Cloud Condensation Formation

Cloud Condensation Formation: A cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body. These suspended particles are also known as aerosols. So how do they form and how fast? Researchers at the University of Bristol with collaborators from ETH-Zurich have shown that the rate of condensation of water on organic aerosol particles in the atmosphere can be very slow, taking many hours for a particle to change in size. This could have significant consequences for understanding how clouds are formed and how they affect climate.

Proteins Against Bacteria

Proteins Against Bacteria: Infections are a constant battle. New drugs to kill off an infection creates resistance in future infections to that drug. So there is a constant need to find new ways to combat infections. Researcher Mohamed Lamkanfi (Ghent University) has discovered that mice that do not produce the receptor protein NLRP6, are better protected against bacterial infections and can easier remove bacteria from the body. Therapeutic drugs that neutralize NLRP6 could be a possible treatment option, in addition to the use of antibiotics, for fighting bacterial infections. His research was published in the leading scientific magazine Nature.

Laos denies pushing ahead with controversial dam

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M6 fake cigarette terrorism alert: 'We could have been shot' say passengers

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Apoio de apresentadora de TV à poligamia gera revolta na Turquia

Apoio de apresentadora de TV à poligamia gera revolta na Turquia:
ANCARA - Sibel Uresin, apresentadora de um talk show transmitido pelo canal de TV Turkey's Beyaz, gerou uma onda de revolta no país ao dizer que a poligamia deveria ser legalizada "porque está escrita no Alcorão”, o livro sagrado dos muçulmanos.
Sibel, uma conselheira islâmica de 36 anos, colunista e apresentadora de programas de entrevistas contou que já ofereceu uma amiga ao próprio marido.
- Eu tenho uma amiga solteira. E disse a meu marido que não me incomodaria se ele quisesse se casar com ela. Claro que ele recusou, mas eu não pediria o divórcio se ele tivesse aceitado - polemizou.
No programa, ela estava sendo perguntada por declarações dadas no ano passado, quando afirmou que os homens deveriam ter várias mulheres. Os cometários, na época, provocaram controvérsia. Muitos turcos acreditam que as diferenças entre religiosos e não religiosos têm se acentuando ultimamente, e que as declarações da apresentadora só pioram a situação.
Para sustentar seu apoio à prática, Sibel Uresin cita uma pesquisa segundo a qual 85% dos homens turcos não são fiéis às suas esposas. Para ela, já que a maioria dos maridos tende a ter casos fora do casamento, a poligamia deveria ser permitida. Ela argumentou ainda que a prática é comum na Turquia por conta dos matrimônios religiosos celebrados por imãs.
De acordo com estudos, cerca de 200 mil mulheres fazem parte de uniões poligâmicas não reconhecidas legalmente. Se um casamento é reconhecido apenas sob a lei islâmica, para conseguir o divórcio basta ao homem repetir a frase "Eu me divorcio de você" três vezes.

Hong Kong customs officers make record cocaine bust

Hong Kong customs officers make record cocaine bust: Hong Kong customs officers said they have made a £63 million cocaine bust.

Orphans pictured chained up in China

Orphans pictured chained up in China: Authorities have suspended the director of an orphanage in eastern China after photographs showing two mentally disabled children shackled to furniture with metal chains were posted online.

China reveals new strategy of stockpiling rare earths

China reveals new strategy of stockpiling rare earths:

We don't need no steenkin' WTO

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Argentina condena ex-ditador a 50 anos de prisão por sequestro de bebês

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IMF's Lagarde voices concern over global economy

IMF's Lagarde voices concern over global economy: TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund expressed concern on Friday at a deterioration in the global economy, saying the outlook has become more worrying as developed and big emerging nations show signs of slowing down.

China rate cut a gamble that banks will boost economy

China rate cut a gamble that banks will boost economy: BEIJING (Reuters) - China's second surprise rate cut and lending reform in the space of a month shows that Beijing wants borrowing to play a greater role in reviving an economy struggling with its weakest pace of growth since the global financial crisis.

