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US plans ‘dramatic reductions’ in nuclear weapons

US President Barack Obama is planning "dramatic reductions" in the country's nuclear arsenal, a senior US administration official has said.

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Farm bus brings healthy food to US

BBC, 4 weeks, 5 hours, 54 minutes ago, comment
As President Obama launches a task force to cut American obesity rates, an American couple have launched a novel way to provide better access to healthy food.


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UN Agency Backs Bluefin Tuna Ban, Vote Due In March

Planet Ark, 4 weeks, 1 day, 2 hours, 18 minutes ago, comment
A United Nations scientific agency backed on Friday a proposal to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, saying the species prized by sushi lovers needed to recover from commercial overfishing.


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Vegetative state patients can respond to questions

BBC, 4 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes ago, comment
Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.


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Alternative Energy Grows in Europe

ENN, 1 month, 1 day, 17 hours, 55 minutes ago, comments (1)
Wind and solar technology made up over half of Europe’s new electricity generating capacity in 2009, as the number of new coal and nuclear facilities fell


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Leaders hail deal to save Northern Ireland power-share agreement

CNN, 1 month, 3 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes ago, comment
Leaders from Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland appeared together Friday to hail an agreement that saves the province's power-sharing government.


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France backs ban on bluefin tuna exports

BBC, 1 month, 5 days, 7 hours, 30 minutes ago, comment
France has added its voice to calls for a ban on the global trade in bluefin tuna, the numbers of which have dwindled through overfishing.


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