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6/14/2009 4:30 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming (Time.com)

Time.com - Cheap, green electric bikes are more popular than cars in China'scrowded cities, helping to offset the country's pollution problems

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6/14/2009 10:01 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Fiery Calif. freeway crash kills trucker (AP)

AP - A tanker truck hauling 8,000 gallons of ethanol crashed and exploded into an inferno that sent a river of fire into storm drains, killed the driver and blocked major highways.

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6/14/2009 10:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Northwest utilities turn to nuclear, 25 years after industry collapsed (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON ? A consortium of utilities in the Pacific Northwest once known as "Whoops," synonymous with the collapse of the nuclear power industry, wants back in the game.

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6/13/2009 9:18 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

US, Canada to update Great Lakes water agreement (AP)

AP - The United States and Canada say they will update a key agreement to protect the Great Lakes from invasive species, climate change and other established and emerging threats to the world's biggest surface freshwater system.

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6/12/2009 11:27 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Obama gives US first national ocean policy (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama on Friday set up a task force to craft the first US national policy for sustainably managing the country's oceans, drawing praise from environmentalists who said the move was long overdue.

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6/13/2009 6:47 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Taiwan passes major green energy bill (AFP)

AFP - Taiwan has passed a bill on renewable energy in a move which is expected to attract 30 billion Taiwan dollar (937 million US) worth of investment, the government and reports said Saturday.

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6/12/2009 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Ambitious global climate change agreement in sight, says top UN official

An ambitious and effective global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is in sight, the top United Nations climate change official said today, as the latest round of negotiations wrapped up in Bonn, Germany.

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6/12/2009 2:32 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Climate talks: Proposals proliferate as clock ticks (AFP)

AFP - New talks on building a treaty to tackle climate change headed for a close here Friday after a negotiation blueprint ballooned into a forest of rival proposals, leaving only six months on the clock to seal a deal.

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6/12/2009 6:38 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Amazon deforestation: short-lived boost, big damage (AFP)

AFP - Clearing the Amazon rainforest for soy or cattle does not bring long-term social or economic benefit to local communities and threatens the environment, according to a study published Friday.

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6/12/2009 4:17 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN climate chief confident of global warming pact (AP)

AP - U.N. climate delegates completed their first rough sketch of a new global warming agreement Friday, a draft replete with gaps and competing ideas that await decisions by political leaders.

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6/12/2009 5:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

How the Global Warming Bill Will Affect Your Wallet (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - In the coming weeks, Congress will likely consider a massive global-warming bill to create a new cap-and-trade program to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. President Obama praised the bill, dubbed "Waxman-Markey" for its co-sponsors, as a vital step to "create millions of new jobs all across America."

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6/12/2009 7:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

US expects China to cut emissions after a 'peak year' (AFP)

AFP - The United States wants China to accept slow increases in its greenhouse gas emissions until it hits a "peak year," beyond which a real decrease must occur, US negotiator Todd Stern said Friday.

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6/12/2009 7:51 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Denmark says climate talks moving 'too slow' (AFP)

AFP - Danish Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard, whose country will host a UN climate summit in December, said Friday that talks towards a treaty to tackle global warming were moving "too slow."

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6/12/2009 10:03 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Little progress seen as climate talks head for wrap (AFP)

AFP - A fresh round of talks on forging a new agreement to tackle climate change headed for a close on Friday after amassing hundreds of proposals but little sign of consensus emerging.

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6/12/2009 4:22 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Stalled carbon capture coal plant in Ill. gets OK (AP)

AP - The Energy Department is moving forward on a futuristic coal-burning power plant in Illinois that the Bush administration had declared dead.

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6/11/2009 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Governments at UN-backed forum issue appeal to save gorillas

Delegates from 20 countries have signed a declaration asking governments across the world to help protect the gorilla, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.

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6/11/2009 8:41 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Japan defends its emissions cut target (AFP)

AFP - Japan on Thursday defended its greenhouse gas reduction target against attacks from environmental groups who labelled it as dangerously low and a gift to the country's industrial lobby.

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6/11/2009 12:45 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UN sketches countries with climate risk profile (AFP)

AFP - Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a UN report said on Thursday.

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6/11/2009 7:56 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Clinton to visit Canada to mark environmental treaty (AFP)

AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit both the US and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty, US officials said.

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6/11/2009 1:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

RI lawmakers debate new plan for funding wind farm (AP)

AP - The state's dominant electricity distributor would be forced to buy power from renewable energy producers under a deal struck Wednesday that could remove a major financial obstacle to building a windfarm off Rhode Island.

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6/11/2009 5:05 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Peru suspends decrees that fueled Amazon violence (AFP)

AFP - Peruvian lawmakers suspended a controversial law that eased restrictions on lumber harvesting in the Amazon rain forest, days after it sparked clashes between police and indigenous protesters, killing dozens of people.

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6/11/2009 4:16 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Spain facing key decision on use of nuclear power (AFP)

AFP - The Spanish government will have to take a clear stand for or against nuclear power in the coming weeks when it decides whether to renew the operating licence of the oldest of the country's six nuclear plants.

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6/11/2009 4:19 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

US climate envoy: China seeks top US technology (AP)

AP - China wants the United States to deliver top of the line technology as part of a new global warming agreement, the chief U.S. climate negotiator said Thursday.

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6/10/2009 9:18 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

US to reconsider species protection for wolverines (AP)

AP - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to reconsider its decision that denied wolverines protection under the Endangered Species Act.

