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Urban growth, farm exports drive tropical deforestation
PARIS (AFP) - The biggest causes of deforestation in tropical countries are population growth in cities and agricultural exports, a finding that should shape decisions on preventing forest loss, experts said Sunday.
Nations:Denmark France Source:(AFP)
2010-02-07
Headset on, Obama does basketball commentary on TV
WASHINGTON - There was a familiar voice behind the microphone during the Duke-Georgetown basketball game - that of Barack Obama.
People:Joseph Biden Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2010-01-30
'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87
Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist "A People's History of the United States" became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died Wednesday. He was 87.
Nations:U.S. People:Bruce Springsteen Charles Dickens Oliver Stone Ben Affleck Matt Damon Jennifer Lopez Activities:Vietnam War
2010-01-27
After the Destruction: What Will It Take to Rebuild Haiti?
At 7.0 on the Richter scale, the earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12 was strong, but hardly record-breaking - very similar, in fact, to a 7.0 temblor that hit the San Francisco Bay area in 1989. But that's where the similarities end. The 1989 San Francisco quake left up to 12,000 people homeless and killed 63. The 2010 Haiti quake, however, will likely make over a million people homeless, and its death toll could be 50,000 or much higher. (See TIME's exclusive photos from Port-au-Prince.)
Nations:U.S. Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(Time)
2010-01-17
Chemicals coat apples decades after Alar scare
YAKIMA, Wash. - More than two decades after parents dumped apples from children's lunch boxes because of concerns about a chemical applied to the fruit, most researchers agree the crop is safer although most of it still carries pesticide residue.
People:Meryl Streep Source:(AP)
2010-01-17
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