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Life From Death: Ecologists Demonstrate Species Manipulation With “Less is More” Approach

Life From Death: Ecologists Demonstrate Species Manipulation With “Less is More” Approach

November 11, 2014 | | No Comments

New understanding has been gained into how densities within populations can affect outcomes for the species as a whole. Answers to how species populations can be manipulated to increase and properly manage fish yields, better eliminate unwanted pests, and other species-wide effects have been demonstrated by Princeton University researcher Anieke van Leeuwen and two European colleagues who asked, “Can less really be more?” “When we think about dynamics in ecological systems, either in one population or through interactions

“The War in South Sudan is Over” – Warring Parties Sign Peace Deal

“The War in South Sudan is Over” – Warring Parties Sign Peace Deal

November 9, 2014 | | No Comments

The warring parties in South Sudan signed a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement Sunday. The agreement was called “the real beginning” by the South Sudanese government and was welcomed by regional trade bloc IGAD, which has been mediating the negotiations since civil war broke out in South Sudan last year. Chief negotiator for the government of South Sudan, Nhial Deng Nhial, and chief negotiator for the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), General Taban Deng, signed the implementation

Chinese and Japanese Leaders Publicly Admit Each Other’s Claims to East China Sea

Chinese and Japanese Leaders Publicly Admit Each Other’s Claims to East China Sea

November 9, 2014 | | No Comments

In what is considered to be a significant step towards resuming political and economic relations between the two contentious Asian superpowers, the leaders of Japan and China have publicly admitted that each nation has a claim to Japan’s Senkaku Islands and other territory in the East China Sea which China began to claim last year. Both sides had some shared recognition to face history squarely and to move toward the future,” said Ken Okaniwa, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman. “In

Ukraine Tuberculosis Epidemic – Photojournal by Maxim Dondyuk

Ukraine Tuberculosis Epidemic – Photojournal by Maxim Dondyuk

November 6, 2014 | | 1 Comment

Photography by Maxim Dondyuk In this photojournal, Ukrainian photographer Maxim Dondyuk documents the tuberculosis epidemic in the hospitals, prisons and homes of the East European nation where multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) affects almost 7,000 people annually, and approximately 30 lives are lost to the disease each day.  Ukraine has the highest mortality rate from infectious diseases in the WHO European region–90 percent of those deaths result from HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis  Ukraine is among 27 countries considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to

Uganda War Plans Leaked

Uganda War Plans Leaked

November 6, 2014 | | 1 Comment

Ugandan war plans detailing wide-ranging actions against South Sudanese rebels, currently fighting South Sudanese government troops, were leaked by the South Sudan News Agency Wednesday. The report disparaged the East African authority EGAD, and included a timeframe for beginning of the attack. “These rebels are a threat to our general security, and they must either surrender or face being wiped out completely; this is the only way that will force Riek Machar’s fighters to give up fighting”,

Prince Charles Appeals to Muslims About Persecution of Christians in the Middle East

Prince Charles Appeals to Muslims About Persecution of Christians in the Middle East

November 5, 2014 | | 1 Comment

Heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, Prince Charles, has made a video statement in response to recent persecutions of Christians and other faith members in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, calling it an “indescribable tragedy” that Christian and other communities face persecution in the Middle East and elsewhere, and offering several suggestions that might help. “The horrendous and heartbreaking events in Iraq and Syria have brought the subject of religious freedom and persecution to

Religious Persecution and Violence on the Rise Worldwide, Mostly in Muslim and Asian Nations – Report

Religious Persecution and Violence on the Rise Worldwide, Mostly in Muslim and Asian Nations – Report

November 5, 2014 | | No Comments

Religious persecution in the world is worsening, mostly in Muslim countries linked to extremist Islam, but also under authoritarian regimes in Asia, according to a comprehensive report by Aid to the Church in Need, an international charity group based in the UK. “Where there has been a change concerning religious freedom, that change has almost always been for the worse,” found the authors of the report. “In the 196 countries analysed, change for the better is noted in