Burkina's leader mediates spat between presidential guard, PM
Ouagadougou (AFP) July 2, 2015 -
Burkina Faso's president on Wednesday was scrambling to solve the rumbling conflict between Prime Minister Isaac Zida and the presidential guard, which is pushing for the premier to be sacked.
"We have met President (Michel) Kafando. We told him our main demand, that the prime minister leaves," a senior officer in the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) said on condition of anonymity.
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Brazil orders search-and-rescue aircraft
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Jul 2, 2015 -
The Brazilian Air Force is to receive three aircraft specifically designed for search-and-rescue operations from Airbus Defense and Space.
The three Airbus C-295s, designated SC-105 Amazonas by Brazil, are expected to be delivered in 2017 and will join the service's fleet of 10 more basic variant C-295s in Campo Grande, from where they can reach any part of the country, the Brazilian Ai ...
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Rapid authentication of edible oils and screening of gutter oils
Hong Kong (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 -
The Food Safety and Technology Research Centre under the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a new method for rapid authentication of edible oils and screening of gutter oils. Authentication of edible oils has been a long-term issue in food safety, and becomes particularly important with the emergence and widespread ...
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Oregon experiments open window on landscape formation
Eugene OR (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 -
University of Oregon geologists have seen ridges and valleys form in real time and - even though the work was a fast-forwarded operation done in a laboratory setting - they now have an idea of how climate change may impact landscapes.
On a basic-science front, the findings, which appear in the journal Science, provide a long-sought answer to why some landscape features appear so orderly, w ...
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New genus and species of 'living fossil' octocoral related to blue coral
London, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 -
Research conducted in Okinawa, Japan, by graduate student Yu Miyazaki and associate professor James Davis Reimer from the University of the Ryukyus has found a very unusual new species of octocoral from a shallow coral reef in Okinawa, Japan. The new species can be considered a "living fossil", and is related in many ways to the unusual blue coral. The study was published in the open access jour ...
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Retreating sea ice linked to changes in ocean circulation
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jul 01, 2015 -
Retreating sea ice in the Iceland and Greenland Seas may be changing the circulation of warm and cold water in the Atlantic Ocean, and could ultimately impact the climate in Europe, says a new study by an atmospheric physicist from the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) and his colleagues in Great Britain, Norway and the United States.
"A warm western Europe requires a cold North Atla ...
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Watershed science calls for integrated research methods
Beijing (SPX) Jul 01, 2015 -
A watershed is a basic unit of the land-surface system and also is a system that exchanges material, energy, and information with the external world while remaining relatively closed within a clear boundary, thereby making it the best unit for theory study and practical applications. Watershed science is an Earth system science practiced on a watershed scale and it has developed rapidly over the ...
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