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6/10/2009 10:57 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants (AFP)

AFP - The US petroleum industry accounted for a quarter of toxic pollutants recorded across North America in 2005 by a government-backed environmental watchdog, an annual report said on Wednesday.

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6/11/2009 12:24 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Judge finds violation in Calif. forest planning (AP)

AP - Federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by developing plans for four national forests in California without adequately addressing the impact on endangered animals, a judge ruled.

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6/11/2009 3:32 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Md. regulators say they must OK nuclear power deal (AP)

AP - Maryland regulators ruled Thursday that they have the right to sign off on French nuclear power company EdF's plan to buy half of Constellation Energy's nuclear power business for $4.5 billion, rejecting the companies' arguments that approval by the regulators was not necessary. Constellation Energy immediately appealed the decision.

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6/10/2009 3:04 PM - Views: 7 Rating: -

Study: Jobs in fledgling green sector growing (AP)

AP - The fledgling renewable energy industry has grown steadily over much of the past decade, adding jobs at more than twice the national rate, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts study released Wednesday.

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6/10/2009 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Migration spurred by climate change could displace millions - UN-backed study

Climate change has already caused displacement and migration, and could uproot millions more in the future, warns a new United Nations-supported report.

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6/10/2009 4:11 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

China eyes 20 pct renewable energy by 2020: report (AFP)

AFP - China plans to dramatically increase its use of wind and solar power, aiming to generate up to one fifth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, a senior official told Britain's Guardian newspaper.

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6/10/2009 10:37 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Report: Climate change adding to migration (AP)

AP - A report says climate change is becoming a major driver in the migration of tens of millions of people battered by storms, droughts and the inundation of their lands by sea water.

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6/10/2009 11:33 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Water stress, ocean levels to unleash 'climate exodus' (AFP)

AFP - Tens of millions of people will be displaced by climate change in coming years, posing social, political and security problems of an unprecedented dimension, a new study said on Wednesday.

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6/10/2009 8:39 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Peru suspends decree that fueled Amazon violence: lawmaker (AFP)

AFP - Peru lawmakers Wednesday suspended a decree that had eased restrictions on lumber harvesting in the Amazon rain forest after it sparked weekend clashes between indigenous people and police, claiming at least 35 lives.

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6/10/2009 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN tree-planting campaign reaches 4 billion mark

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today that its campaign to plant 7 billion trees worldwide - in a bid to pressure nations to "seal the deal" on an ambitious new climate change pact this December - has passed the halfway mark.

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6/10/2009 3:27 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Full climate deal 'unlikely' in Copenhagen (AFP)

AFP - The UN's top climate official on Wednesday voiced doubt about the prospects for completing a new pact on global warming in Copenhagen by its much-touted December deadline.

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6/9/2009 10:50 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON ? In Washington state, oysters in some areas haven't reproduced for four years, and preliminary evidence suggests that the increasing acidity of the ocean could be the cause. In the Gulf of Mexico, falling oxygen levels in the water have forced shrimp to migrate elsewhere.

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6/10/2009 5:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

31% - White Evangelicals Reject Global Warming (Pew)

Pew - About half (48%) of white mainline Protestants believe the earth is warming as the result of human activity -- roughly the same proportion as among all Americans (47%) -- but only a third of white evangelical Protestants (34%) share that belief.

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6/10/2009 10:48 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Japan targets 8% emissions cut from 1990 levels (AFP)

AFP - Japan said Wednesday it plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of eight percent from 1990 levels by the end of the next decade, a goal attacked as too little by environmentalists.

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6/10/2009 1:22 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Climate change blamed for Caribbean coral deaths (Reuters)

Reuters - Climate change has contributed to a flattening of the complex, multi-layered architecture of Caribbean coral reefs, compromising their role as a nursery for fish stocks and a buffer against tropical storms, a study shows.

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6/10/2009 1:04 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Sudan inaugurates biofuel plant (AFP)

AFP - Sudan will begin producing ethanol from sugar cane with a target of 200 million litres in two years, President Omar al-Beshir said on Wednesday at the inauguration of a new plant.

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6/10/2009 5:05 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

France moves to bring in carbon tax by 2011 (AFP)

AFP - The French government on Wednesday kickstarted plans for a so-called carbon tax on energy-hungry products, to be rolled out by 2011 as part of France's efforts to slash global warming emissions.

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6/10/2009 8:25 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Canada to establish carbon trading market (AFP)

AFP - Canada announced Wednesday plans for a carbon market that could eventually link up with nascent EU and proposed US markets to form a global system for carbon pollution trading.

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6/9/2009 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UN agrees to advise Russia on ?greening' 2014 Sochi Olympics

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed an agreement with the organizers of the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia to make the Games environmentally friendly.

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6/9/2009 8:53 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

US climate envoy meets Chinese on emission deal (AFP)

AFP - The US special envoy for climate change has met with top Chinese officials here, both sides have said, as he tries to convince Beijing to commit to greenhouse gas emission cuts.

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6/9/2009 9:52 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Airlines wary of 2020 carbon-neutral target (AFP)

AFP - Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change.

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6/9/2009 8:28 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Alberta says Ottawa must consult it on climate pact (Reuters)

Reuters - Alberta's government has moderated demands for a direct role in negotiations between Canada and the United States on climate change but it wants the federal government to consult with the provinces before reaching any deal, Alberta's energy minister said on Tuesday.

