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The Norwegian government has excluded the Malaysian timber giant Samling from its pension fund on ethical grounds.
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Pumping up is easier for people who have been buff before, and now scientists think they know why -- muscles retain a memory of their former fitness even as they wither from lack of use.
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What does it say that one of the largest producers of oil, The United Arab Emirates, is aggressively developing renewable energy? Clearly the country is thinking about a world beyond fossil energies.
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Wouldn’t it be great if cars put out less pollution? You can breathe a sigh of relief, because researchers have discovered a breakthrough that will lead to reduced pollution and cleaner air.
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China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for rare Siberian tigers.
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The government of Southern Sudan said Monday it will purge child soldiers from the ranks of its former rebel army by year's end, a policy change that could see thousands of young troops pushed out of the military.
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Desperately ill patients waiting for a transplant could be able to 'grow their own' livers within five years, British doctors said last night.
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An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.
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An Aboriginal man has been elected to Australia's House of Representatives, becoming the first indigenous MP in the country's history.
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Researchers at Big Bear Solar Observatory have tuned their adaptive optics array and achieved first light, capturing this image of a sunspot that is now the most detailed ever captured in visible light.
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