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World News tagged with News

Hackers Target Leading Climate Research Unit
World  (tags: News, hacking, Climate Researchers, scientists, emails )

Katie
- 19 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday.
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Copenhagen Climate Conference: Key Facts
World  (tags: News, world, Climate Change, conference, copenhagen summit, facts )

Katie
- 20 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
What you need to know about climate change and the Copenhagen climate conference. The Copenhagen summit aims to limit the global temperature increase by no more than 2C. Without action it will increase by 6-7C by the year 2100
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Mercury Mission Clears Key Hurdle
World  (tags: News, Space, Mercury, Science, Science and Technology )

Katie
- 2 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Science delegations to the European Space Agency (Esa) have approved a much more expensive mission to Mercury. Many researchers feared Bepi might be cancelled, but Esa's Science Programme Committee has passed the bigger budget.
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Obama in South Korea: Security, Trade Agreement Focus of Talks
World  (tags: world, asia, government, news, OBAMA )

Cal
- 2 days ago - latimes.com
The president should find a receptive audience in President Lee Myung-bak. The two are expected to reaffirm their alliance, but the U.S.-Korea free-trade agreement remains in question.
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MIDEAST: Palestinians Threaten Unilateral Independent State
World  (tags: middle-east, israel, politics, government, conflict, UnitedNations, world, news, interesting )

Cal
- 3 days ago - ipsnews.net
Following the political deadlock between the Israelis and Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has decided to take the matter directly to the U.N. Security Council.
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Afghans Say Poverty, Not Taliban, Main Cause of War
World  (tags: world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', politics, Afghanistan, freedoms, conflict, news, society, war, violence, government, interesting )

Cal
- 3 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Most Afghans see not Taliban militants but poverty, unemployment and government corruption as the main causes of war in their country, according to a report by a leading aid group released on Wednesday
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Where Is Water on Moon From--Volcanoes, Sun ... Earth?
World  (tags: News, Space, Moon, Water, Nasa )

Katie
- 3 days ago - news.preview.nationalgeographic.com
For many, 2009 will be remembered as the year water on the moon was confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt. Earlier this year, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft detected possible chemical traces of lunar water....
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Photo Safaris Potentially More Environmentally Damaging Than Hunting
World  (tags: News, Animal Safari, environment, photography )

Katie
- 3 days ago - treehugger.com
An expert on this subject recently addressed the Kalahari Conservation Society (KCS), saying, as reported in All Africa, "Properly administered hunting is not detrimental to wildlife populations. This is absolutely certain.
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Deadly Leopard Seal Tries to Feed Live Penguins to Photographer (Video)
World  (tags: world, news, Aniaml, Seal, Video, penguin )

Katie
- 4 days ago - treehugger.com
"Bloody Hell! That's the biggest leopard seal I've ever seen!" Leopard seals are pretty scary predators, especially if you're a penguin. But they can be friendly to other leopard seals, which is something that photographer Paul Nicklen learned.........
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Guinea-Bissau: Cocaine's Traffic Hub
World  (tags: world, drug trade, interesting, death, news, society, government )

Cal
- 5 days ago - latimes.com
The unstable nation, along with other West African countries, makes an ideal stop for cartels smuggling drugs from South America to Europe.
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Obama Says Washington Not Trying to Contain China
World  (tags: diplomacy, usa, china, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', news, world, interesting )

Cal
- 5 days ago - reuters.com
U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese students on Monday he did not fear their nation's rise, ahead of talks on trade imbalances and currency strains that underline the sometimes tense embrace between the two giants
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Atlantis Shuttle Set to Blast Off.
World  (tags: News, World, space program, Space shuttle, atlantis )

Katie
- 5 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The US space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off from Florida on a mission to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS). Lift-off is planned for 1928 GMT (1428 EST) on Monday from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral.
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Copenhagen Climate Change Agreement Is Impossible
World  (tags: world, News, government, Copenhagen, Climate Change )

Katie
- 5 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
World leaders have finally accepted that it will be impossible to come to a deal on climate change this year and have moved their attention to setting new dealines for a global agreement.
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Brazil Deforestation Drops to Lowest Level Since 1980s
World  (tags: world, News, Brazil, Environment, deforestation, Lowest )

Katie
- 7 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Some 7,008 square kilometres of trees were cut down in the year to July, 45.7 per cent down on the previous year's figure and a quarter of the 2004 level, according to government figures.
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'Significant' Water Found on Moon.
World  (tags: world, news, Moon, Water found, NASA, Space, Science, Technology )

Katie
- 7 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Nasa's experiment last month to find water on the Moon was a major success, US scientists have announced. The space agency smashed a rocket and a probe into a large crater at the lunar south pole, hoping to kick up ice.
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