Russian Patriarch Prays For Rain As Wildfires Rage
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: RUSSIA
Author: Dmitry Solovyov
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill asked Russians to pray for rain on Sunday as wildfires raged across the European parts of the vast country, sweltering since June in an unprecedented heat wave.
NASA Girds For Spacewalks To Repair Station Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: USA
Author: Irene Klotz
One of two cooling systems serving the International Space Station's U.S., European and Japanese laboratories broke down, setting off a wave of equipment shutdowns to cut the heat generated on board, NASA said on Sunday.
U.S.-Canadian Mission Set To Map Arctic Seafloor
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: ALASKA
Author: Yereth Rosen
U.S. and Canadian scientists are headed far north on a joint mission to map the still mysterious floor of the Arctic Ocean, as questions of sovereignty and mineral rights swirl around the region.
Canadian Archeologists Find Lost Ship In Arctic
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: CANADA
Author: Ka Yan Ng
Canadian archeologists have discovered the wreckage of the ship that has been credited with discovering the fabled Northwest Passage, saying the vessel remains in good condition after being abandoned more than 150 years ago in the Arctic ice.
House Approves Oil Spill Reform Bill
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: USA
Author: Tom Doggett and Richard Cowan
The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Floods Stir Anger At Pakistan Government Response
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: PAKISTAN
Author: Faris Ali
Islamist charities, some with suspected ties to militants, stepped in on Monday to provide aid for Pakistanis hit by the worst flooding in memory, piling pressure on a government criticized for its response to the disaster that has so far killed more than 1,000 people.
Floods Cut Water Supplies For 300,000 In China
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: CHINA
Author: REUTERS
Flooding caused by unusually heavy rain near the North Korean border has cut water supplies to more than 300,000 people in northeastern China, state media said on Monday.
Gulf Of Mexico "Dead Zone" Overlaps BP Spill Zone
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko
This year's low-oxygen "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest ever, about the size of Massachusetts, and overlaps areas hit by oil from BP's broken Macondo well, Louisiana scientists report.
Oil-Dispersant Mix No More Toxic Than Oil Alone: EPA
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko
Dispersant chemicals used to break up oil from the BP spill are generally less toxic to test species than oil alone, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data released on Monday showed.
Garbage Islands Threaten China's Three Gorges Dam
Date: 03-Aug-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Huang Yan and Ben Blanchard
Thousands of tons of garbage washed down by recent torrential rain are threatening to jam the locks of China's massive Three Gorges Dam, and is in places so thick people can stand on it, state media said on Monday.
