Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 31, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a19 Winnipeg repress. Com world Winnipeg free press Friday october 31, 2008 a 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "    #                                                                        $               #                    human activity and in particular the production of greenhouse gases can be linked definitively to warming in parts of the Arctic and Antarctic according to a new study that makes the controversial connection for the first time. Scientists used models to determine the causes of climate change in the two Polar regions finding that Only when they included human influences could they explain the Rise in temperatures in both areas. Nathan Gillett who co wrote the study appearing thursday in the online journal nature Geo science said they compared four different models using Man made versus naturally occurring factors on temperatures. Their Stark discovery was that Only with the influence of greenhouse gases like Carbon dioxide could they simulate the warming trend in parts of the Remote regions. It makes Clear that the warming that were seeing definitely can be linked to human influence in the Arctic and the Antarctic said Gillett of the Canadian Centre for climate modelling and analysis at environment Canada in Victoria. The study tracked data from weather stations in both areas Over the last several decades and simulated the various influences on the environment in their models. Natural factors might include volcanoes or solar brightness which can alter temperatures. But the researchers said the models showed that the two degree temperature Rise in the Peninsula of Antarctica Over the last three decades could be reproduced Only when co2 was factored into the Model. The Canadian press humans linked to warming k Abul Taliban fighters stormed the ministry of culture in the heart of Kabul thursday killing five people in an attack the president said was aimed at derailing the governments new Effort to draw militants into a peace process and end a seven year insurgency. The fighters shot their Way inside the building where one of the militants blew himself up a police guard wounded in the blast said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and gave a similar account. Our enemies Are trying to undermine the recent efforts by the government for a peaceful solution to end the violence u. S. Backed president Hamid Karzai said in a terse statement. The attack came three Days after senior afghan and pakistani officials decided at a meeting held in pakistanis capital Islamabad to reach out to the Taliban militants to propose talks on ending the insurgency. The meeting was part of a process initiated by u. S. President George w. Bush and his afghan and pakistani counterparts in 2006. The Taliban is former ambassador to Pakistan said the two sides recently had contacts in saudi Arabia. U. S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates and the incoming head of the u. S. Central command Gen. David Petraeus have both endorsed efforts. Karma is remarks suggested that elements of Taliban Are seeking to sabotage the nascent efforts for reconciliation. But the attack is not Likely to derail the overture because after years of unsuccessfully trying to repress the Taliban by Force with the help of u. S. And nato troops the government has concluded talks Are the Only Way out of the conflict. While the Taliban regularly use suicide attacks against afghan and foreign forces around the country they rarely strike in Kabul. Amir Mohammad a police guard who was wounded in thursdays attack said three assailants opened fire on police guards outside the ministry of information and culture before entering its cavernous Hall where one of them blew himself up. More than 5,200 people have died this year in insurgency related violence in Afghanistan according to a tally of figures compiled by the a. The associated press Taliban fighters attack ministry attempt to derail peace process by Amir Shah the world adventurers Bones found Madera Calif. Officials have found two Large human Bones near the crash site of adventurer Steve Fos setts plane in californians Sierra Nevada. Madera county sheriff John Anderson says searchers found the Bones just East of the crash site. He says investigators should know in about a week whether the Bones Are Fos setts. Congo rebel seeks talks Goma Congo with a ceasefire appearing to halt most fighting a rebel Leader said thursday he wanted direct talks with the Congo government on ending violence in the Region and envoys from the United states and in were dispatched to help set up negotiations. Sporadic gunfire could still be heard thursday night in Goma the provincial capital of Eastern Congo. Phone Booths going pity London Bri taints Bright red Telephone boxes Are increasingly unused and unprofitable but far from unloved. The Fate of More than one third of the country is 12,700 iconic red Telephone Booths is up in the air telecommunications company by said it wants to scrap about 400 of them and is in negotiations with local authorities about what to do with another 4,000. From the news services pm Otero / the associated press hey whereas my halloween treat a nine week old african lion cub jumps on his mothers Back As she buries her head in a meat stuffed pumpkin for halloween at the fort Worth zoo in fort Worth Texas thursday. The Young cat is one of four lion cubs born As part of a Breeding program at the zoo to support the conservation of the endangered species. A 19_ oct 31 08. Ind a19 1 0/ 30/ 08 10 29 10 pm ;