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Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

... fatal consequences of malaria," Sarma said. The northeast is a known "malaria zone" with the disease claiming an estimated 500 lives annually. Government authorities are worried the disease might spread among hundreds of Indian troops deployed along the Indo-Bhutan border for counter-insurgency operations...

Desert Droughts Shorten Mountain Snow Cover, Reveals Study

...0 miles away. The dust, which probably came from northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico deserts, reduced the snows reflectivity, allowing more of the suns energy to warm the snow pack and cause it to melt earlier, researchers said. The connection between dust and lower snow reflectance is already estab...

Civic Authorities in US Seek to Stem Urban Decay

...buildings and open up green space in Youngstown in northeast Ohio . The hope is the tough, blue-collar environment of the gritty city could be redefined that way parks may grow, crime may drop and property values may rise. If Youngstown becomes more livable, job and population numbers may stabilize or gro...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...of strangers. In Sadr City, a vast Shiite slum in northeast Baghdad controlled by the political movement of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Husham Hassan, 37, cares for around 30 orphans in a home funded by private donations. Prior to opening the "Safety House," Hassan worked for another private organisation...

Early Arctic Spring Indication of Climate Change

... melt to freeze up at our Zackenberg study site in northeast Greenland," Hoye said. Hoye's team said that the varied response by species "could lead to particular problems by disrupting the complex web of species interactions."...

Evolution of HIV from African Greek Monkeys

...rivet monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, which lives in northeast Africa. The scientists used the genetic sequences...theast into vervets and then north into grivets or northeast into grivets and then south into vervets. Wertheim said, "I was surprised that the geography could ...

Envisat Captured Breath of Volcano

...agency. The 1635m volcano, located about 2400 km northeast of Jakarta, began releasing smoke and ash on Saturday and spewed it as high as 4000m on Monday. Mount Gamkonora is the highest peak on Halmahera Island. Indonesia is located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, a continuous line (40 000 km long) of vol...

Protestors Strip, Don Horns Against Spain's Running of the Bulls

...ulls every morning into the streets of the city in northeast Spain. Daredevil revellers, including many foreigners, run ahead of the stampeding bulls as they are herded down the narrow streets towards the city's bull ring. Runners are sometimes caught and either gored or trampled by the running bulls and 1...

France Steps Up Vigilance After Bird Flu Outbreak

...on Thursday after tests on three dead swans in the northeast confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird f... Tests on the three swans found dead last week in northeast France confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the agriculture ministry said in a sta...

Swans Checked in France for Deadly Bird Flu Virus

Three swans found dead in northeast France are being analysed to see if they carried the H5N1 strain of bird flu which can be fatal to humans, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. 'First analyses have established a suspicion of bird flu. More tests are under way to see ... if this...

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