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6/9/2009 8:53 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Greenhunter Energy stock jumps 61.7 percent (AP)

AP - Renewable energy company Greenhunter Energy declined to comment Tuesday on what the New York Stock Exchange called "unusual activity" after its stock jumped 61.7 percent in a single day.

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6/9/2009 11:12 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

China response to Obama climate envoy positive (AP)

AP - China said Tuesday that it was committed to making this year's Copenhagen climate change conference a success, sounding a positive note at the close of a two-day visit to Beijing by President Barack Obama's global warming envoy.

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6/8/2009 12:02 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Think twice about 'green' transport, say scientists (AFP)

AFP - You worry a lot about the environment and do everything you can to reduce your carbon footprint -- the emissions of greenhouse gases that drive dangerous climate change.

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6/8/2009 3:54 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Exelon: No public threat from Ill. tritium leak (AP)

AP - A tritium leak was found during routine monitoring of Exelon Corp.'s nuclear power plant, but contaminated water was contained to the property and did not pose a public health threat, company officials said Monday.

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6/12/2009 2:47 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Reindeer and caribou numbers worldwide have plunged nearly 60 percent in the last three decades due to climate change and habitat disturbance caused by humans, a new study finds.

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6/12/2009 12:57 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Nation's largest solar plant to be built in NM (AP)

AP - Utility officials announced plans Thursday to build a giant solar energy plant in the New Mexico desert in what is believed to be the largest such project in the nation.

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6/12/2009 1:20 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Report: Bush admin's gas leases too close to parks (AP)

AP - Bush administration officials pushed aside the National Park Service and sought to lease public lands for drilling on the borders of Utah's most famous redrock parks during their final days in power, a special report to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar says.

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6/12/2009 2:42 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tight squeeze ahead on space station (AFP)

AFP - Things may get a little tight at the international space station next week when it is set to be a temporary home to 13 astronauts with the arrival of the shuttle Endeavour and its seven crew.

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6/12/2009 7:37 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Hawaiian Islands eyed for endangered seal habitat (AP)

AP - The federal government said Friday it will revise the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals for the first time in 21 years, which is likely to significantly expand the protection area to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands.

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6/11/2009 10:37 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Strange Lightning Looks Like Jellyfish (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - An eerie red figure flashed across the sky above a thunderstorm near the south coast of France, and then it was gone in the blink of an eye.

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6/12/2009 12:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

The Risks of Summer Sex (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - With its warm nights, the summer season often brings out the best and the most adventurous feelings of love and lust. Why confine sex to the bedroom, or even the house, when there are beaches and pools and hot tubs to host our most private moments?

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6/11/2009 9:05 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Animal rights group wants to buy slain abortion doctor's clinic (AFP)

AFP - An animal rights group said Thursday it wants to transform a Kansas abortion clinic that was shuttered after its owner was murdered into an animal cruelty education center.

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6/12/2009 10:37 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Moles, not magic, make worm 'grunting' work (AP)

AP - Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts. Not because it's so early. It's the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin can until he can sell them for fishing bait.

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6/12/2009 2:28 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA scrubs Saturday morning space shuttle launch (AP)

AP - A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday and forced NASA to postpone the launch by at least four days.

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6/11/2009 10:09 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

U.S. lawmakers tussle over generic biologic drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. lawmakers tussled on Thursday over how long makers of biotechnology drugs should have an exclusive license for the expensive medicines in a hearing called to discuss a Federal Trade Commission report on the issue.

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6/11/2009 7:14 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Exxon brought in on Alaskan pipeline project (AP)

AP - Exxon Mobil will partner with TransCanada to help build a massive pipeline capable of bringing natural gas from Alaska to the lower 48 states, the companies said Thursday.

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6/11/2009 8:40 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

London stocks drop at open (AFP)

AFP - Stocks in London were in the red at the open on Thursday as rising oil prices cast a shadow on recovery hopes.

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6/11/2009 1:13 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

LA zoo searches for new simians after monkey snub (AP)

AP - The Los Angeles Zoo may have the nation's only monkey lair approved by a feng shui expert. There's only one problem: No monkeys.

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6/11/2009 3:40 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Japan's first lunar probe ends mission (AP)

AP - Japan's first lunar probe made a controlled crash landing on the moon Thursday, successfully completing a 19-month mission to study the Earth's nearest neighbor, Japan's space agency said.

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6/11/2009 8:45 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Japan lunar probe ends mission (AFP)

AFP - Japan's first lunar satellite on Thursday ended its scientific mission which started in September 2007 and was manoeuvred to crash onto the moon, the nation's space agency said.

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6/11/2009 5:11 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Roots of Gray Hair Found in Cellular Stress (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - We've all heard that stress causes gray hairs. Now, new research suggests it's true. But instead of psychological stress, the study points to stress at the cellular level as the culprit behind our silver strands.

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6/11/2009 5:39 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

World science academies push for G8 climate action (Reuters)

Reuters - The world's richest countries and those that are developing fastest need to lead the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon economy to stave off the worst effects of climate change, science academies from these nations said on Thursday.

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6/11/2009 6:39 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Secret Found to Flight of 'Helicopter Seeds' (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - You probably played with them for hours - the seed pods of maple trees, slowly twirling and hovering like helicopters before falling to the ground.

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6/11/2009 2:35 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Swine flu may have been spreading in August (AP)

AP - As early as last August, the swine flu virus may have been spreading among people ? long before it was first recognized in April, scientists reported Thursday.

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6/11/2009 8:00 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Don't Panic, It's Just a Pandemic (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - If it's really something to fear, this flu pandemic seems like it's taking its time.

