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Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

...sh as Field Adventure. With the backing of their local member of parliament they are now seeking extra risk capital either from government or industry: the only emissions they are not sure their box can handle are those from aviation. The important aspect of the technology is that the carbon dioxide is...

Wealthy Australian Women More Prone to Breast Cancer New Study

...y illustrating "significantly higher" rates in the local government areas of Woollahra, North Sydney, Manly and Lane Cove. These breast cancer hotspots are more than 17 per cent above the average figure for NSW - and more than 30 per cent above some western Sydney areas. Women in north shore Ku-ring-...

Now You can Marry in a Mughal Ambience, If You Wish to

...live at these beautiful gardens for too long after local kings and chieftains created a scare among those close to him, especially women, that the water around Pinjore Gardens was cursed and could make people deformed. The actual reason behind this rumour was the high incidence of goitre in the area at t...

Orissa CM Orders Probe into Female Foeticides

...ri in Nayagarh district, some 100 km from here, by local residents. Police has registered a case in this connection, but no arrest has been made so far. A group of social activists had visited the area early this week and had demanded a high-level probe into the incident. They alleged that many unreg...

Scientists Have Invented New Device to Reap Fresh Water from the Air

...nd low-cost, and in fact can be even produced with local means," said Joseph Cory, a PhD candidate at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and an architect at Haifa, Israel-based Geotectura Studio. He said the inexpensive solution could prove a boon for people in the remote or polluted areas. T...

Indian Antibiotic Faces Anti-dumping Duties in China

In its effort to safeguard the interest of its local pharmaceutical producers, China has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to 37.7 per cent on Indian manufactured antibiotic sulfamethoxazole . The anti-dumping duty tax rate has been increased from 10.7 per cent to 37.7 per cent and the tax would b...

Wine Woos World as Trade Fair Opens

...e it started in 1981 with 6,885 square metres, and local hotels and restaurants are preparing to make a financial killing thanks to the 2,400 exhibitors and 45,000 visitors from 144 different countries. Vinexpo 2007 will officially be opened Monday June 18 by the newly-appointed French ministers for the ...

Pureed Products Unnecessary and Harmful for Babies UK Expert

...ucts, many of which are organic or made with fresh local ingredients to increase their appeal to parents. The pureed baby food industry in the UK is now worth more than 450 million - compared with 191 million in 1989. Mrs Rapley said: "Parents often think that their babies need something more than milk w...

Climatic Change Cause of Dafur Conflict-UN

...een killed in conflicts, in Darfur since 2003. The local rebels took up arms against the Sudanese government, accusing it of decades of neglect. Sudanese leaders are accused of unleashing the pro-government Arab militia, known as the janjaweed, a charge the government denies. After months Sudan bowed dow...

Lead Scare Causes Thomas to Derail

...parents should contact their pediatrician or their local health department if they are concerned. "Consumers should take the recalled toys away from young children immediately and contact RC2 Corp for a replacement toy," said the US agency. Based on characters from the long-running television show Thom...

Tea Pill, Tea Cola Hitting Markets Soon

...al sale. "Right now discussions are on with some local dealers here to market the two products. We are working on the modalities for sharing the revenue based on the total annual turnover," Hazarika said. Tea is acknowledged as a potent antioxidant that fights disease and helps people live longer. Acco...

Volunteers Remove Garbage from Kashmir's Dal Lake

...an of the houseboat owners association, blamed the local Lakes and Waterways Authority, the governmental body entrusted with the preservation and maintenance of all water bodies in the Kashmir Valley, for the present condition of the lake. "When we see drains and garbage pouring into the lake we wonder w...

Punjab Wants Ban on Advertisements by Doctors

...s and also exploiting them in connivance with some local laboratories to get huge commissions for prescribing certain tests," the minister said. He directed the Punjab Medical Council and medical education and research department to take strong action against such cases and advised the council to cancel ...

Diana Could Have Been Saved Had She Been Rushed to Hospital

...nternal cardiac massage, she died at 4 a.m. French local time....

Annual Cancer Run Draws Huge Response in US

...the remainder, about three-quarters will go toward local breast-cancer screening, treatment and education and one-quarter toward national research....

World's Oldest Man Says Sorry He's Still Alive

...Guinness Book of World Records by the mayor of his local municipality. Tanabe, from Miyazaki prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu, was born on September 18, 1895 -- before Japan became a world player, Australia became independent or the Wright Brothers created the first plane. "It is nothing speci...

Thai Separatists Burn School, Kill Four

...50s, fuelled by government efforts to suppress the local culture and religion in the region....

Filipino Mothers Go Bare Protesting Against Milk Formula Companies

...ment Undersecretary Alexander Padilla said. The local US Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to Arroyo calling on her to re-examine the advertising restrictions or risk the country's "reputation as a stable and viable destination for investment." Research has shown that babies given breast milk develop...

National Commission for Women to Investigate Unearthing of Female Fetuses in Pataudi

...ge number of female fetuses . The team will meet local authorities to get first hand information of the case and the investigation conducted so far. The NCW spokesperson told reporters that they felt the need to seek first hand information from the site as it was likely that reporting of the incident h...

Notice Sent to Courts Asking Them to Stop Courting Mosquitoes

... comes to mosquitoes in the Indian capital . The local authorities have sent notices to the Delhi High Court, Patiala House courts and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for breeding mosquitoes, the carrier of the dreaded dengue and chikungunya fevers. Health officials said that during their f...

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