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Tibetans Developed Genes To Help Them Adapt To Life At High ElevationsSalt Lake City UT (SPX) May 17, 2010 Researchers have long wondered why the people of the Tibetan Highlands can live at elevations that cause some humans to become life-threateningly ill - and a new study answers that mystery, in part, by showing that through thousands of years of natural selection, those hardy inhabitants of south-central Asia evolved 10 unique oxygen-processing genes that help them live in higher climes. In a study published in Science Express, researchers from the University of Utah School of Medicine and Qinghai ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 06, 2010The Indian Navy on Thursday commissioned the INS Shivalik, the first of three new indigenous stealth frigates, the Defense Ministry said. The 6,200-ton, 142.5 by 16.9 meter frigate has low radar visibility. Special aerodynamics, as well as the equipment and materials used in building the warship makes it very difficult to monitor its movements. It has a range of 5,000 nautical miles ... more  
Bonn, Germany (UPI) May 5, 2010 Leaked tapes have revealed how European and U.S. leaders clashed with counterparts from India and China during the dramatic final hours of the failed U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. German news magazine Der Spiegel published transcripts of leaked audiotapes that reveal how U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy faced off with ... more  
Paris (AFP) May 5, 2010The French government Wednesday admitted responsibility for the death of a yachtsman shot by French commandos during a raid to free him and his wife from pirates off Somalia last year. The state "will take full responsibility" for the death of Florent Lemacon in the shoot-out on his yacht in the Indian Ocean on April 10, 2009, Defence Minister Herve Morin said in a statement. The stateme ... more |
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Sarkozy wants 'confident and friendly' ties with ChinaShanghai (AFP) April 30, 2010 French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday called for "confident and friendly" relations with China as he wrapped up a state visit aimed at putting past tensions over Tibet to rest. Sarkozy, who finished his trip in Shanghai for the opening gala of the World Expo, said Paris wanted to expand cooperation with Beijing on a number of fronts, but would remain "attentive" to problems faced by business people in China. "I wanted to come... because we should have confident and friendly relations with C ... read more |
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