Friday 21 November 2008
Killing sprea in Uganda was caused by new strain of Ebola
Scientists have identified a new strain of the deadly Ebola virus responsible for the deaths of 37 people in November 2007. More than one in three patients infected by the virus were killed.
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- CANADA - POLAR BEAR
- World's oldest polar bear dies
- Wednesday 19 November 2008
- Forty-two year old Debby, the world's oldest polar bear, died Monday in a Canadian zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The world's largest land predator, the polar bear is a threatened species.
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- SPACE
- First spacewalk for Endeavour astronauts
- Tuesday 18 November 2008
- Two members of the Endeavour shuttle crew began a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Tuesday to carry out maintenance and extension works on the International Space Station.
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- CHINA - USA
- Physicist sent secret US space data to Beijing
- Monday 17 November 2008
- Shu Quan-Sheng, a Chinese-born naturalized US citizen and physicist who headed a high-tech company, is facing a 10-year prison sentence for having sent secret information about the US space program to China from 2003 to 2007.
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- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- Everybody wants the next iPhone
- Tuesday 18 November 2008
- As the world leader in smartphones, with 31.1% of market share, RIM has just launched the Blackberry Storm, hoping to capitalise on the excitement over touch-screen phones and give the Apple iPhone a run for its money.
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- WEBNEWS
- The Web remembers the Jonestown massacre
- Tuesday 18 November 2008
- Thirty years ago, 913 members of the People's Temple led by Reverend Jim Jones died in a suicide massacre in Guyana. The Web remembers and pays tribute to the victims.
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- PHYSICS
- Europe's giant atom-smasher to restart later
- Monday 17 November 2008
- The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will only be restarted next summer according to European science operators CERN. This huge atom-smasher had to be switched off last September and was expected to start again next spring.
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- HEALTH
- Breakthrough in skin cancer
- Sunday 16 November 2008
- A scientist who developed a cervical cancer vaccine has revealed a major breakthrough in the research against skin cancer. Professor Ian Frazer of the University of Queensland will start human tests in 2009 following successful tests on animals.
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- INDIA - SPACE
- Indian probe lands on moon
- Friday 14 November 2008
- A space probe has successfully landed on the lunar surface after ejecting from an unmanned craft orbiting the moon, marking another success for India's first lunar mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced.
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- WEBNEWS
- Bloggers mobilise on the eve of G20 summit
- Friday 14 November 2008
- The web gets organised as leaders from the world's largest economies gather in Washington for the G20 summit.
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- TECHNOLOGY
- Microsoft Live gets social in website makeover
- Friday 14 November 2008
- Microsoft plans to make Windows Live services more social and build bridges with popular websites like twitter or Flickr. It will become similar to social-networking website Facebook, which has partnership with Microsoft.
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- ASTRONOMY
- First pictures of exoplanet taken from Hubble
- Thursday 13 November 2008
- A camera aboard the US space telescope has succeeded in taking the first-ever photos of an exoplanet located in the constellation Piscus austrinus, some 25 light years from the terrestrial solar system.
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- WEB NEWS
- Former Taiwan president's fate divides internet
- Thursday 13 November 2008
- The arrest of former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian on graft charges has divided Asia's web-users. Chen's supporters denounce China as being behind the case, while others believe this is a good sign for Taiwan's judicial system.
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