Shale Gas – Despite much talk about how it’s going to revolutionize global supplies, investors in the shares have seen them perform poorly for years, major companies in the sector such as Shell and BHP Billiton have been taking some big write-downs and the much-predicted improvement in natural gas prices fails to arrive. What’s been [...]

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South Africa and Mozambique are in talks regarding the strengthening of enforcement mechanisms to ensure rhino poaching is nipped in the bud.As...

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Global freezing: January was “the third coldest… on record” for the 48 contiguous US states and “broke more than 4,800 snowfall records, reports climatologist Evelyn Browning Garriss, with the Great Lakes experiencing their greatest ice cover since 1994. Last year the Arctic had “the coldest summer on record,” with 60 per cent more sea ice [...]

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The Turkish government announced on Wednesday that so far, 201 miners are known to have lost their lives and at least 80 have been injured in a coal mine explosion and fire in Turkey's western Manisa province, on Tuesday.

Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said that 363 miners of the 787, who were working underground, have been accounted for, including the deceased and the 80 people rescued with injuries. Four of the injured are in a critical condition. Yildiz said the deaths were due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

The explosion and fire occurred in the privately-owned mine in the district of Soma following an electrical fault during a shift changeover. The fire broke out 150 meters underground, Yildiz said.

The trapped workers are thought to be 3.5km away from the entrance to the mine.

President Abdullah Gul has ordered the Manisa Governor's Office to use all means available to help state officials with the rescue operation.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has cancelled a working trip to Albania, has offered condolences to the families of those killed.

The latest incident is one of the numerous mining accidents that Turkey has had in recent years. Accidents, cave-ins, and explosions have claimed the lives of dozens of mine workers yearly.

The worst mining tragedy in Turkey occurred in 1992, when a fire and explosion killed 263 people. The second and third worst took place in 1983 and 1990, leaving 103 and 68 dead, respectively in methane gas explosions.

Mines and stone quarries are the most dangerous places for Turkish workers. According to data, more than 10% of work-related accidents in 2013 were in the mining sector. - SAnews.gov.za-Xinhua

Vote to help Johannesburg art activist to get to TED California finals with her ‘pillow talk’ On the edge of the inner city in a much-loved area of Troyeville, lies a concrete bed in a park overlooking the main route (Bezuidenhout) into Johannesburg from the east. Passers-by and the occasional visitor may look at...

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With impressive UK sales of its latest models, including the iconic Clio and the all-new Renault Captur crossover, is riding the crest of a wave*Now, with summer almost upon us, it’s looking to tempt even more buyers into its showrooms, as well as turn the heat up on its rivals, with a new promotion for [...]Renault Captur Turns Up The Heat is a post from: Auto n Spire

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Valtteri Bottas finished fifth and Felipe Massa 13th in the Spanish Grand Prix. Both cars made good starts with Valtteri making his way into third position but Felipe was caught up behind a slow starting Ricciardo and finished the first lap in eighth, behind Alonso. On different strategies both cars pushed hard with the team collecting another 10 points to move up to fifth in the Constructors' Championship.

Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: The car was the third quickest yesterday, as it was today, so overall we are pleased to be there. We came here with an upgrade package and it's clearly worked. Valtteri did a good job to make a two-stop work. We tried a different strategy with Felipe to try and release him, but unfortunately his race didn't quite work out, so we all need to look into every aspect to make sure we are in the best shape with Felipe for Monaco. We are very positive for the future though.

Valtteri Bottas: Today we did our best. The strategy was correct and the team did really well in the pitstops, I made no mistake on the track so we made the maximum of what was on offer and got some good points from it. It's pleasing to be in the points and it equals my best ever result. It was a shame Vettel was so quick at the end, I tried to defend, but he had fresher tyres. The atmosphere in the team is fantastic, we are all pushing forward and points feed that hunger.

Felipe Massa: I made a good start and could have made more positions, but Ricciardo was in front so I couldn't do anything. The three-stop strategy would have worked had the first stint been clean, but I had cars in front which damaged my tyres a lot. This meant that rather than pulling away from them and having clean track, when they pitted they had the advantage. This happened again at the start of the second stint, so things just didn't go my way.

New research from the National Children’s Research Center and supported by the Children’s Medical Research Foundation (CMRF) has identified a link between child obesity and decreased effectiveness in the innate immune system among obese children. The post HealthnSpire » News Obese Children Losing Key Cells is a post from: All4DataObese Children Losing Key Cells is a post from: All4Data



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