Mega French operator SFR prepares to slash another €500m in costs

Mega French operator SFR prepares to slash another €500m in costs:
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Judge orders JPMorgan to explain withholding emails

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Facebook launches app store in UK

Facebook launches app store in UK: Facebook has launched its App Centre in the UK in a bid to make it easier for members of the social network to find games, music services and media content.

Alibaba executive in bribe probe

Alibaba executive in bribe probe: Alibaba Group says one of its former executives, Yan Limin, has been detained by police on "suspicion of accepting bribes".

HP patents teleprompter-esque transparent screen tech

HP patents teleprompter-esque transparent screen tech: Slat-tastic gear will mean you can never trust a window

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China lifts ban on lesbians giving blood

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Swedes Suspect Strawberry Scam

Swedes Suspect Strawberry Scam:

Young Celine sells strawberries at a roadside stall outside Gothenburg, Sweden. She says she noticed that the cheap strawberries boxes labeled “Swedish berries” are missing information with the grower’s name, country of origin, and class, while her expensive ones have this information. (Barbro Plogander/The Epoch Times)

GOTHENBERG, Sweden—Consumers in Sweden recently alerted the Swedish Agriculture Board of suspicions that foreign strawberries were being repackaged as locally grown.

Around midsummer, strawberries are no joking matter for Swedes. The aroma of berries signals that the warm, pleasant summer has finally begun, and that the long, cold winter is a distant memory—for a time. And no midsummer feast is complete without three essential elements on the table: pickled herring, early harvested new potatoes, and local strawberries.

The strawberry trade is in full swing in the summer drizzle in the small town of Skene in Southwest Sweden. Ingela Klintenberg, a middle-aged woman out shopping for strawberries, recounts a visit to the larger town of Varberg, where she found cheap berries.

“I got my money out to buy a box, but I noticed the color wasn’t right. I smelled them, and they had no aroma,” Klintenberg said.

“It said ‘Swedish berries’ on the box, but they weren’t Swedish,” she added, disapprovingly.

Other consumers have noticed that boxes of some cheaper, so-called Swedish berries, lack information about the grower that is normally included.

The Board of Agriculture says it has received several complaints about suspected repackaging of strawberries, according to board spokesperson Tony P. Nilsson.

Nilsson says the lure to repackage strawberries is especially strong if the harvest comes late, and there are no Swedish strawberries for the traditional midsummer festival that falls after summer solstice in late June.

“It’s very difficult to prove” that a box labeled as “Swedish strawberries” came from somewhere else, says Nilsson. There’s no way to tell just by looking, but they can be analyzed.

“The water isotopes in strawberries have different properties, so it is possible to determine what water the strawberries were irrigated with, with a fairly high degree of precision,” says Nilsson.

The analysis is done in a laboratory in Germany, which stores information about water from different areas in Europe. The analysis cannot pinpoint where the berries were grown, but it can tell if they were grown in Sweden or not. It takes about three weeks to get results.

Berry grower Per-Olof Nilsson says he has seen very cheap strawberries for sale along the roadside. He says it’s difficult to prove that these supposedly Swedish berries are in fact repackaged foreign produce.

“It’s very bad. Of course, you shouldn’t do that,” he says. “Unfortunately, there is not much risk involved for those who do it, but I suppose it’s fraud. I haven’t heard of anyone being convicted of that.”

Per-Olof Nilsson sounds tired, which isn’t surprising considering the number of
strawberries and raspberries his farm produces and distributes in the short season.

“The situation differs from year to year,” he says, but on average, his annual turnover to supply tables across Sweden is about $1.4 million.

Argentine court upholds glacier law in mining area

Argentine court upholds glacier law in mining area: BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that key articles of a glacier protection law should apply in a northern province where the world's largest gold miner, Barrick Gold Corp, is building a huge mine high in the Andes.

GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion

GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history.

The worst monsoon floods in a decade hit Assam in India

The worst monsoon floods in a decade hit Assam in India: The worst monsoon floods in a decade hit Assam in India.

