Six British soldiers missing after Afghanistan blast
According to the Defence Ministry report six British soldiers are missing, feared dead, after an explosion in the Helmand area of southern Afghanistan. If the soldiers are confirmed dead, the number of UK service personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001 will have reach 404. The group, which is believed to be killed after its armoured vehicle was hit by an explosion while on patrol, included five soldiers from the 3rd…
Read more...Experts worry over South Pole’s ecological stability
A team of geologists and environmentalists from five continents have warned that Antarctica faces conservation threats from an unlikely source –non-indigenous seeds and plants brought by visitors to the polar continent in the far south. With the threat of global warming looming large over the frozen land, the risk to its ecology lies in unintentional introduction of plant groups that belong to other parts of the globe, says a report…
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