TOFTE, Norway (Reuters) - Norway opened on Tuesday the world's first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and ...
Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and North America said ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States pledged $275 million to rainforest protection on Thursday, at an event hosted by Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, in London. The money would come from $1.2 billion assistance for international programmes, part of a ...
UN food official questions world's commitment to fighting hunger The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry. The three-day summit ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart patients in Norway -- where unlike many countries foods are not enriched with folic acid -- were more likely to die from cancer if they took folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements compared with those who did not ...
Clark, Holden, Castillo added to US roster for exhibition game at Denmark Houston Dynamo midfielders Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden have been added to the U.S. roster for Wednesday's exhibition game against Denmark following their team's elimination from the Major League Soccer ...
76-foot Christmas tree from Conn. goes up in NY's Rockefeller Center; Lighting ceremony Dec. 2 New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is almost ready for the holidays. The 76-foot Norway spruce was hoisted into place Thursday morning near the famous skating ...
World's tallest living man unveils world's largest gingerbread man cookie in Norway The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo. Guinness Book of World Records spokeswoman Justine Bourdariat says 8-foot-1-inch ...
On Norway's border with Russia, the consequences of climate change are affecting the reindeer population as rising temperatures hit food stocks and industry growth eats into vital grazing land. "Over the past three years, I've had to give some hay to my ...
12 security forces killed in communist rebel ambush after attack on Philippine logging company Communist rebels killed 12 security forces when they responded to an attack on a logging company in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday. At least one rebel ...
Suzann Pettersen, of Norway, tees off during the first round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational LPGA golf tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso) Copyright 2009 AP News
In this photo released by Rubenstein Communications, a 76 foot tall Norway spruce tree, which was chosen as the 2009 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, is lifted to a trailer in Easton, Conn. Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Rubenstein Communications, Martyna Borkowski). Copyright ...
