The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit about 78 kilometres west of Guangyuan. There have not been any reports of further damage or deaths from the latest wave of disaster in the region.
The death toll now stands at 28,881 from Monday’s massive 7.9 quake. Earlier on Saturday waves of people fled a [...]
May 17, 2008
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The polar bear has been added to the list of endangered animals. As the rising temperatures in the Arctic Sea causes the ice to vanish so are the bears.
The polar bear is the first animal to be added to the list of threatened animals as a result of global warming. In Canada the bears are [...]
May 16, 2008
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A new solar-powered bra can generate enough electric energy to charge your mobile phone or iPod. That’s right, ladies, you have the power to let your boobies do their part for the green way of life.
Triumph International Japan Ltd showed off their green coloured “Solar Power Bra” in Tokyo on Wednesday. The bra features a [...]
May 16, 2008
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The situation in China could be getting worse. Troops have been rushed in to plug dangerous cracks in a dam close to Dujiangyan in Sichuan province.
“It (the dam) is only five kilometres away, we are downstream of it,” Speaking from Dujiangyan, Sky’s China correspondent Peter Sharp said.
“We understand that some of the People’s Liberation Army [...]
May 14, 2008
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The news coming in from China after a massive afternoon earthquake is not good: Already there are reports of more than 9,000 dead, students buried under the rubble of a school and a toxic chemical leak that the nation is having to deal with.
The magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook much of China early this afternoon about [...]
May 13, 2008
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A survey of the health of honey bees released on Tuesday revealed how the insect’s numbers dwindled and crops were in danger in the past year.
At the end of last year’s honey bee season it was a wait and see period to be able to judge if the honeybees could come back strong. The answer [...]
May 7, 2008
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It has always been the goal of each generation to leave the children more than they had. The children that inherit the world we are leaving are getting a sorry inheritance.
There is no question that the world is changing. Food price increases, powerful storms, war and a host of other issues have changed the world [...]
April 29, 2008
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As the world’s food prices raise Canada will not remain immune. Within months the problems dealing with the rising cost of food will be appearing on the Canadian horizon reports the Bank of Nova Scotia.
Other than baked good Canada has so far been able to breath easily when it comes to higher food costs. That [...]
April 29, 2008
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What would you do if you knew what was making your grandchildren sick? Ed Wiley was posed with that dilemma and started fighting to make sure not only granddaughter Kayla got better but all of the kids at Marsh Fork were safe.
Since 2006 that’s just what this West Virginia redneck has been doing all the [...]
April 28, 2008
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Sam’s Club is bracing for a food shortage limiting sales of Jasmine, Basmati and long grain white rice. As the price of rice surges Sam’s Club and Costco are dealing with people’s fear that food supply shortages are imminent.
Costco Wholesale Corp is also limiting their customers rice purchases. The company said on Tuesday that they [...]
April 24, 2008
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