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Future Forecast: 10 Hot Job Markets in 2012Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - In our information-rich society there is an ever increasing demand for workers in the fields of computers, health care, science and space technology -- much of it driven by the demands of the retiring baby boomers. |
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Raglan leading the way towards an eco-friendly societyRaglan, Waikato, New Zealand - 'Transition Town' is an initiative that has arisen from peak oil and climate change concerns ... In a nutshell, it is change at a community level, a transition away from oil dependency to alternative fuels, but more than that too. |
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Mitsubishi Electric to Start Plastics Recycling PlantChiba, Japan - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will start operations at a plastic-recycling factory next year to reduce costs and profit from selling salvaged material. |
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Locals Volunteer Overseas With Operation SmileHigh Point, North Carolina, USA - Some local volunteers are making a big difference overseas by helping less fortunate children to smile. |
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Calgary team shows how to scrub CO2 from the airCalgary, Alberta, Canada - University of Calgary climate change researchers say they are close to figuring out how to commercialize the capture of carbon dioxide directly from the air with a simple system that could be set up anywhere in the world. |
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UN agency delivers food supplies for over half a million in Haiti
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding its relief operations across hurricane-devastated Haiti, supplying enough stocks of food to reach 500,000 people as the Caribbean country tries to recover from the recent series of deadly storms.
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Black rhinos released into wild
Black rhinos are released back into the wild in Kenya for the first time in more than 25 years.
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How some women never get sick - by staying positiveIn one study, participants who had heightened activity in a region of the brain associated with a positive attitude produced greater amounts of flu antibodies. |
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Elderly women win battle over crab apple treeShrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA - Two elderly women who tied themselves to a crab apple tree to protest its removal have rescued the tree and saved themselves from eviction. |
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California launches broad effort to control hazardous chemicalsSacramento, California, USA - California today launched the most comprehensive program of any state to evaluate, label and, in some cases, ban industrial chemicals that are linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other deadly effects on human health. |
