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SUDAN False Dawn Forces belonging to Sudan's government reportedly began an offensive against rebels in the south of the country just days after an apparent breakthrough in talks to end the 19-year-old civil war. The rebel Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army said that more than 1,000 people had been killed since the attacks began in the oil-rich Equatoria region. The Khartoum government denied the claim...
...global warming and acid rain. Many countries don't use imported oil for power generation, but depend on it for transport. That will change if the cost of converting coal directly into liquid fuels can compete with that of refining crude oil. Nanotechnology may be the long-awaited breakthrough. "It has improved the economics of the process by $5 to $10 a barrel," says Theo Lee, CEO of Hydrocarbon Technologies Incorporated, a subsidiary of Headwaters, a Draper, Utah-based alternative-energy company. "Direct coal liquefaction is now economically attractive in China at today's international crude-oil price [of about...
...While many activists leapt at the news, scientists and journalists were more skeptical. "Until the trial results are available in 2003," wrote Mark Henderson of the London Times, "we have only the company's word to go on, which is not enough to convince that this is the breakthrough it claims to be." Dr. Kennedy agrees: "I think we've seen a lot of exaggerated claims surrounding this vaccine," he says...
...against world power Portugal and steaming toward the second round?notoriously leaky defender Jeff Agoos managed to knee the ball right past goalkeeper Brad Friedel into his own net. The U.S. held on, but somehow this reminder of American football?er, soccer?tarnished what could have been a breakthrough tournament...
...While their inspirational performance at this World Cup might seem like a bolt from the blue, Japan's football skills have been under development for a decade. Much of the credit for this year's breakthrough inevitably goes to their fire-breathing dragon of a coach, Philippe Troussier. The French import, known for gesticulating wildly on the sidelines while his interpreter perfectly mimics his antics, once taunted his players for being pampered babies whose play lacked passion. This is no longer an issue. "Their midfield play is superb," says Leonardo, the Brazilian giant from the 1994 winning World Cup team...