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  • Chiliean Black Widow Spider Venom Irresistable To Scientists 11 Nov 2009 01:52 GMT
    ... black widow spider found only in southern Chile. The spider's bite can be fatal but it's ... it's venom contains unique properties that some scientists find irresistible. They've long thought Lactrodectus mactans' ... black widow spider found throughout North and South America. A bite from any of them will ...

  • Peruvian navy interested in Argentine manufactured sea-air missiles 11 Nov 2009 03:15 GMT
    ... Peruvian navy interested in Argentine manufactured sea-air missiles The Peruvian Navy expressed interest in the acquisition of Argentine manufactured ...

  • New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past 11 Nov 2009 06:15 GMT
    ... Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us ... Pennsylvania State University) and his U.S. and Argentine colleagues published their recent discovery of abundant ... most closely match those of a living South American dry, cold-climate conifer found in the study ...

  • Wedding hooked me on Argentinean Choripán 11 Nov 2009 05:34 GMT
    ... had met in the Peace Corps in South America. For an appetizer, they requested something they ... something they enjoyed on their travels in Argentina. Called "Choripán" [cho-ree-PAHN], it was grilled chorizo ... appetizers. • Tim Dondero is a medical researcher as well as cooking teacher, chef and ...

  • Scientists retrace history of ancient scourge 11 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
    ... research shows. A Swiss-led team of international scientists hopes its study retracing the history of ... from different parts of the world, including Brazil, Madagascar, China, Europe and Egypt, where they ... to WHO, some 250,000 new cases in South America, Asia and Africa were diagnosed in 2008, ...

  • Venezuela, Russia to boost technology cooperatio... 11 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:20 p.m. - Venezuela and Russia say they are working on ... of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of ...

  • UK proposal turns south of South Orkney Islands a Marine Protected Area 11 Nov 2009 02:51 GMT
    ... UK proposal turns south of South Orkney Islands a Marine ... since the islands are also part of Argentina’s province of Tierra del Fuego, and the ... UK declared sovereignty over all Antarctic and South American territories south of their colony in the ...

  • India environment minister under fire over glaciers 11 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
    ... environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan ... Ramesh said Monday there was no "conclusive scientific evidence" linking global warming to the melting ... tongue of land that juts up towards South America -- has been hit by greater warming ...

  • Blackout darkens much of Brazil and Paraguay 11 Nov 2009 08:13 GMT
    ... for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more ... disappear under water as the icebergs melt. Brazilian stocks rallied, making the Bovespa the world's ... on along Rio's famed Copacabana beach, in South America's largest city of Sao Paulo and in ...

  • 11/11 WORLD BRIEFS: Brazil's two largest cities hit by blackouts 11 Nov 2009 06:11 GMT
    ... RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s two largest cities have been hit by ... that straddles the border of Brazil and Paraguay. Officials did not immediately comment on Tuesday’s ...

  • Antarctica's ice loss helps offset global warming: study 11 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
    ... Nov 10, 2009 - U.S. and British scientists say the current warming and widespread loss ... 8,200 and 5,900 years ago. But the researchers said an important finding of the study ... tongue of land that juts up towards South America -- has been hit by greater warming ...

  • Laser Etching Safe Alternative For Labeling Grapefruit 11 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
    ... approved in Asia, South Africa, Central and South America, Canada, and the European Union. The U.S. ... who headed the research team comprised of scientists from the University of Florida and the ... in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to ...

  • Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic 11 Nov 2009 00:57 GMT
    ... years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. ... period preserved in Central Africa," Myers says. "Scientists have been looking at Africa's paleoclimate for ... Jurassic Paleoclimate of Central Africa," at a scientific session of the 2009 annual meeting of ...

  • As Blackouts Hit Energy-Rich Venezuela, the President Tells People to Cut Back 11 Nov 2009 02:10 GMT
    ... has been facing a public outcry in recent weeks ... billions of dollars and extensive training of Venezuelan scientists at a time of budget shortfalls ... gas reserves with ease. Venezuela relies on Colombia, with which ties are increasingly tense, for ...

  • Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela 11 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Power failures have plagued Venezuela in recent years. At the Caracas home ... gas reserves with ease. Venezuela relies on Colombia, with which ties are increasingly tense, for ...


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