Scientists say ongoing weather extremes offer proof of climate change

Record-shattering heatwaves, wildfires and freak storms are a sampling of what is to come in 2012 and a window to the future
The bizarre weather of early summer in the US – from heatwave, wildfires, drought to freak storms – is just a sampling of what is to come for 2012 and a window to the future under climate change, scientists have said.
Scientists are wary of linking specific weather events to climate change, and this year's punishing heat and deadly thunder storms have been confined to the Americas. Europe, Asia and Africa haven't experienced severe weather this year – though they have in past years.
But the run of extreme weather offers real-time proof of the consequences of climate change, said Kevin Trenberth, who heads climate research at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research in Colorado – itself the scene of devastating wildfires.
"We are certainly seeing climate change in action," he said. "This year has been exceptionally unusual throughout the United States."
Jeff Masters director of meteorology at the Weather Underground website, told Democracy Now: "What we're seeing now is the future. We're going to be seeing a lot more weather like this, a lot more impacts like we're seeing from this series of heat waves, fires and storms." He added: "This is just the beginning."
The prime exhibit for the bizarre turn of weather is the current heat wave.
The month of June alone shattered some 3,215 records for daily maximum heat. Cities like St Louis were sweltering under five consecutive days of triple digit temperatures on Tuesday. Last Thursday the city registered 108 degrees fahrenheit, the highest temperature in nearly 60 years.
"Historically this is going to end up being one of the hottest Junes of all time," said Harold Brooks, a research meteorologist at the National Severe Storm Laboratory in Oklahoma.
The high temperatures were also hitting earlier this summer, he said. Heat waves ordinarily do not build up until July.
But this has been a year for record-breaking heat. Since the start of the year, the United States set more than 40,000 hot temperature records and fewer than 6,000 cold temperature records, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ordinarily, scientists would expect those numbers to be about the same, but the hot temperature records were falling at a ratio of about 7-1.
Such volatile temperatures, early in the year, helped contribute to the conditions for the deadly derecho thunder storm which blew through the Washington DC area with hurricane-force winds, killing some 22 people. Brooks said it was one of the most powerful such storms in recent history.
On the other side of the country, meanwhile, extreme drought conditions across a vast swathe of the American west led to an outbreak of mega-fires in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Colorado's fires, outside the cities of Colorado Springs and Boulder, have between them destroyed more than 650 houses.
And there was no relief in sight. Aside from pockets such as northern Minnesota, Washington state, and New England, temperatures across a vast swathe of the United States were heading to record hot temperatures, Brooks said.
The season has already raised public health concerns. At least three people, all in their 70s and 80s, have died in St Louis since last week because of heat-related illness, medical officials said.
In the greater Washington DC area, where power outages due to the furious thunderstorm deepened the effects of a heat wave, the authorities have opened cooling centres in schools and community centres for those without access to air conditioning.
"Watch out for a long hot summer," said Trenberth.
*Suzanne Goldenberg and Jeff Masters discuss wildfires and climate change on Democracy Now!*

Influenza aviar, sin riesgo de contagio a humanos: Ssa

Influenza aviar, sin riesgo de contagio a humanos: Ssa: El secretario de Salud, Salomón Chertorivski, enfatizó que no existe riesgo en el consumo de pollo ni huevo

Unesco condena destruição de Patrimônio Mundial em Mali

Unesco condena destruição de Patrimônio Mundial em Mali: Mausoléus destruídos por muçulmanos em Tombuctu estavam sob proteção da ONU desde 1988. Recentemente foram incluídos na lista de patrimônios ameaçados. Rebeldes procuram intimidar população e se afirmar contra Ocidente.

IMF warns of ‘downside risks’ to US

IMF warns of ‘downside risks’ to US: IMF chief Christine Lagarde says ‘failure to reach an agreement on tax and spending policies’ was one of the main clouds hanging over ‘tepid’ recovery

