David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor
A new spacecraft more powerful and sophisticated than any other is flying flawlessly toward Mars, and its date to begin orbiting the planet on March 10, NASA officials reported Thursday.
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February 26, 2006
AFP
France is stepping up measures to reassure consumers and contain the spread of bird flu after the discovery of the deadly disease in commercial poultry hit its farming sector hard.
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San Francisco – Google’s mission to organise all the world’s information was set back by a judge who ordered the Internet search leader to stop showing thumbnail images from porn site Perfect 10 on its Google images index.
The ruling in the copyright case may prevent the company from displaying thumbnails from other sites and could have an impact on its ambitious scheme to index the contents of millions of books, whether the copyright owners allow it or not. Google plans to appeal.
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2/22/2006
Reuters
San Francisco, a leader in urban recycling, is preparing to enlist its canine population for a first in the United States: converting dog poop into energy.
Norcal Waste Systems Inc., the city’s garbage company, plans to test collection carts and biodegradable bags in a city-center park popular with dog walkers.
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2/21/2006
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to ban the import of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France where cases of bird flu have been reported.
The decision was taken at a joint meeting of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture chaired by Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Saturday.
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AFP
Iran has said that 135 wild swans found dead at the Caspian Sea coast have tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, the first cases of the virus to be confirmed in the Islamic republic.
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