Iraq  Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2017Bloody Islamic State video puts China in cross-hairs  Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) March 2, 2017US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials |
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 Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017  World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions is indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution in Southeast Asia, a watchdog group charged in a report Friday.
By investing in banks and other so-called financial intermediaries, World Bank funds can increase poverty, social strife and promote projects which hasten climate change, according to a report by Inclusive Devel ... moreMumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017Adani to begin work on Australia mine by August: report Prague (AFP) March 19, 2017Czech energy group bucks green trend with bet on coal  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 201717 killed in China coal mine accident: state media |
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 Mogosani, South Africa (AFP) March 21, 2017 
Under a cloudless sky in South Africa's northwestern farming region, donkeys still amble along muddy paths, pausing to nibble on grass, oblivious to the threat from a demand for Chinese medicine.
The gelatin found in the animals' skin has made them a target, leading to a growing wave of donkey slaughtering in several African countries, as gangs seek to fuel a lucrative, and in South Africa i ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Wild sunflowers provide resilient diversity  Wellington (AFP) March 21, 2017New Zealand's 'green' image under threat: OECD  Bras�lia (AFP) March 20, 2017China bans Brazil meat in health scare: Brasilia |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 22, 2017 
Rosetta scientists have made the first compelling link between an outburst of dust and gas and the collapse of a prominent cliff, which also exposed the pristine, icy interior of the comet.
Sudden and short-lived outbursts were observed frequently during Rosetta's two-year mission at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Although their exact trigger has been much debated, the outbursts seem to ... more Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Cryovolcanism on Dwarf Planet Ceres  Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Warped Meteor Showers Hit Earth at All Angles  Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Mechanism underlying size-sorting of rubble on asteroid Itokawa revealed |
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