In brief: Election maneuver widely condemned - The Spokesman-Review
Located in Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe. It was opened in 2008 as a master backup to the world’s other 1,400 seed ...
Is the future of food in frozen, seed-filled Tupperware ... - The Christian Science Monitor
The Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault – a sliver of concrete etched into the frozen tundra in one of Norway’s remote Svalbard islands – contains the world’s largest and most diverse seed collection . As of this month, the vault has ...
Decorah Seed Savers contributes heirloom varieties to ... - Cedar Rapids Gazette
a leading non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds, has announced that a third deposit of heirloom seeds has been deposited safely into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Acting President and Executive Director ...
Arctic Seed Vault largest in the world - Norway Post
Just days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault has this week received thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples. This makes the Svalbard Seed ...
Third Seed Shipment Sent to Norway Seed Vault by USDA - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2010) — A shipment of seed sent by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) earlier this month to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway included a wild Russian strawberry that an expeditionary team braved bears and ...
Norway Doomsday Seed Vault Hits 1/2 Million Mark - US News and World Report
Located in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe. It was opened in 2008 as a master backup to the world's other 1,400 seed banks ...
Arctic Expedition Adds Free Stays in Norway, Iceland - Travel Agent
He will be leading expeditions to Spitsbergen, Svalbard in June 2010. David "Woody" Wood started working on expedition vessels as a bartender,and is an experienced Zodiac driver who can handle firearms— essential in the Arctic. He will be leading ...
The 'Doomsday' seed vault is growing - On Line Opinion
Days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault last week received thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples, making it the most diverse assemblage of ...
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Stores 500,000 Crops - LiveScience.com
... from the flanks of a Russian volcano are just some of the crops whose seeds are being tucked away this week in a giant vault dug out of a mountainside of the Norwegian island Svalbard. With these new deposits, the so-called Svalbard "Doomsday ...
Polar bears, walruses and icebergs: Arctic pictures by ... - Daily Telegraph
Paul Souders is an American nature and wildlife photographer who has travelled extensively around the world. Here we present a series of his images taken in the Arctic, mostly in Svalbard, an archipelago halfway between mainland Norwway and the North ...
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U.N. nixes ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
 U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting, as nations feared doing so would devastate fishing economies.
Chicago terror suspect pleads guilty
 A Chicago man admits in court that he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai before a 2008 terror attack that left 166 dead and helped plan an attack a Danish newspaper that never took place.
A slave trade symbol to join U.S. and Cuba
 Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby.
Poland convicts 3 men in theft of Auschwitz sign
A Polish court convicted three men Thursday of the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) sign from the Auschwitz memorial site in December.
Ships use new strategy against Somali pirates
An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy has dealt the brigands a setback, officials say.
World powers call for Israeli settlement freeze
The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
Retired general links gays in army to genocide
A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened by openly gay soldiers.
Woman convicted of killing 6 newborns
 A court in Normandy on Thursday convicts a 38-year-old woman of killing six of her newborn babies — a deed she acknowledged — and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
Remains of Italian teen believed found in church
The case of an Italian teenager who disappeared in 1993 has returned to the spotlight after decomposed remains believed to be hers were discovered in the church where she was last seen, police said Thursday.
Marines try to buy good will in Marjah
 Since U.S., Afghan and NATO forces wrested Marjah from the Taliban, they've been going to extraordinary lengths to cultivate townspeople who had lived under insurgent control for years.
Myanmar deports jailed American
Army-ruled Myanmar deports a Burmese-American activist on Thursday after sentencing him last month to three years in prison for forgery and immigration offenses.
Netanyahu, Clinton talk after settlement crisis
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed "confidence-building steps" with Palestinians in a telephone call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, after a dispute over settlements.
Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder
Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago.
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