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6/11/2009 8:40 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type (AP)

AP - Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before.

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6/10/2009 10:35 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Crew includes Twittering skipper, singer, ER doc (AP)

AP - The astronauts headed to the international space station include a Twittering skipper, a classically trained musician who named her son after one of Columbia's fallen astronauts, and a former Navy SEAL who went into Afghanistan two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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6/10/2009 10:41 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

7 shuttle fliers plus 6 station guys equal record (AP)

AP - Mix seven shuttle astronauts and six space station residents and you set a record for the biggest off-the-planet gathering.

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6/11/2009 10:19 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

China says no to greenhouse gas cuts (AFP)

AFP - China will not accept binding cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions, an official said Thursday, after the United States said it made progress with Beijing in talks here on a global climate pact.

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6/11/2009 2:20 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Swine Flu Evolved Unnoticed for Years (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The H1N1 influenza A, or swine flu, evolved and hopped to humans several months before public health officials recognized the outbreak, according to a new analysis. Scientists also said the virus's early incarnation was festering in pigs for years but went undetected.

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6/11/2009 3:01 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

'Guilty Dog' Look Is a Myth (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Dog owners have no one to blame but themselves when they think their canine pals give them that familiar "guilty look."

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6/11/2009 5:31 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Shuttle Endeavour Cleared for Saturday Launch (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour is "go" to launch an ambitious mission to the International Space Station on Saturday, NASA managers said today.

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6/11/2009 1:17 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere – but no longer.

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6/11/2009 3:47 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

PETA: NH has veggie-friendliest minor-league park (AP)

AP - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the portobello mushroom salad and grilled vegetable sandwiches are among the home runs at the minor league ballpark in Manchester, N.H.

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6/11/2009 4:29 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

India plans much solar power, slower emissions rise (Reuters)

Reuters - India will submit plans within weeks to slow its rise in carbon emissions significantly and to generate more solar power by 2020 than the whole world generates now, a senior climate official said on Thursday.

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6/10/2009 2:09 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Is Cancer the Price for Our Big Brains? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Our large brains may make us cognitively superior to chimps, but, according to a new hypothesis, we could be paying a price for our sizable cerebrum: a higher rate of cancer. Chimpanzees are thought to be the closest evolutionary relative to humans, and we share around 98 percent of our genes with these primates. But for years, scientists have observed that chimps have a surprisingly low cancer rate compared to humans. To find out why this might be, John McDonald, a researcher at Georgia Tech, turned to the human and chimp genome...

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6/10/2009 7:44 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

New era of gene-based 'personalized medicine' dawning (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON ? Six years ago, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, a historic effort to decipher each of the 3 billion letters in the genetic instruction book for our species. A single anonymous male from Buffalo, N.Y. ? code name RP11 ? provided the bulk of the DNA used for the project.

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6/9/2009 9:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Donor Stem-Cell Transplant Best For Acute Myeloid Leukemia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- For most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who come out of remission, donor stem cells appear to offer the best shot at survival, a new analysis shows.

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6/10/2009 8:45 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space Station Gets New Door in Short Spacewalk (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Two spacewalkers replaced an old door on the International Space Station early Wednesday during a rare - and brief - internal service call that primed the outpost for the arrival of a new Russian-built room later this year.

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6/10/2009 8:53 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Space station astronauts 'spacewalk' in airlock (AP)

AP - Two international space station crewmen squeezed into a small airlock Wednesday and moved a docking mechanism to accommodate a research module expected to arrive later this year.

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6/10/2009 5:01 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

House GOP offers nuclear-loaded energy bill (AP)

AP - House Republicans are calling for a hundred new nuclear power plants to be built in the next two decades as part of an energy plan they say is a better alternative than one championed by Democrats.

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6/9/2009 9:45 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Popular Giant Star Shrinks Mysteriously (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A massive red star in the constellation Orion has shrunk in the past 15 years and astronomers don't know why.

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6/10/2009 12:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Pink Moth Discovered in Arizona (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A new moth that is hardly dull has been discovered in the Chiricahua Mountains, east of Tucson, Arizona. The moth has pink wings.

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6/10/2009 1:19 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Space station population about to reach record 13 (AP)

AP - Up at the space station, the tenants are still getting used to having twice as many people around. Now, they're getting seven house guests who will stay for nearly two weeks.

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6/10/2009 3:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Japanese Probe to Slam into Moon Today (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya has completed its main mission. But there's one final scientific endeavor: It will slam into the moon's surface at about 2:30 p.m. ET (18:30 UT) today. The impact is expected to occur on the near-side of the moon, in the dark area close to the limb, at lunar coordinates 80°E and 64°S, said European astronomers, who have mapped out the expected impact site using images from the the European Space Agency's SMART-1 lunar orbiter, which was also purposely crashed into the moon in 2006...

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6/10/2009 5:03 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Air Writing: Next Big Thing in Cell Phones? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Forget fumbling with tiny cell phone keys. A prototype of a new application allows cell phone users to write short notes in the air and send them automatically to an e-mail address.

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6/10/2009 5:23 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Japan targets eight percent emissions cut from 1990 levels (AFP)

AFP - Japan said Wednesday it plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of eight percent from 1990 levels by the end of the next decade, a goal attacked as too little by environmentalists.

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6/10/2009 5:41 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

BP boss sees oil price between $60-90 (AFP)

AFP - The boss of British energy giant BP forecast on Wednesday that world oil prices would trade between 60-90 dollars per barrel in the coming years.

