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Migrating Insects Fly In The Fast LaneLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 10, 2010 A study published in Science, by researchers at Rothamsted Research (an institute of the BBSRC), the Met Office, the Natural Resources Institute, and the Universities of Exeter, Greenwich and York, sheds new light on the flight behaviours that enable insects to undertake long-distance migrations, and highlights the remarkable abilities of these insect migrants. Many insects avoid cold British winters by migrating south in autumn to over-wintering sites around the Mediterranean. Migrant insects the ... read more |
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Dubai (AFP) Feb 2, 2010US deployment of anti-missile defences off Iran's coast and in a number of its Gulf Arab neighbours is certain to fuel tensions in a strategic region that supplies a third of the world's oil, analysts say. "This will make Iran more nervous," said Mustafa Alani, head of security research at the Dubai-based Gulf Research Centre. To counter a perceived threat from a controversial Iranian nu ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Feb 1, 2010NATO requires at least 2,000 more trainers to help bring the Afghan police force up to scratch for this year alone, alliance Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. "Concerning police, there is really a big shortfall," he told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels. "We are still short of more than 100 training teams." The teams usually comprise 20-30 trainers, and a ... more  
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2010Northrop Grumman monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) are flying aboard two state-of-the-art European Space Agency (ESA) space telescopes. The Herschel and Planck spacecraft are studying the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as relic radiation from the Big Bang. Using Herschel data, scientists earlier this year produced the most detailed images of deep space from 12 mill ... more |
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N.Korea fires artillery near border for third daySeoul (AFP) Jan 29, 2010 North Korea fired artillery into the sea near its disputed border with South Korea for a third straight day on Friday, Seoul's military said. In a four-hour morning period the communist state fired 20 shells which landed in North Korean waters off South Korea's Yeonpyeong island, a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. Seoul's defence ministry said it is considering shipping more artillery and advanced radar to Yeonpyeong and another border island in response to the shelling, which ... read more |
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