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Small Canadian Town Bans Shark FinsUsing the concept 'Think Global, Act Local,' Coquitlam council this week banned shark fins from being possessed, traded, sold and distributed in the city. |
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Genetic Test Shows Who Benefits From ChemotherapyChemotherapy helps many cancer patients, but for some of them, it won't work and they'll only end up experiencing the sometimes toxic side effects the drugs bring on. |
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Schools Looking Toward Wind PowerRedwood Falls, Minn - Schools across Minnesota are hoping to create a revenue source and an educational experience for students by tapping the font of renewable energy. |
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China Pledges To Bring Clean Water To 300 Million People In One DecadeBeijing - China has pledged to provide clean and safe drinking water to 300 million peasants within a decade, state media reported Tuesday. |
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Google opens 200 years of newsMountain View, CA - Search engine Google launches a service that allows users to search and browse over two centuries of news. |
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After 19 Years ‘Asleep,’ Man’s Brain Appears to Heal ItselfNew York City, NY - Scientists Undertake Study of Terry Wallis' Miraculous Recovery |
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Brazil Unveils New Technology to Curb LoggingRio De Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil's environment minister Friday unveiled an electronic registry for the transport and storage of all forestry products, which she said would help in the battle against illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. |
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Yoga Sneaks Its Way Into All Sorts of Sports and Fitness Classes'Hybrid' Classes Blend the Art Form of Yoga With Other Exercises |
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First Evidence That Wildlife Corridors Boost Biodiversity, Study SaysSouth Carolina - A five-year study of South Carolina pine forests offers proof of the widely practiced but controversial theory that corridors linking nature reserves help species diversity. |
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Dutch Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now at 1990 LevelsAmsterdam, The Netherlands - Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands fell by around 2 percent in 2005 from a year earlier and were at approximately the same level they were in 1990, a government agency said Monday. |
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China To Close 5000 Coal Mines To Improve SafetyBeijing - China plans to shut down 5,000 unsafe small coal mines by the end of next year as part of a major government push to improve the industry's deplorable safety standards, state media said Monday. |
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India drug gives Alzheimer’s hopeLondon - Scientists are examining using the ancient Indian ayurvedic medicine for use in drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease. |
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Exploding Star Seen for First TimeGreenbelt, MD - A telescope has snagged a first-ever full viewing of a star's dramatic finale. |
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Building Tough Crops to Grow on MarsNorth Carolina - Scientists are borrowing genes to grow plants that might someday flourish on Mars. |
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‘Fly-vision’ sheds light on murky videosAdelaide, Australia - Copying the way insects process differing light levels allows a camera to capture action normally hidden by extremes of light or dark |
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Wiki-style textbooks to aid poorer nationsAtlanta, GA - Academics and students are using technology such as the Wikipedia system to write free textbooks for use in developing countries |
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Uganda rebels ‘leaving the bush’Kampala, Uganda - Lord's Resistance Army rebels start moving in compliance with a ceasefire agreement, Ugandan army officials say. |
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