Yasser Arafat pode ter sido envenenado, diz al-Jazeera

Yasser Arafat pode ter sido envenenado, diz al-Jazeera:
RIO - Oito anos depois, os motivos da morte do líder palestino Yasser Arafat continuam sendo um mistério. Nesta terça-feira, novos testes parecem ter chegado perto de concluir o caso. Segundo a TV árabe al-Jazeera, polônio radioativo foi encontrado nos pertences do ex-presidente da Autoridade Nacional Palestina (ANP), no que seria um indício de que o líder fora envenenado.
A cena de um Arafat moribundo rodou o mundo durante semanas. Primeiro, o líder adoecido foi tratado em sua casa cercada por tanques israelenses, em Ramallah. Depois foi levado para um hospital militar em Paris. Na época, rumores diziam que o líder poderia ter morrido de câncer, cirrose ou ainda em decorrência do vírus HIV.
A investigação da al-Jazeera, no entanto, coloca os boatos abaixo. Depois de nove meses, a TV conseguiu provas de que Arafat estava em boa saúde quando de repente adoeceu, em outubro, de 2004. Segundo cientistas em Lausanne, na Suíça, níveis muito altos de polônio radioativo foram encontrados nos pertences do líder palestino, em alguns casos a incidência de material radioativo estaria dez vezes além do permitido.
Outros testes, conduzidos entre março e junho, mostraram ainda que a maioria do polônio encontrado nas roupas e objetos de Arafat - como em sua escova de dente - não vinha de fontes naturais. Os pertences analisados continham marcas de sangue, saliva, suor e urina do líder palestino.
Pouco se sabe sobre as consequências deste elemento químico na saúde humana. Pelo menos, duas pessoas ligadas ao programa nuclear israelense teriam morrido infectadas por polônio, mas sua vítima mais famosa é o espião russo dissidente Alexander Litvinenko, que morreu em 2006, em Londres.
Entre os sintomas do envenenamento por polônio, estariam diarreia, perda de perda e vômito, os mesmos males que Arafat sofreu em suas últimas semanas de vida.
- Eu posso confirmar que nós medimos uma amostra inexplicável e elevada de polônio-210 nos pertences de Arafat que continuam marcas de fluídos biológicos - disse o médico François Bochud à al-Jazeera.

Iran test-fires dozens of missiles

Iran test-fires dozens of missiles: Display of might coincides with the tightening of US and European Union oil sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme.

Athens to speed up privatisation

Athens to speed up privatisation: Greek government plans to accelerate measures to show it is serious about reform, while trying to cut costs in local government and at state corporations

Bomb in car kills two policemen in northern Mexico

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Chinese banks' profits soar amid crisis

Chinese banks' profits soar amid crisis: Chinese banks have left European banks behind in terms of their profitability during the eurozone crisis, according to a global survey of 1,000 banks released Tuesday by The Banker magazine.

1.8M face another scorcher without AC

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China culls 150,000 chickens in bird flu outbreak

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Japan bans raw liver following food poisoning cases

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New genes linked to arthritis could lead to new drugs: experts

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German birthrate hits new low

German birthrate hits new low: Germans had fewer babies than ever before, according to the latest government statistics. Researchers expect the birth rate to continue to drop for years to come.

92% de víctimas de delitos en México no denuncia, revelan

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Test Reveals Alarming Carcinogen Levels in Coca-Cola Sold in Brazil

Test Reveals Alarming Carcinogen Levels in Coca-Cola Sold in Brazil:

Cans of Sprite, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola are offered for sale at a grocery store on April 17, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The Coca-Cola Co. reported an 8 percent increase in net income for the first quarter of 2012 with global volume growth of 5%. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A lab test published on June 26 at the site of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) revealed high levels of a carcinogen substance in Coca-Cola, mostly in Brazil, with values 67 times higher than products sold in California.
The report indicates that the chemical carcinogen 4-methylimidizole, known as 4-MI or 4-MEI, was identified at an alarming rate in the drink sold in many countries around the world. This carcinogen substance is formed in the product “caramel coloring”, with amoniac base, which is industrially used by Coca-Cola.
High levels of this substance have been warned previously by CSPI, after which in California the company has lowered to four micrograms of 4-MI per 355 milligrams of the refrigerant, as revealed by the CSPI’s test.

