Annan takes Syria peace plan to Russia
24, Mar, AFP
Syrian peace envoy Kofi Annan heads to Moscow on
Saturday to gauge how far Russia is willing to push its key Arab
ally after it finally joined a UN call on regime forces to pull back
from protest cities. Annan will meet President Dmitry Medvedev and
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday before flying to China, the
other UN Security Council member resisting global efforts to condemn
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Poor literacy ‘increases early death risk for elderly’
24 Mar,BBC
One in three adults aged over 65 in England have
difficulty understanding basic health-related information, suggests
a study in the BMJ.They are more than twice as likely to die within
five years as adults with no literacy problems, it was found.
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Mercury poles give up hints of water ice
24 Mar,BBC
A Nasa spacecraft has found further tantalising
evidence for the existence of water ice at Mercury's poles.Though
surface temperatures can soar above 400C, some craters at Mercury's
poles are permanently in shadow, turning them into so-called cold
traps. Previous work has revealed patches near Mercury's poles that
strongly reflect radar - a characteristic of ice.Now, the Messenger
probe has shown that these "radar-bright" patches line up precisely
with the shadowed craters.
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