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Consumers feel pinch of high gasoline prices (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. motorists are again facing summer pain at the pump as rising crude oil prices drive up the cost of gasoline, forcing spending cuts elsewhere and threatening the fragile economic recovery.

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Giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinking: study (AFP)

AFP - A massive bright reddish star in the Orion constellation has mysteriously shrunk by over 15 percent in the last 15 years and astronomers have not yet determined why, according to a study released Tuesday.

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BP says global oil consumption fell 0.6% in 2008 (AFP)

AFP - BP said Wednesday that global oil consumption fell 0.6 percent in 2008, the first annual decline since 1993 and the largest drop since 1982, as the downturn slashed demand.

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Iraq to announce foreign oil contract winners June (AFP)

AFP - Iraq said Wednesday it would announce late June which energy companies have been awarded contracts to work in the country, and assured foreign oil giants their investment plans would not be scuppered.

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FTC: 12-14 yrs too long to protect biotech drugs (Reuters)

Reuters - Generic versions of expensive biotechnology drugs would reduce the amount of money spent on health care in the United States, a Federal Trade Commission report said on Thursday.

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UN climate chief: Rich nations short on CO2 goals (AP)

AP - Japan unveiled a new target Wednesday for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent by 2020, but the plan was slammed by environmentalists and the U.N. climate chief as leaving the industrial world dangerously short of its pollution goals.

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Mexico candidate: Drug gangs contact all hopefuls (AP)

AP - A ruling party mayoral candidate in Mexico's richest city told his supporters that drug traffickers have contacted all leading political contenders in the country seeking their loyalty ahead of elections next month.

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IDs of Air France victims could prove jet broke up - The Associated Press

Telegraph.co.ukIDs of Air France victims could prove jet broke upThe Associated PressRECIFE, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian authorities started to identify bodies recovered from a downed Air France jet on Thursday, and the names of victims found 53 miles (85 kilometers) apart in the ocean could help prove whether the jet broke up in the air.Video: Air France 447 Victim Search to End Next Week The Associated PressAir France CEO: Don't assume sensors caused crash CNNBloomberg - BusinessWeek - Reuters - CNN Internationalall 9,281 news articles

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Netanyahu may yield to two-state solution - Times Online

Times OnlineNetanyahu may yield to two-state solutionTimes OnlineBinyamin Netanyahu is expected to endorse a “two-state solution” in a much-heralded speech this weekend, but he may stall on American demands to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.Obama calls Jordan's King Abdullah Foreign PolicyEXCLUSIVE: Israel sets conditions for Palestinian state Washington TimesReuters - Jerusalem Post - Ynetnews - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyall 1,682 news articles

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Tory Star Rises as Threat to Brown - Wall Street Journal

Voice of AmericaTory Star Rises as Threat to BrownWall Street JournalBy STEPHEN FIDLER and ALISTAIR MACDONALD Now that UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has beaten back a mutiny from within his own Labour Party, he faces a year-long battle against a fresh-faced politician from the party of Margaret Thatcher.Gordon Brown's constitutional statement is more than just a relaunch Times OnlineBrown didn't trust me, says Flint BBC NewsTIME - guardian.co.uk - Reuters - Telegraph.co.ukall 714 news articles

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Canada's opposition Liberals build on polling lead - Reuters

CBC.caCanada's opposition Liberals build on polling leadReutersOTTAWA, June 11 (Reuters) - Canada's opposition Liberals have built on their slim lead over the governing Conservatives, but neither party would be assured of clear victory if an election were held today, a poll released on Thursday showed.Canada Liberals to decide whether to support government Friday XinhuaCanada's leader says stimulus effort under way The Associated PressEdmonton Sun - Toronto Star - AFP - Zeropaidall 417 news articles

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Commander Maps New Course for Afghan War - Wall Street Journal

Voice of AmericaCommander Maps New Course for Afghan WarWall Street JournalGen. McChrystal Departs From Special-Ops World With Focus on Diplomacy; 'Decapitation Strategies Don't Work' By PETER SPIEGEL WASHINGTON -- When Gen.NATO Giving US More Control in Afghan Operations New York TimesPetraeus: Afghan Violence at Peak Level Last Week Washington PostAljazeera.net - The Associated Press - guardian.co.uk - RTT Newsall 610 news articles

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A Polarized Iran Prepares to Go to Polls - Washington Post

ABC NewsA Polarized Iran Prepares to Go to PollsWashington PostIranians go to the polls on Friday, June 12, after a hotly contested election campaign pitting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against leading challenger and revolutionary-era prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi.Video: Iranian Presidential Election - Bloomberg BloombergIn Iran Vote, a Challenger Looks to Past Wall Street JournalCNN - Washington Times - Times Online - MiamiHerald.comall 3,015 news articles

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6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions Linger - New York Times

ABC News6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions LingerNew York TimesIn a photo reviewed by the military before release, two Chinese Uighurs whose faces could not be shown spoke recently at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.Video: Uighurs face new island home - 10 Jun 09 Al JazeeraObama Bows on Settling Detainees Washington PostUnited Press International - BBC News - AFP - Times Onlineall 2,432 news articles

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President Obama Meets Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Tsvangirai Friday - Voice of America

