2010 species pledge may fail Straits Times Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:13 PM PDT PARIS - THE world's paramount authority on species loss warned on Thursday that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand. The goal set by UN parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 'clearly will not be met,' Mr Jean-Christophe Vie of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Iucn) told AFP. | Sole known survivor of Yemen crash flies to Paris WSYR 9 Syracuse Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:10 PM PDT A French official says the 14-year-old girl who is the only known survivor of a crashed Yemeni jetliner is headed home to Paris after being hospitalized in the Comoros with... | Scientists discover mother of all black holes China Daily Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06 PM PDT PARIS: Astronomers said Wednesday they had identified an intermediate class of black hole that could explain how supermassive, light-sucking monsters develop in the heart of galaxies. | PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Tony Bennett Never Left Astoria Behind All About Jazz Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:04 PM PDT Tony Bennett sings about leaving his heart in San Francisco. But when he talks, it seems to have remained in Astoria, the western Queens neighborhood where he grew up. "The finest place to live", Mr. Bennett, 82, said as he showed a reporter his favorite haunts. "Ive been all over the world Paris and Florence and Capri and yet I come back here and I like this better than any place Ive ever ... | French parliament sets up burqa commission The Star Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:02 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French legislators on Wednesday set up a panel to look into the spread of full burqas and niqabs among Muslim women in France and will hand in its report by the end of the year. | Largest Map Of Cold Dust Released SpaceDaily Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:47 PM PDT by Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jul 02, 2009 Astronomers have unveiled an unprecedented new atlas of the inner regions of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, peppered with thousands of previously undiscovered dense knots of cold cosmic dust - the potential birthplaces of new stars. | New class of black hole could explain cosmic leviathans SpaceDaily Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:47 PM PDT by Staff Writers Paris (AFP) July 1, 2009 Astronomers on Wednesday said they had identified an intermediate class of black hole that could explain how supermassive, light-sucking monsters develop in the heart of galaxies. | Armstrong braced for tough last week in Tour de France The Oregonian Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:43 PM PDT PARIS -- For Lance Armstrong to win an eighth Tour de France, he will not only have to beat the best rider in the world -- his teammate and rival Alberto Contador -- he will also need to master an innovative course with a grueling last week that includes four... | Teenage plane crash survivor headed home Canada.com Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:38 PM PDT The only survivor from a Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean this week was on her way home to Paris Wednesday in a French government aircraft. | | |
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