Complacency about HIV 'more deadly' than disease itself: IFRC November 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
HIV infection rates may be stabilising in sub-Saharan Africa, but they are growing in Eastern Europe and Asia, the Red Cross said Friday as it warned against complacency over the disease. | |
 Helicopters fly to the rescue of Swedish beetles November 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Sweden will use helicopters to come to the rescue of a small beetle thought to have disappeared but recently discovered in the northeast, regional officials said Thursday. | |
Stephen Hawking named to Canada's Perimeter Institute November 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Famed physicist Stephen Hawking has been appointed to the position of distinguished research chair at Canada's leading scientific brain trust, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics announced Thursday. | |
Zimbabwe calls for aid as cholera toll rises November 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Zimbabwe's deputy health minister Edwin Muguti on Thursday appealed for aid to fight a cholera epidemic, saying the death toll had risen to 386 and could get worse. | |
 Two degree rise could spark Greenland ice sheet meltdown: WWF November 27, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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A less than two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice, the WWF warned in a new study released Thursday. | |
Mexico lawmakers approve right to die law November 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Mexican lawmakers approved a law to allow terminally ill patients the right to refuse treatment, legislators said Wednesday. | |
Sex between electric fish is a current affair November 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Sex among electric fish in the Congo River is a rather charged business, according a to new study reporting on an unusual experiment. | |
 Intel counter-attacks against European Commission November 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Intel has accused the European Commission of abusing procedures in its probe of allegations the US chip giant sought to gain an unfair advantage over its main rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and asked ... | |
 Change.gov invites users to 'Join the Discussion' November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Change.gov, the website of president-elect Barack Obama's transition team, has invited visitors to submit their views on health care, drawing hundreds of comments in less than 24 hours. | |
 2008 saw record-breaking hurricane season: US agency November 26, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The record-breaking 2008 hurricane season, which officially ends on Sunday, has been one of the most active since comprehensive reports began 64 years ago, a US government agency said Wednesday. | |
 Vatican goes green with solar panel roof November 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The Vatican began its conversion to renewable energy system Wednesday with the inauguration of an array of solar panels on a key building. | |
 Iran says it has sent another rocket into space November 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Iran has sent a second rocket into space to follow up on the success of its first launch in February, state television reported on Wednesday. | |
New strain of bluetongue found in Britain: ministry November 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
British authorities said Tuesday they have found a new strain of the livestock disease bluetongue in imported cattle, but said there is no evidence that it has spread beyond the affected premises. | |
 Technorati cuts six jobs, pay November 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Technorati announced on Tuesday that it was laying off six employees and cutting pay for the remaining members of the blog search engine company. | |
 YouTube expands video player November 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
YouTube, after years of complaints over the size of its video player, expanded the size of its screen on Tuesday, adopting a widescreen format. | |
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