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Canada University develops application to prevent forest fires

Researchers from the University of British Columbia are developing an application for smart phones that could help ...

On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze

Firefighters will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbor for one purpose: ...

Six burn-victims die in Padang hospital

Six victims in a recent gasoline retail kiosk fire in Tanah Datar District, West Sumatra, have died at M Jamil General ...

Rocket to cost N. Korea equivalent of feeding 19 mil. for 1 year

This month`s long-range rocket launch will cost North Korea some US$850 million, the equivalent of feeding 19 million ...

Poisonous Tomcat beetle strikes in Pamekasan

An outbreak of poisonous insects, known as Tomcat rove beetles, has again struck, infecting Islamic elementary teacher ...

Thousands rally for Syria at White House protest

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the White House Saturday to demand that the United States "stop the massacre ...

NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris

Facing the increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively ...

Govt should ban cigarette advertisements : researcher

The government should discourage tobacco consumption by the people by banning cigarette advertisements, especially ...

Riots in Senegal as Wade cleared for third term bid

Riots erupted in Dakar Friday night, leaving a policeman dead, as angry protesters took to the streets after a court ...

Hundreds garbage sacks collected from Ciliwung River

More than 100 sacks of garbage had been collected from Ciliwung river in an environmental care action launched by the ...

Forest fire foreseen until mid 2012 in Riau

Threats of forest fires in Riau Province had been foreseen to occur from January to mid 2012 following above-average ...

Russian Phobos-Grunt satellite debris to fall on RI

Indonesian astronomer Ma`rufin Sudibyo has warned the Indonesian public about a possible hazards from debris of ...

Trash bank program to be implemented in several regions

Initiated by the Ministry of Environment, a trash bank program will soon be implemented in a number of regions across ...

PT INKA worker dies from electrocution

A worker for state railway rolling stock maker PT INKA died after being electrocuted at his work place on Monday. ...

Palestinian mosque attacked in West Bank

Unknown attackers scrawled anti-Arab graffiti on the walls of a West Bank mosque overnight and tried to set it on ...