Authorities from California demanded that Coca-Cola put a warning about the risks of cancer in their products and produce them with levels of 4-MI lower than 3 micrograms per 355 milliliters. The warning must state that there are real risks from the ingestion of 30 micrograms of 4-methylimidizole per day.
The level of the substance detected in the product sold in Brazil reaches 267 micrograms of 4-MI per 355 milliliters, far more than the nearly 3 micrograms allowed. The test also showed high levels in Kenya (177), Mexico (147), Canada (160), United Arab Emirates (155), England (145) and Washington (144). Lower levels were observed in Japan and China, with 72 and 56 micrograms of 4-MI, respectively.
The chemical reaction between sugar and ammonia produce the 4-MI, a substance that causes cancer in the lung, liver, thyroid and leukemia, according to experiments conducted by the U.S. Government, says the CSPI.
A leading manufacturer of caramel coloring that offers a totally free dye of 4-MI reports that, your product is four times more expensive, beverage companies are not buying, the report says.
“Now that we know we can almost completely eliminate this carcinogen in glue, there is no excuse for Coca-Cola and other companies not to do it all over the world,” concludes the report of the CSPI.

Facebook phone app attempts to seize ALL YOUR MAIL

Facebook phone app attempts to seize ALL YOUR MAIL:
Gonna slurp you good... bitch. Facebook has found an innovative way to encourage use of its email service: reach into users' mobile phone address books and change the email addresses stored against each contact to their Facebook email account.…

Kremlin proposal for tougher regulation of foreign groups

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Sugar 'to shape synthetic liver'

Sugar 'to shape synthetic liver': Researchers have moved a step closer to creating a synthetic liver, after a US team printed a 3D model of a network blood vessels could grow into.

"Hot and hotter" forecast as heat wave bakes eastern U.S.

"Hot and hotter" forecast as heat wave bakes eastern U.S.: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Relentless heat was forecast for much of the eastern United States for a fourth straight day on Monday, with about 2.2 million customers without power after violent storms and soaring temperatures killed at least 15 people.

Apple threatened in Italy with fine, temporary closure

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France needs ‘unprecedented’ spending cuts

France needs ‘unprecedented’ spending cuts: Estimating that savings of €33bn will be needed to hit the 2013 deficit target, the auditor said France could see its public debt hit 90 per cent of GDP this year

Woman, 61, could be jailed for walking her dogs too slowly judge rules on bitter neighbour dispute

Woman, 61, could be jailed for walking her dogs too slowly judge rules on bitter neighbour dispute:
Dog loving farmer Linda Jefferies, pictured, was served a harassment injunction because she was found to be 'snooping' on her neighbour, Pauline Robb, in Chelmsford Essex.

Reported by MailOnline 53 minutes ago.

Indian gang held over ATM trick

Indian gang held over ATM trick: A gang which used a novel trick to make cash machines think no money had been taken is arrested in India.

Google makes 'proposal' to Europe on antitrust concerns

Google makes 'proposal' to Europe on antitrust concerns:
Brussels examining missive from Eric Schmidt. Google has submitted what it described as a "proposal" to antitrust officials in Brussels that the search giant said addresses the "abuse of dominance" claims outlined by competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia in May this year.…

Police in U.K. Say More Riots Likely

Police in U.K. Say More Riots Likely:

Riot police talk in front of a burning car during riots in Clarence Road, Hackney on August 8, 2011 in London, England. (Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

Police in England are concerned they may face more riots in the near future similar to those that took place in London and other cities last year, according to a report.
Surveyed officers expressed fear that cuts to their agency might leave them unprepared to deal with violent unrest, according to the report, which was conducted by the Guardian newspaper and the London School of Economics. Overall, 130 officers of differing ranks were interviewed for the report.
“I think if you have bad economic times, hot weather, some sort of an event that sets it off… my answer is: yes, it could” happen again, a police superintendent from Manchester said, referring to the unrest.
“Because I don’t think anything has changed between now and last August, and the only thing that’s different is people have thought: riots are fun,” said the officer.

“We arrested 300 people [in Salford and Manchester] and we sent a powerful message, but a lot of people on the periphery got away with it. Probably, if I was them, I’d have thought: yeah, I’d do it again, and probably get away with it next time.”
Many police cited an economic downturn and worsening social conditions in parts of England as the reason for future riots.
In the survey, officers expressed astonishment that none of their colleagues were killed during the riots.