Voice of AmericaPresident Obama Meets Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Tsvangirai FridayVoice of AmericaBy Peter Clottey US President Barack Obama will meet Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Friday in Washington. The two leaders are expected to discuss what has been described as Harare's difficult road ahead.Zimbabwe Divisions Pose a Quandary for West New York TimesThe Corporate Council on Africa Hosts Zimbabwe Prime Minister AllAfrica.comAtlantic Online - PRESS TV - Reuters AlertNetall 412 news articles

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N. Korea may conduct another nuclear test - United Press International

Boston GlobeN. Korea may conduct another nuclear testUnited Press InternationalWASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- North Korea, despite international condemnation of its nuclear test last month, may be readying another test, a US official told CNN.Video: New UN resolution on North Korea close RTSource: N. Korea may be preparing for new nuclear test CNN InternationalWashington Post - Wall Street Journal - AFP - The Associated Pressall 2,099 news articles

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Hell of Afghanistan brought home to British troops - AFP

Telegraph.co.ukHell of Afghanistan brought home to British troopsAFPSTANFORD, England (AFP) - The British Army has spent 14 million pounds (23 million dollars) on creating a replica Afghan village to get their soldiers used to life on duty in Helmand before they spend six months serving in the real Afghanistan.US Commander Wants Civilian-Military Approach in Afghanistan Voice of AmericaAfghan insurgent violence accelerates in 2009 ReutersThe Associated Press - Winston-Salem Journal - Aljazeera...

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Sudan 'allows aid groups back' - ABC Online

BBC NewsSudan 'allows aid groups back'ABC OnlineSudan is allowing aid agencies to return to Darfur after they were expelled in March when war crimes charges were filed against President Omar al-Beshir, the United Nations said.Sudan 'allows aid agencies back' BBC NewsSudan: Distorting Darfur - The International Media And Sudan AllAfrica.comVoice of America - The Associated Pressall 259 news articles

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4 Uighurs go from Gitmo to Bermuda - United Press International

Telegraph.co.uk4 Uighurs go from Gitmo to BermudaUnited Press InternationalWASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Four Chinese Muslims released from the US detention center at Guantanamo, Cuba, found a new home Thursday in Bermuda.Video: Uighurs face new island home - 10 Jun 09 Al Jazeera6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions Linger New York TimesWashington Post - BBC News - AFP - Times Onlineall 2,429 news articles

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Chavez: Gov't may shutter critical TV channel (AP)

AP - President Hugo Chavez threatened to close down an opposition-sided news network, saying the defiant Globovision channel's days on the airwaves will be numbered if its directors don't stand down.

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BlackRock to buy Barclays BGI for 13.5 bln dlrs (AFP)

AFP - US asset manager BlackRock announced it is buying Barclays Global Investors, the investment arm of British bank Barclays, for 13.5 billion dollars.

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Petraeus: Afghanistan attacks at high - CNN

Telegraph.co.ukPetraeus: Afghanistan attacks at highCNN(CNN) -- The top US general, David Petraeus, painted a bleak picture of Afghanistan's immediate future, saying insurgent attacks have risen to record levels not seen since 2001.Insurgent attacks soar amid surge ABC OnlineUS 'to protect Afghan civilians' BBC NewsAFP - The Associated Press - Reuters - Aljazeera.netall 601 news articles

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Suicide bombers strike Pakistan mosque, seminary (AP)

AP - Friday prayers had just ended when the suicide bomber walked into the seminary office of a popular anti-Taliban cleric and detonated his explosives.

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As Iran Goes to Polls, Opposition Warns Of Vote Rigging (Time.com)

Time.com - As supporters of Ahmadinejad's challengers go to the polls on Friday to vote, they are armed with an arsenal of instructions on how to contribute to making Iran's presidential elections "fair"

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Iran polls open as electorate give verdict on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Telegraph.co.uk

guardian.co.ukIran polls open as electorate give verdict on Mahmoud AhmadinejadTelegraph.co.ukPolls have opened in the hotly-contested Iranian elections, with the 46 million-strong electorate giving their verdict on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial presidency.Video: Iranian Presidential Election - Bloomberg BloombergWarnings of Riots in Iran if Election Rigged FOXNewsReuters - PRESS TV - CNN - BBC Newsall 3,382 news articles

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3 more bodies found from lost Air France jetliner - The Associated Press

BBC News3 more bodies found from lost Air France jetlinerThe Associated PressRECIFE, Brazil (AP) - A Brazilian ship recovered three more bodies from the Atlantic as searchers said weather and currents complicated their job and warned it is unlikely that all the dead from Air France Flight 447 will be found.Video: Air France 447 Victim Search to End Next Week The Associated PressAir France Probe Suggests Plane Broke Up in Air, Estado Says BloombergPRESS TV - Reuters - BBC News - ABC Newsall 9,663 news articles

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News Analysis As Iran Votes, Talk of a Sea Change - New York Times

msnbc.comNews Analysis As Iran Votes, Talk of a Sea ChangeNew York TimesBy ROBERT F. WORTH TEHRAN - Less than two months ago, it was widely assumed here and in the West that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's hard-line president, would coast to another victory in the elections on Friday.Video: Iranian Presidential Election - Bloomberg BloombergPath of Iranian candidates The Associated PressTelegraph.co.uk - MiamiHerald.com - FOXNews - PRESS TVall 3,649 news articles

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Troops kill 7 civilians in Niger Delta: militants (AFP)

AFP - Nigeria's most prominent armed group claimed that government troops had killed seven civilians in the restive Niger Delta region, a key oil-producing area.

