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UK Grandma struck by Meteorite

Seeded on Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:44 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Astronomers in Britain are questioning whether a rock which slightly injured a woman in her 70s is a meteorite. If the origin of the rock is confirmed, the woman would be the first known human victim of such a strike.

odd-news, meteorite, suffolk, grandma

US seeking to block G8 Climate Change draft

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2007 5:29 PM EDT (BBC News)

Washington objects to the draft's targets to keep the global temperature rise below 2C this century and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

politics, climate-change, us, un, kyoto, g8, g8-summit, angela-merkel

Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days Jail, fires publicist

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 4:32 AM EDT (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In her first public comments since she was handed a 45-day jail sentence for a driving related offense, celebrity heiress Paris Hilton has described her punishment as cruel and unwarranted.

entertainment, paris, hilton, paris-hilton, jail, elliot-mintz

Andrew Johns announces retirement from Rugby League

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:46 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Newcastle and Australian half-back Andrew Johns has announced his retirement from rugby league because of a bulging disc in his neck.

sports, andrew-johns, rugby-league, newcastle, injury, retirement, nrl

Tsunami alert for Australian coast - Breaking News

Seeded on Sun Apr 1, 2007 7:33 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A tsunami warning has been issued for Queensland's Barrier Reef Islands and Willis Island in the Coral Sea after a strong earthquake off the Solomon Islands.

world-news, tsunami, australia, solomon-islands, earthquake

Australians want action on climate change: (Opposition Leader) Rudd

Seeded on Sun Apr 1, 2007 5:13 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has dismissed the Federal Government's criticism of his plan to address climate change. Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Labor is being religious and fanatical about the issue, while the Government is taking a productive global approach.

politics, climate-change, kevin-rudd, malcolm-turnbull, australia

Hicks apologises, thanks Aust for support.

Seeded on Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:23 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Confessed terrorism supporter David Hicks has apologised to Australia and the United States after being convicted by a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay.

politics, guantanamo-bay, david-hicks, al-qaeda, terrorism, australia

Labor reclaims power across NSW

Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:59 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Voters in New South Wales have given Labor a scare at the ballot box, but the party has been returned for its fourth successive term. There has been a swing against Labor of around 3 per cent, but not the 12 per cent the Coalition needed to win.

politics, morris-iemma, peter-debnam, state-election, nsw

Costello attacks Labor's broadband coverage plan

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:07 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Federal Government has savaged Labor's announcement of a multi-billion dollar plan to improve broadband coverage throughout Australia if it is elected.

politics, internet, broadband, rudd, costello, election, australia, telstra

Britian 'to lead world' in climate change fight: Blair

Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:20 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

[Blair] unveiled a "revolutionary step" in the Government's blueprint for reducing harmful emissions, binding the UK to a 60-per-cent cut by 2050. […] The draft Climate Change Bill also sets an interim target of a 26-per-cent to 32-per-cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissio …

world-news, climate-change, blair, uk, greenhouse, carbon, make-poverty-history

Rudd 'getting full of himself': Howard.

Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:48 AM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Prime Minister John Howard described Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd as "getting a bit full of himself" as the two traded insults over Iraq today.

politics, australian-politics, rudd, howard, iraq, insults

Qld Health tried to cover up patient death, coroner says.

Seeded on Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:43 AM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A coroner has found that Queensland Health tried to "conceal the truth" about the death of a mentally ill patient who fell from a hospital balcony in western Queensland. Ian Leslie West died two weeks after falling from the first-floor of the Longreach Hospital in late 2002.

health, australia, queensland, longreach, bipolar

Climate change 'threatens plant life'

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 1:40 AM EST (manchester.com)

Fast-evolving garden weeds are more likely to survive rapid climate change than species like the giant redwood tree, scientists have suggested.

home-garden, climate-change, plants, steven-franks, arthur-weis, university-of-california, evolution

