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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Severe snow storm closes Washington; emergency in three states

Tweet Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) A thick blanket of snow covered the eastern half of the US as a severe winter storm clobbered the country leading to closure of government offices in Washington and declaration of a state of emergency in three states. With Winter Storm Janus, as it is called, expected to bring up to 14 inches of snow in certain parts of country, including about 12 inches in New York, over 3,000 flights have been cancelled, including 450 that were scheduled to leave Wednesday....

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Night work 'throws body into chaos' BBC News

Doing the night shift throws the body "into chaos" and could cause long-term damage, warn researchers. Shift work has been linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and cancer. Now scientists at the Sleep Research Centre in Surrey have uncovered the disruption shift work...

Syria peace conference a go after U.N. withdraws invitation to Iran The State

ISTANBUL — Under strong U.S. pressure and a boycott threat from Syria’s exile opposition, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday rescinded his invitation to Iran to attend the start of a conference intended to end nearly three years of violence. In a statement, Ban said...

Comet-chasing Rosetta bleeps ‘Hello World’ after three-year hibernation The Irish Times

A European comet-chasing spacecraft that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) received the all-clear message “Hello World!” from its Rosetta spacecraft, 500 million miles away, shortly after 6pm. Rosetta...

President warns clashes threaten all Ukraine as fighting rages The Times of India

KIEV: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday warned bloody clashes between protesters and police threatened all of Ukraine as new fighting rocked the capital Kiev. The clashes, the worst in Kiev in recent times, marked a spiralling of tensions after two months of demonstrations against...

Barack Obama: 'Marijuana No More Dangerous Than Alcohol' Peace FM Online

US President Barack Obama has said smoking marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol, but still called it a "bad idea". Speaking to The New Yorker magazine, he said it was wrong to think legalising the drug would be "a...

Eight candidates to seek CAR presidency Independent online (SA)

Bangui - Central African Republic lawmakers shortlisted eight candidates, including two sons of former leaders, to run for interim president in a vote on Monday and pull the country out of months of turmoil and sectarian killings. Whoever is chosen will face the challenge of ending a cycle of...

UN invite to Iran sparks Syria peace talks storm New Straits/Business Times

The United Nations invited Iran to attend this week's Syria peace conference, provoking a pull-out threat from the opposition and a warning from the United States. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Iran had pledged in talks to play a "positive and constructive role" in efforts to end Syria's civil war. But...

Extreme El Nino events set to double as Earth warms Newstrack India

Tweet Washington, Jan. 20 (ANI): Researchers have revealed that extreme weather events fuelled by unusually strong El Ninos are likely to double in number as Earth warms. Co-author, Dr Agus Santoso of ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (CoECSS), said that Earth currently experiences...