Russia's PM Medvedev launches Far East bridge

Russia's PM Medvedev launches Far East bridge: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev unveiled a $1 billion bridge to a remote Far East island on Monday, seen as a symbol of the Kremlin's eagerness to retain influence in the region at any cost to counter the rise of China.

Exclusive: Philippines may ask for U.S. spy planes over South China Sea

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British parliament to probe Barclays

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Mozilla gains telco, phone manufacturer backing for Firefox mobile OS

Mozilla gains telco, phone manufacturer backing for Firefox mobile OS: Mozilla said Monday that it has named its forthcoming HTML5 mobile operating system Firefox OS, gained support for it from more telcos, and found two device manufacturers that intend to build phones using the OS.

China manufacturing growth slows

China manufacturing growth slows: China's manufacturing activity grows at its slowest pace in seven months adding to fears about a slowdown in its economy.

Mexikos neuer starker Mann

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India to launch monsoon 'mission'

India to launch monsoon 'mission': India is launching a $75m mission using computer models to understand the south-west monsoon and forecast the rains more accurately, officials say.

Apple 'settles China iPad case'

Apple 'settles China iPad case': Apple has agreed to pay $60m (£38m) to Chinese firm Proview to settle a dispute involving rights to the "iPad" name, a court in China says.

Un journaliste stagiaire retrouvé mort au Mexique

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'Truly sorry' Barclays chair Marcus Agius resigns

'Truly sorry' Barclays chair Marcus Agius resigns: Barclays chairman set to announce resignation, as it emerges the bank stepped up interest rate rigging effors after chief executive personally spoke to deputy governor of the BoE.

Earth's rotation slows, breaks Internet

Earth's rotation slows, breaks Internet: There's nothing like a slowdown in the earth's rotation to ruin a Saturday night.
System administrators around the country were called away from dinner dates and gaming sessions on Saturday after an extra second was added to the evening by the world's timekeepers, causing widespread failure among computers that keep the world's websites online. Among the sites to have problems: Gawker, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Reddit, StumbleUpon and Yelp, plus countless others.

Iceland's defiant president wins record fifth term

Iceland's defiant president wins record fifth term: REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson has won a record fifth term in office, riding a wave of support for his defiance of Britain and the Netherlands over massive debts from a bank crash and asserting the tiny nation's stubbornly independent streak.

Chinese miner builds high-altitude experiment in Peru

MOROCOCHA, Peru (Reuters) - High in the Andes mountain range, a Chinese mining company is now in the housing construction and demolition business as it works to relocate a Peruvian town that sits in the way of its $2.2 billion Toromocho copper mine.

Reported by Reuters 32 minutes ago.

Após erupção do Nevado del Ruiz, Colômbia pede evacuação da área

Após erupção do Nevado del Ruiz, Colômbia pede evacuação da área:
BOGOTÁ - Autoridades colombianas ordenaram a evacuação preventiva de quase cinco mil pessoas de comunidades ao redor do vulcão Nevado del Ruiz, que entrou em erupção neste sábado expelindo fumaça e cinzas.
O presidente Juan Manuel Santos pediu, em sua conta no Twitter, que as pessoas que vivem perto do vulcão, no oeste da Colômbia, deixassem a área. Foram afetadas as reigiões de Caldas e Tolima.
Carlos Ivan Marquez, diretor nacional de gestão de desastres da Colômbia agência, disse, no sábado, que a situação está sendo monitorada e "tende para a calma."
Gás e vapor têm subido periodicamente desde o começo deste ano do vulcão Nevado de Ruiz, localizado cerca de 90 milhas (145 quilômetros) a oeste da capital do país, Bogotá.
Em 1985, o vulcão entrou em erupção espalhando rochas e lama por toda a cidade de Armero e matando 25 mil pessoas.

Israel plays cat and mouse game over settlers

Israel plays cat and mouse game over settlers: Officially, Israel stands by the two-state solution envisaged by the Oslo Accords - an Israeli state next to a sovereign Palestinian state. But the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu's government speak a different language.

Plants that feed on animals underground discovered

Plants that feed on animals underground discovered: Three species of carnivorous plant that feed on worms underground have been discovered in the Brazilian savannah.