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GUINEA: Road to ruin
IRIN
- Friday, October 20, 2006
The collapse of a bridge that provides the only link between a remote Guinean border town and the capital, Conakry, has triggered higher prices for basic foods and transportation, further complicating the lives of impoverished Guineans.
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InterOil Corporation: InterOil Announces Preliminary Testing Results at the Elk #1 Discovery Well
Market Wire (Press Release)
- Friday, October 20, 2006
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) InterOil Corporation (TSX: IOL) (AMEX: IOC) (POMSoX:IOC), a Canadian company with operations in Papua New Guinea announces preliminary well testing results at the Elk #1 discovery well. Highlights of the preliminary results
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Woodland Park Zoo conservationist devotes her life to tracking and protecting the elusive tree kangaroo
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Friday, October 20, 2006
Woodland Park Zoo's Lisa Dabek, the "Jane Goodall of tree kangaroos," chats about her lifelong devotion to this rare marsupial of Papua New Guinea's "cloud forest" -- and how she's working to save
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Spain Offers Millions To Ship Illegals
Topix
- Thursday, October 19, 2006
Spain has offered Guinea and Guinea-Conakry more than $12.6 million in aid in exchange for the two nations accepting their illegal immigrants, EFE reported. Comment
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Tens of thousands homeless from seasonal rains
Topix
- Thursday, October 19, 2006
Almost 70,000 people from four countries have been displaced by floods from seasonal rains and need food, blankets, mosquito nets and other assistance, according to a report from three United Nations agencies. Comment
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Guinea ups pressure on tycoon in debt dispute
Topix
- Thursday, October 19, 2006
By Saliou Samb Conakry - Guinean authorities have stepped up their campaign against the West African country's richest citizen, preventing him from leaving the country after police twice failed to detain him, ... Comment
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Marine Treasure Trove Discovered
Science News Blog
- Thursday, October 19, 2006
MSNBC.com reports that a treasure trove of marine life has been discovered off the coast of New Guinea. Researchers are calling it "the most biodiverse marine area on the planet."
"Six of our survey sites, which are areas the size of two football fields, had
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80% of nurses on wage strike in Guinea Bissau
Topix
- Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - About 80 percent of the nurses across Guinea-Bissau were striking to press for payments they are owed, the head of the nursing union said on Tuesday. Comment
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Strong earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea
People.com.cn
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea Tuesday, reports reaching in Canberra
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The UK's first fairground thrill laboratory launches Tuesday 17 October at the Science Museum's Dana Centre
AlphaGalileo
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006
HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE! Human Guinea Pigs test out the UK’s first fairground thrill laboratory at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre
The UK’s first and only fairground thrill laboratory will open on
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200 sign up as medical guinea pigs in Capital
Scotsman.com
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006
A SCHEME aimed at improving medical trials in Edinburgh has seen more than 200 volunteers sign
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Sure-footed guinea fowl aid design of robots, prosthetics
Boston.com
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Two Harvard scientists spent months in their lab last year chasing helmeted guinea fowl down a 20-foot plywood runway, trying to concoct the best way to trip the road runner-like birds. Their goal wasn't to torture the natural-born runners, but to understand how ankles, knees, and hips react on uneven
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30 New Rainforest Orchids Discovered in Papua New Guinea
CRIENGLISH.com
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Thirty new species of orchid previously unknown to the world have been discovered by WWF scientists in Papua New Guinea
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Strong quake off Papua New Guinea, local tsunami alert
Topix
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006
CANBERRA - A strong undersea earthquake off the Papua New Guinea island of New Britain on Tuesday sparked a warning of a possible local tsunami, but emergency officials said there had been no reports of damage ... Comment
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Hands-on with Dyson's hurricane of a hand dryer, the Airblade
Engadget
- Monday, October 16, 2006
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Although James Dyson may not actually have been the first person to "reinvent" the unhygienic ol' hand dryer, his company's Airblade does seem to be the most powerful option out there for getting
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Scientists 'missed' findings in drug trial
this is bristol
- Monday, October 16, 2006
Vital information was missed that might have prevented the ordeal of six human guinea pigs who almost died after taking an experimental drug, it was revealed today.
The men suffered appalling damage as a result of an overwhelming immune reaction
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MCS Alums Receive First Decade Award
Topix
- Sunday, October 15, 2006
Computer Science major Milo Martin and Math major Rebecca Konrad , both from the class of 1996, are congratulated by MCS professors Barbara Kaiser , Max Hailperin and Karl Knight on winning the Alumni ... Comment
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Gambian leader wins booby prize
Topix
- Sunday, October 15, 2006
I see that Gambian strongman Yahya Jammeh was named winner of the Lansana Conte Prize for Agriculture for his unwavering efforts to assure food self-sufficiency for every Gambian, according to reports from the ... Comment
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Topix
- Sunday, October 15, 2006
The acuity of Sherlock Holmes was famously tested by the clue of a dog which didn't bark. Comment
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Two Guinean ministers sacked amid finance dispute
Topix
- Sunday, October 15, 2006
Guinean President Lansana Conte has sacked two ministers in a minor cabinet reshuffle linked to a dispute between the cash-strapped West African state and its richest citizen. Comment
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