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Six civilians killed in NATO accident, clash - AFP

AFPSix civilians killed in NATO accident, clashAFPKABUL (AFP) - The NATO-led military in Afghanistan said Friday six civilians had died after coming into contact with its forces, just days before a new US commander arrives vowing to minimise non-combatant deaths.NATO mortar rounds kill Afghan civilians The Associated PressWe're fighting for Afghan civilians: US commander ABC OnlineCNN - Wall Street Journal - BBC News - Philadelphia Inquirerall 809 news articles

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Iran's Mousavi says vote monitoring restricted: report - Reuters

Telegraph.co.ukIran's Mousavi says vote monitoring restricted: reportReutersTEHRAN (Reuters) - The leading moderate candidate in Iran's presidential election said some of his representatives had been denied access to polling stations on Friday to monitor the vote, the ILNA news agency reported.Video: Iranian Presidential Election - Bloomberg BloombergAhmadinejad challenger demands access to polls as Iran election ... Times OnlineNew York Times - AHN - The Associated Press - Telegraph...

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US commander vows to cut Afghan casualties - The Associated Press

Telegraph.co.ukUS commander vows to cut Afghan casualtiesThe Associated PressLONDON (AP) - The commander of US and allied forces in Afghanistan has said he will review military strategy in an effort to reduce civilian casualties.Six civilians killed in NATO accident, clash AFPWe're fighting for Afghan civilians: US commander ABC OnlineCNN - Wall Street Journal - BBC News - Aljazeera.netall 844 news articles

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Chinese Muslims trigger public backlash in Palau - The Associated Press

ABC NewsChinese Muslims trigger public backlash in PalauThe Associated PressKOROR, Palau (AP) - The tiny Pacific nation of Palau's decision to allow 13 Chinese Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to resettle there has sparked anger among islanders who fear for the safety of the tranquil tourist haven.Video: Uighurs face new island home - 10 Jun 09 Al JazeeraCongress: No Gitmo prisoners in US United Press InternationalLos Angeles Times - AFP - Washington Post - MiamiHerald...

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New US general looks to shift tack in Afghanistan - Reuters

Telegraph.co.ukNew US general looks to shift tack in AfghanistanReutersLONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - The United States plans to review tactics in Afghanistan in response to widespread anger about the high number of civilian casualties, the newly appointed US commander said in comments broadcast on Friday.After US Strike, Dispute Over Afghan Deaths New York TimesNATO mortar rounds kill Afghan civilians The Associated PressAFP - NASDAQ - Deutsche Welle - BBC Newsall 972 news articles

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Windows 7 to ship without IE browser in Europe (AFP)

AFP - Microsoft has said regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe.

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China take steps to deal with SMS spam messages (Reuters)

Reuters - China will limit the number of messages that a mobile number can send per day to battle rampant spam messages clogging cell phones, state media said on Friday.

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Thousands march over Peru clashes - BBC News

guardian.co.ukThousands march over Peru clashesBBC NewsRiot police in Peru have fired tear gas to keep protesters away from Congress as thousands marched following the worst political violence in years.Video: Peru's indigenous groups vow to fight for land - 12 Jun 09 Al JazeeraProtesters Gird for Long Fight Over Opening Peru's Amazon New York TimesAljazeera.net - The Associated Press - Indian Country Today - AFPall 1,552 news articles

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Barclays shares down after sale of investment unit (AP)

AP - Shares in Barclays PLC fell in London Friday following the announcement that it had sold its Global Investment unit to U.S. fund manager BlackRock Inc. for $13.5 billion.

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Real "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" gravely ill (AP)

AP - They were childhood chums. Then they drifted apart, lost touch completely, and only renewed their friendship decades later, when illness struck.

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Row erupts over Guantanamo deal - BBC News

ABC NewsRow erupts over Guantanamo dealBBC NewsA diplomatic spat has broken out over Bermuda's acceptance of four Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.Video: Uighurs face new island home - 10 Jun 09 Al Jazeera4 former Guantanamo detainees in a new world The Associated PressLos Angeles Times - Reuters - Times Online - Aljazeera.netall 2,064 news articles

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I'm no Michelle Obama, says Iran's aspiring "First Lady" - Reuters

Telegraph.co.ukI'm no Michelle Obama, says Iran's aspiring "First Lady"ReutersBy Hashem Kalantari and Dominic Evans TEHRAN (Reuters) - The wife of a moderate Iranian presidential candidate dismissed comparisons with US First Lady Michelle Obama but pledged to play a prominent role improving women's rights in the Islamic Republic ...Video: Iranian Presidential Election - Bloomberg BloombergIn Iran, candidates cap a bitter campaign Christian Science MonitorLos Angeles Times - Times Online - Xinhua - Aljazeera...

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NATO Giving US More Control in Afghan Operations - New York Times

The Associated PressNATO Giving US More Control in Afghan OperationsNew York TimesBy Stephen Castle BRUSSELS - NATO defense ministers Thursday were putting the final touches on a new command structure in Afghanistan that would tighten America's grip on military operations, reflecting the growing dominance of the United States in the ...Insurgents are back in force in Afghanistan – and British troops ... guardian.co.ukPetraeus: Afghan Violence at Peak Level Last Week Washington PostReuters - PRESS TV - Telegraph...

