Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard along with deputy Prime Minister Wayne ...
The Australian
... in two months. The 1700 workers at the car assembly line in Elizabeth South Australia and 300 at the engine plant in Port Melbourne will be asked to consider a wage cut of up to $200 per week -- or not have a job beyond 2016 because Holden would be ...

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SABMiller is digging in at new brewery in Namibia
BDlive
BREWER SABMiller has intensified its efforts of constructing a R420m plant in Namibia despite existing competition in the small market of 2-million inhabitants. The new ... This comes as an extension of the giant brewer's footprint in the African ...

Times LIVE
Japanese experts set to debate human organs grown in animals
Times LIVE
Japanese experts are set to discuss rules for experiments with animal-human embryos, as scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal.

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Weekly Book List, June 21, 2013
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Focuses on novels, film, and animation in a study of cultural exchange between African-Americans and Asians and Asian-Americans over the past four decades. ... Draws on long-term research at the Guatemalan site and region of Motul de San Jose ...

In pictures: Tanzania's traditional healers
BBC News
BBC News Africa. Home · US & Canada · Latin America · UK · Africa · Asia · Europe · Mid-East · Business · Health · Sci/Environment · Tech · Entertainment · Video. 16 June 2013 Last updated at 22:30 ET ... Although there is no scientific proof that such ...

In South Africa, Chinese tigers claw their way back to life
Globe and Mail
Thousands of kilometres from his birthplace, the remains of a Chinese tiger are preserved in a freezer on a South African wildlife reserve, silent testimony to the risks of a controversial attempt to rescue one of the world's most endangered animals ...

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The Independent
Behind the rhetoric what is really being done to combat desertification?
The Independent
But in impoverished regions of rural Africa, selling firewood is a source of quick cash and many trees along the Sahel have been felled. Communities have paid a high price for such enterprise; with no trees to protect the land, vast swathes of the ...

DNA detectives seek origins of you
The News Journal
“The rapidly enlarging genetic genealogical databases have in recent years become increasingly useful to scientists,” notes a research team led by Maarten Larmuseau of Belgium's Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in an American Journal of Physical ... In ...

The Guardian
New to nature No 106: Pinguicula habilii
The Guardian
As with many carnivorous plants, the genus is restricted to nutrient-poor habitats. Species are widespread from the subarctic to the tropics, occurring in Eurasia, northern Africa and the Americas. Although 20 species are recorded from the ...

National Geographic
Restoring Trees to Save South Africa's Rarest Parrot
National Geographic
Boyes has a plan to restore the endemic yellowwood forests that once flourished across a wide swath of the southern tip of Africa, giving the parrots and other species that depend on the trees a chance to rebound. The plan involves many local ...

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DNA detectives seek origins of you
USA TODAY (blog)
Intended by National Geographic as a part of its mission to map and explore the world, the Genographic Project has analyzed the genetic markers of nearly 600,000 people since 2005, specializing in looking to the origins of modern humans in Africa more ...

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Candy man's quest to save millions in Africa
New Zealand Herald
The future wellbeing of millions of Africans may rest in the unlikely hands of a vegan hippy scientist working for a sweet company who plans to map and then give away the genetic data of 100 traditional crops. Howard-Yana ... He plans to work with ...

Cat Choked By Boa Constrictor, Saved By Man Who Wrestles Snake Away ...
Huffington Post
Found primarily in Central and South America, the carnivorous reptiles prey on small and medium-sized animals by wrapping their bodies around their victims and squeezing tightly. A 2012 study found that boas literally squeeze the life out of their prey ...

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Busia County mutes a Biodiversity conservation group
Africa Science News Service
He noted that planting of more different species of trees will to a large extent encourage and nurture Biodiversity by attracting birds from different origins, adding that this will eventually facilitate the setting up of a birds sanctuary in Busia ...

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Busia County mutes a Biodiversity conservation group
Africa Science News Service
He noted that planting of more different species of trees will to a large extent encourage and nurture Biodiversity by attracting birds from different origins, adding that this will eventually facilitate the setting up of a birds sanctuary in Busia ...

The Surprising Role of CO2 in Changes on the African Savanna
Yale Environment 360
Recent studies show that many of the world's savannas, including famed southern African landscapes, are experiencing significant change as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere favor the growth of trees over grasslands. by adam welz ...

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SA, Boeing in Titanium Technology Deal
AllAfrica.com
South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and US aerospace giant Boeing have signed an agreement to collaborate on the research and development of titanium powder for industrial manufacturing processes in the aviation ...

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SA, Boeing in titanium technology deal
South Africa.info
South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and US aerospace giant Boeing have signed an agreement to collaborate on the research and development of titanium powder for industrial manufacturing processes in the aviation ...

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The Surprising Role of CO2 In the Loss of African Savanna
Yale Environment 360
Recent studies show that many of the world's savannas, including famed African landscapes such as the Serengeti, are experiencing significant change as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere favor the growth of trees over grasslands ...

Regina Leader-Post
Cheetahs' Secret Weapon: A Tight Turning Radius
New York Times
Until now researchers had been able to gather data on the hunting habits of cheetahs only by studying the animals in captivity, or from direct — though relatively imprecise — observations of their movements in the wild. But Dr. Wilson and his team ...
Cheetah's acceleration power key to their successWTOP
'It's all the zigzagging, ducking and diving': Scientists in awe of cheetahs ...Regina Leader-Post
Fancy Feet: Wild Cheetahs Excel At AccelerationNPR
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