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Experts detail how rice absorbs so much arsenic
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG - Scientists in Japan may have discovered why rice absorbs so much arsenic from the soil, paving the way ...

"Lucky" the Koala lives after horror car hit
CANBERRA - A koala that cheated death after being hit by a car at 100 kmh (about 60 mph) and dragged with his head jammed through the ve...

Tropical Storm Bertha heads away from Bermuda
HAMILTON - Tropical Storm Bertha sprinted away from Bermuda on Tuesday, after lashing the mid-Atlantic British colony with storm-force w...

Tasmanian Devil mating earlier to beat extinction
HONG KONG - Australia 's endangered Tasmanian Devil, its numbers decimated by an infectious facial cancer, is mating earlier, scientists...

Residents fret in shadow of Chile's Llaima volcano
By Simon Gardner MELIPEUCO, Chile - Living in the shadow of Chile 's sporadically erupting, snow-capped Llaima volcano, one of So...

Bertha weakens to tropical storm near Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Hurricane Bertha weakened back into a less-menacing tropical storm on Sunday after stalling for a day near the Briti...

Alaska volcano erupts; island residents evacuated
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volcano in Alaska 's Aleutian chain erupted on Saturday, sending a cloud of ash 35,000 feet...

Hurricane Bertha weakens, inches near Bermuda
HAMILTON - Bermuda issued a tropical storm warning on Saturday as a weakening Hurricane Bertha came to a virtual standstill nearby, not ...

Pioneering heart surgeon DeBakey dies at age 99
HOUSTON - Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose ground-breaking heart transplants and coronary bypass operations made him one of the giants of ...

Alcon ends macular degeneration drug program
LOS ANGELES - Alcon Inc said on Friday that it has ended development of anecortave acetate as a treatment for lowering the risk of a sig...