Investment banks eye joint climate change strategy

Seeded on Mon Jan 8, 2007 8:56 AM EST (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks, academics and green groups will propose redirecting capital investments into projects that are less affected by, or help curb, climate change, in a joint study to launch this spring, organisers said on Monday.

business, climate-change, investments, london-accord, biofufel

How Climate Change Is Hurting Cold Water Fish

Seeded on Thu Jan 4, 2007 6:01 PM EST (Sciam)

The eelpout--a shallow water, bottom-dwelling fish--is an indicator species. Zoarces viviparous, or the one that gives birth to live young, rests near the top of its local food chain in the shallow waters of the southern North Sea, an area also known as the Wadden Sea.

science, indicator-species, eelpout, climate-change, north-sea, biology

ExxonMobil spends $16m to confuse public on Global Warming Science

Seeded on Wed Jan 3, 2007 4:12 PM EST (ucsusa.org)

WASHINGTON, DC, Jan.

science, exxonmobil, union-of-concerned-scientists, climate-change, global-warming, disinformation

Downer criticises Fiji's coup leaders for using Aust conman Peter Foster

Seeded on Wed Jan 3, 2007 1:06 AM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has criticised Fiji's coup leaders for using Australian conman Peter Foster to investigate allegations the deposed government was corrupt.

world-news, election-rort, fiji, alexander-downer, peter-foster, conman, corruption, vote-rigging

African lake may 'predict climate change'

Seeded on Tue Jan 2, 2007 5:44 PM EST (BBC News)

Sediment underneath an African lake, which is thought to date back more than 80,000 years, may help predict future climate change, researchers claim.

science, climate-change, ethiopia, lake-tana, drought

Climate Change and a Warmer Atlantic – More, and Worse, Western Wildfires

Seeded on Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:34 AM EST (Sciam)

Historical record suggests the American West is "primed" for climate change-inspired conflagrations. […]

science, climate-change, fire, atlantic, forest-fires, north-america

Second bird flu death in as many days: Egypt

Seeded on Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:20 PM EST (IOL)

Cairo - A 15-year-old girl died on Monday from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second such death in as many days in Egypt, the health ministry in Cairo said.

health, bird-flu, h5n1, cairo, egypt, death

Renewable energy gives hope to Africa's victims of climate change

Seeded on Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:52 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)

Mali, West Africa Dr Ibrahim Togola, MFC's director, has pioneered the use of renewable energy - from the sun, wind and bio-fuel - in poor communities. "Climate change for us is like living with HIV/Aids," he says.

world-news, climate-change, mali, west-africa, renewable-energy, solar-energy

Lethal Injection Under Microscope

Seeded on Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:41 PM EST (Forbes)

Angel Nieves Diaz, a career criminal executed for killing a Miami topless bar manager 27 years ago, was given a rare second dose of deadly chemicals as he took more than twice the usual time to succumb.

us-news, lethal-injection, angel-nieves-diaz, execution, capital-punishment, torture, cruel-and-unusual

It's more than a drought, say scientists

Seeded on Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:34 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The world's top meteorologists have released their annual weather assessment and it paints a dismal picture.

science, climate-change, drought, australia, el-nino

Kyoto Gets a Slap in the Face from Canada

Seeded on Sat Dec 9, 2006 8:10 PM EST (ipsnews.net)

TORONTO, Dec 9 (Tierramérica) - Much to the surprise of most Canadians and the world community, Canada is reneging on its international commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which could weaken an international agreement to fight climate change after Kyoto expires in 2012.

world-news, climate-change, kyoto, canada, stephen-harper, rona-ambrose, earthnews

India will suffer most due to climate change: Stern Report

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 9:05 PM EST (Reuters)

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - India is likely to suffer more than most countries as a result of climate change, with poor agricultural output, more natural disasters and increased deaths due to higher occurance of diseases, the author of an acclaimed report on global warning said …

science, nicholas-stern, india, climate-change, economics

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