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Attack of the killer tomatoes
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | about 18 hours ago
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Potatoes and tomatoes have a vicious side that makes them killers on a par with venus fly traps and pitcher plants. They have been identified as among a host of plants thought to have been overlooked by botanists and explorers searching the world's remotest...
Tags: carnivorous plant, sticky hairs, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Environment, Man-eating tree, Plant, Carnivorous plants, Insectivorous Plants, Pitcher plant, Carnivore, Venus Flytrap, Roridula
Global Measles Deaths Drop Dramatically
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | about 18 hours ago
Credibility AP A Malagasy child receives a vaccination at a makeshift village clinic in Antanetikely, Madagascar (file) Share This A new study by the Measles Initiative, a coalition of U.N. and international organizations finds measles deaths worldwide fell by...
Tags: measles deaths, Measles Initiative, U.N. Children, deaths dropped, global measles, related deaths, finds measles, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Health Medical Pharma, Pediatrics, Measles, Immunology, Vaccine-preventable diseases, Vaccine, Vaccines, Vaccination, MMR vaccine
Population offsetting? Fertile ground for ridicule | Leo Hickman
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 2 days ago
Credibility At first sight, I thought it was a satirical headline from the Onion . Good one, I thought: they're imagining carbon offsetting at its most ludicrous extreme. But then I read further: "The scheme, called PopOffsets, understands the connection [between...
Tags: population trust, optimum population, family planning, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Environment, Condom, Carbon finance, Social Issues, Carbon offset, Optimum Population Trust, Action on climate change
DreamWorks Animation predicts fire breathing year in 2010
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 3 days ago
Credibility Never bashful about his company's prospects, DreamWorks Animation SKG Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg told analysts and investors that next year would be the "biggest in the company's history." Speaking at a conference at the company's Glendale headquarters,...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., Madagascar, Antananarivo, DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks, Kung Fu Panda, Business Finance, Computer-animated films, Entertainment Culture, Shrek, Shrek 2, Jeffrey Katzenberg, How to Train Your Dragon
Madagascar opposition says leader stalling govt talks
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 3 days ago
Credibility Madagascar's opposition has accused the country's leader Andry Rajoelina of stalling negotiations on forming a consensus government, threatening the latest power-sharing deal. One of the Indian Ocean island's two co-presidents accused Rajoelina, who took...
Tags: Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka, Politics, Ny Hasina Andriamanjato, Albert Zafy, Year of birth missing, Malagasy political crisis
DreamWorks Animation inks deal with THQ
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 3 days ago
Credibility An expansion of DreamWorks Animation's film and TV slate is proving beneficial for videogame publishers. THQ, which had already been developing a game for the toon studio's upcoming "MegaMind" (formerly "Oobermind"), has inked a multi-year deal with DreamWorks...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation, Madagascar, Antananarivo, DreamWorks, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Computer-animated films, Oobermind, Entertainment Culture
Domestic box office up 8% in 2009
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 3 days ago
Credibility Domestic ticket sales are up a healthy 8% over 2008, with the box office only days away from eclipsing 2008's record-breaking haul of $9.64 billion in ticket sales. Through Sunday, B.O. revs were $9.48 billion, only $175 million short of the record (figures...
Tags: ticket sales, box office, domestic ticket, Madagascar, Antananarivo, DreamWorks, Sony, Summit Entertainment
Disney's 'Frog' tops Annie noms
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 3 days ago
Credibility Henry Selick's "Coraline" led the Annie nominations with ten contenders, including best feature, best directing, and two noms for character design. In addition to the Laika/Focus film, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess...
Tags: Walt Disney Animation Studios, pixar animation, best animation, featured production, Mr. Fox, 20th century, Sony Pictures Animation, Fox Pete Docter, Imagi Studios Christopher Miller, animation television, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Walt Disney, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Animation, Annie Awards, Henry Selick, Entertainment Culture
Briefly In Business: Analyst/investor day is Wednesday
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 5 days ago
Credibility DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., announced this week that it will host an analyst and investor day Wednesday in Glendale. Presentations by members of the company’s management team are scheduled to begin about 9:45 a.m.
Tags: Nestlé Professional, Burbank OTS Solutions LLC, Glendale, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Glendale California, Nestlￃﾩ, DreamWorks Animation, Nesquik, Nescafￃﾩ, Burbank California, Business Finance, Nestea, OTS Solutions, Technology Internet
Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests
Antananarivo :: Madagascar | 6 days ago
Credibility Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar's poorly-protected national parks every day of precious hardwood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said. In a report issued this week, Global Witness and the Environmental...
Tags: illegally cut, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Environment, Rosewood, wood, Furniture
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