2014年8月20日 星期三

2014-08-21 South Africa Science

  Care2.com   
6 Fascinating Facts About the Misunderstood Magpie  Care2.com
Magpies are often maligned as pests, but they're actually quite interesting birds that are usually overlooked for both their beauty and their intelligence. Here are six interesting facts about magpies. 1. Magpies Don't Like Shiny Things — They're Scared of Them.
Magpies myth busted   News24
Science exonerates theft-accused magpies   Yahoo News UK

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Mamelodi protest causes bus delays  The New Age Online
Protests in Mamelodi, Pretoria, have caused bus service delays in the area, Putco said on Wednesday. Picture: Gallo Images. Print. divider. Mail. divider. Bookmarkl and Share Share. divider. share. Rate this Article ...


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Volcanic isle may collapse, create tsunami  Independent Online
This handout picture taken by Japan Coast Guard shows the newly created volcanic Nishinoshima island at the Ogasawara island chain. Tokyo - An erupting volcanic island that is expanding off Japan could trigger a tsunami if its freshly-formed lava slopes ...

Japanese island formed by volcanic eruption could collapse and cause a ...   ABC Online
Japan Island Created By Volcano Could Collapse, Cause Tsunami   The Weather Channel
Japanese volcanic isle collapse could trigger tsunami   eNCA

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  BBC News   
DR Congo suburbs renamed after major cities  BBC News
Like many big cities across around the world, Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has its fair share of poverty and tough areas. However, some of its residents have big aspirations - so much so that they have started renaming suburbs ...

DRC: 500 Angolans in voluntary return home   StarAfrica.com
Angolans head homewards by train from Democratic Republic of Congo   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Last Angolan refugees begin return from DR Congo   Capital FM Kenya

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Iceland evacuates tourists over volcanic eruption fears  TVNZ
A popular tourist area close to a volcano in Iceland has been evacuated over fears of an eruption. Authorities decided to evacuate the lightly populated area within a national park because of its proximity to the country's Bardarbunga volcano, BBC News ...

Eruption risk rising for earthquake-racked volcano in Iceland   Los Angeles Times
Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano alert raised to orange   BBC News
Iceland volcano: Travel agency has 'Volcano hotline' for dare-devil tourists who ...   The Independent
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Etim - Umana Okon Umana At 55  The Guardian
THIS year two of my very good friends and role models will mark their 55th birthday. One is Pastor Ben Akabueze, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning in Lagos State, who turns 55 in September. Five years ago Pastor Ben, as we fondly call ...

Boosting Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria - the Akwa Ibom Approach   AllAfrica.com

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  Austrian Tribune   
International Environmental Group raises Concerns over Ecological Overspending  Austrian Tribune
Earth Overshot Day is organized by the Global Footprint Network to create awareness about ecological overspending. The international environmental group has claimed that nature's budget has been used today for an entire year and the world will be ...

Humanity exhausts its annual ecological budget in less than eight months   Phys.Org
Finland one of few countries with a larger biocapacity than footprint   Helsinki Times
Earth's Annual Resource Allotment Runs Out Today   Targeted News Service (subscription)
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Urgent action needed to tackle Sahel's lack of rainfall: UN  Yahoo News UK
A dearth of rainfall in the Sahel could have "severe consequences" for food and agriculture across the region, a UN official said Tuesday, urging urgent action to tackle droughts. "The countries in the Sahel in general are suffering from a lack of rain this winter, ...


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Uesario Confirms Arab and African Participation in Upcoming Congress  AllAfrica.com
Shaheed Hafed — The Secretary General of the Union of Students of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro, Ahmed Abdi Lehbib, confirmed Tuesday the participation of Arab and African countries delegations in the II Congress, held August 23-25, in the wilaya of ...


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Penguins in urgent need of protection  Independent Online
Cape Town - Some of them are small, cute and superficially cuddly, although they smell alarmingly of fish. Others are tall, stately and beautiful, although also generally offensive to human noses. All of them are definitely charismatic and collectively are one of ...


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