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Paris (AFP) May 21, 2008Scientists in Taiwan believe they can explain how a form of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that is triggering widening concern, reaps its deadly toll. Dengue is caused by four types of virus. Infection with any one of these viruses causes a mild fever and lifelong immunity to that strain. But a secondary infection by a different strain boosts the risk of dengue haemorrhagic fever ... more China scrambles to help homeless as quake death toll climbs 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 21, 2008China scrambled on Wednesday to provide shelter and prevent disease among five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as the number of dead and missing climbed above 74,000. With hope virtually extinguished of finding more survivors amid the rubble of the devastated towns and villages across mountainous Sichuan province, soldiers and relief workers focused on the desperate ... more China Plans Billions For Relief As More Survivors Found In Quake Rubble 
Shifang, China (AFP) May 21, 2008A woman emerged alive Wednesday after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's earthquake, as the government ordered budget cuts to fund a multi-billion-dollar relief package. Rescuers plucked to safety the woman who had been stuck in the water tunnel of a hydropower plant in southwestern Sichuan province's quake-ravaged town of Shifang, the state-run Xinhua news agency said ... more Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 20, 2008A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed via a straw were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000. Amid fears of new aftershocks among a traumatised population, Beijing put out a fresh urgent appeal for tents as foreign medical teams began to arrive in southwestern Sichuan province. Despite the ... more Geosciences Professor Measuring Aftershocks Of China Earthquake 
Lubbock TX (SPX) May 20, 2008Just 40 minutes before the May 12 earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the Sichuan province in Central China, a Texas Tech University professor of geosciences had arrived in Beijing, only 960 miles away. Hua-wei Zhou, professor of petroleum geophysics and seismology, was about to start work for the National Natural Science Foundation of China to monitor smaller earthquakes ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2008A heavy sandstorm hit Beijing Tuesday, shrouding the Chinese capital in a cloud of yellow dust and hampering visibility, the local environmental department said. Clouds of dust were being blown in from neighbouring Inner Mongolia and Shanxi province as a cold front moved in from the north, the Beijing environmental protection bureau said on its website. Air quality has become a key ... more China says nuclear facilities safe after quake: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2008China said Tuesday that civilian nuclear facilities and radioactive sites buried by the Sichuan province earthquake were "safe and controllable," state press said. A total of 32 "radioactive sources" had been buried under debris during the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that left up to 71,000 people either dead, buried or missing in one of China's most populous regions, Xinhua news agency said. ... more ET Solar Group Announces Establishment Of Korean Subsidiary 
Nanjing, China (SPX) May 20, 2008ET Solar Group, a Nanjing-based vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products including ingots, wafers, modules, and state-of-the-art dual-axis tracking systems with manufacturing facilities located in Taizhou, China, has announced that it has established a wholly owned subsidiary in Seoul, Korea. Following the establishment of an Italian office in Rome this March, ET Solar ... more US, China Space Debris Still Orbiting Earth 
Beijing, China (XNA) May 20, 2008Debris from the U.S. intercept of a spy satellite in February and from China's anti-satellite test in Janaury 2007 is still orbiting Earth, according to a space debris expert. T.S. Kelso's CelesTrak satellite tracking software shows some 15 pieces of the busted up USA 193 spysat are still flying around, although when the successful intercept was reported, estimates were that all pieces ... more |
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Chengdu, China (AFP) May 19, 2008Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Chengdu in southwest China amid rumours late Monday of an imminent major aftershock following last week's massive quake. Residents said there was a report on television warning of an aftershock with a magnitude of between 6.0 and 7.0 on the Richter scale some time during the night between Monday and Tuesday. "I plan to sleep outside in my ... more Cambodia plans to open nine hydropower dams by 2019 
Phnom Penh (AFP) May 19, 2008Cambodia will construct controversial Chinese-funded dams as part of a plan to feed its electricity-starved economy, according to government documents obtained Monday by AFP. The Southeast Asian country will open nine dams of various sizes between 2010 and 2019 to generate 1,942 megawatts of power, according to a government report to parliament obtained by AFP. At least four of the dams will ... more Biologist Is Working To Limit Impact Of Hydroelectric Dams In Asia 
Amherst MA (SPX) May 19, 2008Rivers around the world are being tamed by massive hydroelectric dams, with high-profile projects under construction in Laos and China and several proposed for the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. Researcher Guy Lanza of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is working to limit the environmental impact of these projects, which he says often deliver a legacy of economic hardship and health ... more China confirms nuclear safety after quake: army
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2008China's military said Sunday that all nuclear facilities in the country's earthquake-hit southwest were "safe and secure." "I can say in a responsible manner that all these facilities are safe and secure," senior military officer Ma Jian told a news conference. "There is no problem at all," said Ma, deputy director of the combat department of the General Staff Headquarters of the People' ... more
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