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Catalysis takes center stage at chemistry conference
Scientists can learn how advances in catalysis are addressing real-world energy problems and expanding research horizons at an upcoming symposium at the 236th American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Penn.
Sierra Leone: WHO Rep Tours Southeast
Concord Times (Freetown) Newly accredited representative of World Health Organization to Sierra Leone has returned from a three-day familiarization visit to Bo and Kenema where he got firsthand information on the current health situation that part...
Joburg scientists to capture tree DNA
...extinction,' the university said in a statement. The University is one of Africa's representatives on the project, which is also taking place in eight other places throughout the world....
WWF focuses on leopard's plight
...critically-endangered big cat, the Amur leopard. The activity, created by Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw, aims to raise funds for WWF's work in the Far East of Russia and around the world to protect disappearing habitats and endangered animals....
Thousands displaced by floods in West Africa
Geneva - Floods in western Africa have displaced at least 186 000 people, and urgent international aid is needed to help victims and prevent the spread of disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
WHO says urgent aid needed for West Africa flood victims
The number of people displaced by floods in western Africa has risen to over 200,000, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, as it appealed for urgent international aid for the region. At least 150,000 people in Benin and 12,000 in Togo have...
WHO: Concerns over Chair's text on sharing of flu viruses...
...from the use of the virus (especially vaccines and other medical products to counter the deadly avian flu) is being handled by a process in the World Health Organisation, in which developed and developing countries are negotiating the terms of...
'Their daddy would be so proud', says widow, 22, who had ...
Now life is one long round of feeding, changing and bathing son John and daughter Hope, but yesterday the young widow insisted: 'I wouldn't change anything for the world. The thing he wanted most in the world was to be a dad.
UK & World News: Jade returning for cancer treatment
Reality TV star Jade Goody has cancer and will be flying back to the UK for more tests and treatment, her spokesman confirmed. The news was broken to the 27-year-old mother-of-two while she was appearing in the Indian version of Big Brother.
Tropical Storm Fay arrives in Florida
NAPLES, Fla.â" Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast early Tuesday, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in the area during a 2004 killer hurricane.