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US Envoy on N. Korea Appeals to Pyongyang to Return to Talks - Voice of America

ABC NewsUS Envoy on N. Korea Appeals to Pyongyang to Return to TalksVoice of AmericaBy Deborah Tate The Obama administration's special representative for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, says the United States and its allies are prepared to take the steps necessary to address what he calls a growing threat from North Korea's nuclear and ...Video: New UN resolution on North Korea close RTAP source: NKorea may be prepping new nuclear test The Associated PressFOXNews - Washington Post - Wall Street Journal - Reutersall 1,944 news articles

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Bermuda takes Guantánamo men without UK sanction

The foreign secretary, David Miliband, was urged tonight to explain how four Chinese detainees from Guantánamo Bay came to be released to a UK territory without the knowledge of Whitehall.An urgent security assessment is under way after Bermuda accepted the Uighurs without consulting the Foreign Office."We have underlined to the Bermuda government that it should have consulted the UK on whether this falls within their competence or is a security issue for which the Bermuda government do not have delegated responsibility," said a spokesman for the Foreign Office...

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Venezuela bans Coke Zero (Reuters)

Reuters - The Venezuelan government of U.S.-critic President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola to withdraw its Coke Zero beverage from the South American nation, citing unspecified dangers to health.

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Brazil recovers 3 more bodies from Air France flight 447 - Xinhua

guardian.co.ukBrazil recovers 3 more bodies from Air France flight 447XinhuaBRASILIA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Aeronautics said on Thursday that they have recovered three more bodies of the victims of the ill-fated Air France flight 447, near Fernando Noronha archipelago, bringing the total to 44.Video: Air France 447 Victim Search to End Next Week The Associated PressAir France CEO: Don't assume sensors caused crash CNNBloomberg - Reuters - CNN International - Times Onlineall 9,304 news articles

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Mugabe's Legacy - Atlantic Online

New York TimesMugabe's LegacyAtlantic OnlineZimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is scheduled to meet with Obama tomorrow. The Economist reports on the state of the country: For ordinary Zimbabweans, life has begun to get a bit better ...Thanks to the government's decision to give an ...Zimbabwe Divisions Pose a Quandary for West New York TimesUS Seeks Ways to 'Appropriately' Support Zimbabwe Government - Clinton Voice of AmericaAllAfrica.com - guardian.co.uk - PRESS TV - NewsHourall 408 news articles

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French air crash probe: 'no link yet' to sensors (AFP)

AFP - The French agency probing the crash of Air France flight 447 has said it had yet to find conclusive evidence pointing to faulty airspeed monitors as the cause of the disaster.

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UN: Sudan letting some aid groups return - CNN International

BBC NewsUN: Sudan letting some aid groups returnCNN InternationalUNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- After expelling aid organizations in March, the government of Sudan is letting some back in the country, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Thursday.Sudan: Distorting Darfur - The International Media And Sudan AllAfrica.comSudan 'allows aid agencies back' BBC NewsVoice of America - Washington Post - ABC Onlineall 261 news articles

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Hell of Afghanistan brought home to British troops (AFP)

AFP - The British Army has spent 14 million pounds (23 million dollars) on creating a replica Afghan village to get their soldiers used to life on duty in Helmand before they spend six months serving in the real Afghanistan.

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Binyamin Netanyahu may yield to two-state solution after pressure ... - Times Online

Times OnlineBinyamin Netanyahu may yield to two-state solution after pressure ...Times OnlineBinyamin Netanyahu is expected to endorse a “two-state solution” in a much-heralded speech this weekend, but he may stall on American demands to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.Obama's resolve on Mideast facing a history of blunt reality Los Angeles TimesUnderstanding The Settlements Atlantic OnlineReuters - Voice of America - Jewish Telegraphic Agency - AFPall 1,713 news articles

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Malaysia plans to launch Islamic TV channel (AFP)

AFP - Malaysia is to launch a free-to-air Islamic television channel aimed at family education based on the religion's teachings, according to the Islamic affairs minister.

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N Korea 'planning new nuclear test' - Aljazeera.net

ABC NewsN Korea 'planning new nuclear test'Aljazeera.netNorth Korea may be preparing a third nuclear test in a show of defiance as the UN gets ready to vote on fresh sanctions for the test it conducted in May, according to US media.Video: New UN resolution on North Korea close RTSource: N. Korea may be preparing for new nuclear test CNN InternationalReuters - Washington Post - Wall Street Journal - The Associated Pressall 2,243 news articles

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Tamil refugee issue raises concerns - United Press International

Canoe.caTamil refugee issue raises concernsUnited Press InternationalCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 12 (UPI) -- A UN official says many of the tens of thousands of displaced Sri Lankan Tamils may still be in shelters a year from now despite government promises.Sri Lanka camps a 'national disgrace' AFPSri Lanka Begins Painful Reconciliation Wall Street JournalThe Press Associationall 910 news articles

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Women's rights next on agenda for Kadhafi in Italy (AFP)

AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was set to stress women's rights as he wraps up a controversial visit to former colonial master Italy.

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Sachin tells Aussies to target Pietersen, Flintoff (AFP)

AFP - Sachin Tendulkar has told Australia to target Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff if they want to retain the Ashes in England this year.

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President's speech gave Jews cause for hope -- but cause for ... - MiamiHerald.com

Globe and MailPresident's speech gave Jews cause for hope -- but cause for ...MiamiHerald.comBY SUSAN ESTRICH Am I concerned, friends ask me quietly, after we all publicly praise President Obama's monumental Cairo speech.Why Israelis Are Cool on the Obama Speech Wall Street JournalEgypt's Mubarak says Obama has new approach to Islam Washington PostInternational Analyst Network - The Associated Press - Deseret News - San Leandro India Westall 1,264 news articles