Washington, October 19a: A University of Leicester professor has called for the use of modern radar technology for monitoring the rainforests.
Professor Heiko Balzter, the Head of Geography at the University of Leicester in the UK, told 200 scientists and foresters at an international conference in Brazil that, "We need advanced radar satellites for monitoring tropical deforestation and forest biomass".
The researchers from South America, the US, Canada and Europe had come together for the 8th Seminar on Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems Applications in Forest Engineering in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.
New York, Oct 19: The United States and Osama Bin Laden have reached a new low in support among the Pakistani population, a Pew Global Attitudes report has said.
The results of the polls released on Friday manifested that confidence in Osama bin Laden to do the right thing regarding world affairs had also dropped, from 51 per cent in 2005 to 34 percent, Dawn reported.
“On balance, more Pakistanis express a negative than a positive view of the Taliban and al-Qaeda,” the report said.
New Delhi, Oct 19 : Indo-US bilateral naval exercise ''Malabar 08'' began today in the Arabian Sea, in which frontline units from both the navies are participating.
The scope of Malabar exercise includes diverse activities, ranging from gun-firing and fighter combat operations from aircraft carriers, to combating the scourge of terror, through Maritime Interdiction Operations exercises.
Washington, Oct 19 : President George W Bush has approved provision of a US anti-submarine frigate to Pakistan, which will be refurbished with latest systems and delivered in August 2010.
Pakistani Embassy in Washington has been informed that the US President signed a bill on Friday, authorizing provision of Frigate FFG-8 McInerney anti-submarine (type Oliver Hazard Perry) from the American fleet. The US Congress has already endorsed the decision.
Washington, October 19: A Texas Tech University researcher has found scientific evidence that negative political ads affect voters physiologically as well as psychologically.
Samuel Bradley, an advertising professor at Texas Tech’s College of Mass Communication, has found that negative political advertising makes the body want to turn away physically, but the mind remembers negative messages indiscriminately and sometimes incorrectly.
“The question was simple. Are negative political ads unpleasant enough to engage a person’s emotional circuitry? The data show that negative ads do indeed engage emotional circuits involved in helping humans avoid unpleasantness,” Bradley said.
New York, Oct 19: The United States and Osama Bin Laden have reached a new low in support among the Pakistani population, a Pew Global Attitudes report has said.
Washington, Oct 19 : President George W Bush has approved provision of a US anti-submarine frigate to Pakistan, which will be refurbished with latest systems and delivered in August 2010.
