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Energy use set to jump 50 percent by 2035: reportWashington (AFP) May 25, 2010 World energy consumption is expected to jump by nearly 50 percent by 2035, led by developing nations such as China and India, the US government said in a report Tuesday. As consumption increases, Asia will also account for most of energy-linked pollution blamed for global warming, said the US Energy Information Administration, the statistical agency of the US Department of Energy. China and India, among those least impacted by the recent global recession, "will continue to lead the world's econo ... read more |
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Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) May 17, 2010The Indian military successfully tested a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast on Monday, a defence official said. The surface-to-surface Agni-II, which can deliver a nuclear warhead to targets within a range of 2,500 kilometres (1,560 miles), was fired from a mobile rail launcher on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa state. The Agni-II has already be ... more  
Colombo (AFP) May 17, 2010Heavy rains forced the indefinite postponement of Sri Lanka's military parade marking the first anniversary of its defeat of Tamil rebels, officials said Monday as flash floods killed four people. The victory celebrations scheduled for Thursday were put off as the military was unable to go ahead with rehearsals due to torrential monsoon rains, a defence official said. Sri Lanka declared ... more  
Lunugamwehera, Sri Lanka (AFP) May 17, 2010In the early hours of a hot dry day, four orphaned elephants begin a bumpy truck ride back to the jungles of southern Sri Lanka where they had been rescued from near certain death. The four baby jumbos - now aged five and six - are ready to leave the Elephant Transit Home where they have been treated and cared for since they were less than a year old. The state-run home is refuge for d ... more |
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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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