Ahead of Japanese-hosted summit, Japan puts ban on nuclear proliferation high on priority list. Other issues include food crisis, Middle East talks, Afghanistan war, Darfur.
The summit of the group of eight industrialized nations (G8) will be held in the Japanese Island of Hokkaido on July 7-9, focusing on the global efforts to prevent the distribution [...]

Hosted by Greenpeace, the theme of the debate is: Which party should climate change most be afraid of?
Participating will be Climate Change Minister David Parker, Nick Smith for National, Russel Norman for the Green Party.
Greenpeace is yet to confirm a spokesperson for the Maori Party.
Sean Plunket will chair the debate, which will be web cast [...]

The cover story for the April issue of the journal Astrobiology, the new research also pushes back the earliest direct evidence of biological material on Earth by about 200 million years.
Cellulose is the tough, resilient substance best-known as the major structural component of plant matter. It is one of the most abundant biological materials on [...]