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Bad weather delays BP bid to recover blowout preventerWashington (AFP) Aug 30, 2010 A bid to recover a key valve that failed to prevent the blowout of the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico has been delayed because of bad weather, the pointman for the US response to the oil spill said Monday. "We are in a hold pending calming of the current weather," retired coast guard admiral Thad Allen told reporters, adding that it would be two or three days before the operation could begin. BP had planned to begin Monday removing the so-called blowout preventer from the busted well and replace ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2010China will build a multi-million-dollar research base on its east coast as it steps up its efforts to search for energy sources and rare earths on the ocean floor, state media said Friday. Engineers have started to design the base, which will cost an estimated 495 million yuan (72.8 million dollars) for the initial construction, the Xinhua news agency reported. The base in the coastal ci ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2010Continuous research and development of alternative energy could soon lead to a new era in human history in which two renewable sources - solar and wind - will become Earth's dominant contributor of energy, a Nobel laureate said here at a special symposium at the American Chemical Society's 240th National Meeting. Walter Kohn, Ph.D., who shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, noted that ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2010China on Saturday denied reports that defence exchanges with India had been suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for Beijing refusing a visa to a top general from its neighbour. "China has not halted defence exchanges with India and has received no word that India has stopped military exchanges between the two countries," said a statement by China's defence ministry. The faxed statement ... more |
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Malaysia mulls landmark trial of GM anti-dengue mosquitoesKuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 29, 2010 Malaysia is considering releasing genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists. In the first experiment of its kind in Asia, 2,000-3,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes would be released in two Malaysian states in October or November. The insects in the study have been engineered so that their offspring quickly die, curbing the growth of the population in a technique researchers hope could eventual ... read more |
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