Indonesian Tourism on Downward Trend After Java Quake
...orist bomb attacks, then the rumbling Mount Merapi volcano and now the deadly earthquake." Tourist operators said foreign visitors - scared by aftershocks still rattling buildings more than a week after the initial magnitude-6.2 earthquake that left some 5,800 people dead - were avoiding Yogyakarta and tou...Inroads into triggers of road rage
...abusive and unbecoming behavior, akin to a dormant volcano waiting to erupt. A study to measure the impact of steroid abuse on patients, with a view to gauging the degree of violent behavior has shown that crime related to the abuse of steroids is often lined to the use of weapons rather than just violent ...When 'prevalence' Makes for Disparity in AIDS Care
...tivists say that this is like "sitting on top of a volcano and waiting for it to start spewing". Tamil Nadu, which has topped the list of high prevalence states since 1986, tested 100,000 people in 2006 - one of the highest numbers of tests done in the country. This would be expanded further by taking th...Shrinking of Mt. Kilimanjaros Ice Cap Not Due to Global Warming: Study
...tury, when the decline of Kibo's icecap began. The volcano Kibo is the highest point on Kilimanjaro, about 19,340 feet above sea level. The researchers say the lake and the icecap likely suffer from a precipitation decline caused by Indian Ocean variability, which could also have caused the icecap to vary ...Envisat Captured Breath of Volcano
Indonesias Mount Gamkonora volcano is spewing hot ash and smoke into the air, seen in the image taken by the MERIS instrument aboard ESAs satellite Envisat, causing more than 8000 people to be evacuated amid fears of an imminent eruption, according to officials. Officials raised t......lion-peso (1.57 million-dollar) spa-resort on Taal volcano south of Manila unless it meets a range of environmental requirements. Unless the company fulfils the demands by Thursday its environmental clearance certificate (ECC) will be withdrawn, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes said...