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Greece Unblocks $2.7 Billion Renewable Energy ProjectsGreece unblocked renewable energy projects worth 2.1 billion euros ($2.7 billion) as the cash-strapped country struggles to attract new investments to boost its ailing economy, the energy regulator said on Monday. |
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Greece Unblocks $2.7 Billion Renewable Energy ProjectsGreece unblocked renewable energy projects worth 2.1 billion euros ($2.7 billion) as the cash-strapped country struggles to attract new investments to boost its ailing economy, the energy regulator said on Monday. |
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Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really lookedA recent touring exhibition is turning a long held common belief on its head. The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. |
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Greece To Invest 12 Billion Euro In “Green Growth” By 2015Greece said on Wednesday it will invest 12 billion euros ($15.59 billion) on environmental and energy projects over the next five years to boost its ailing economy and create new jobs. |
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Germany to Join Other Eur. Countries in Ban Against Monsanto’s Genetically Modified MON 810 CornIn the European Union, there is only one permissible genetically-modified crop — and that is Monsanto’s MON 810 engineered corn. |
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Cypriot leaders make further progress in reunification process - UN
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders made good progress today in talks on the judiciary as part of broader United Nations-sponsored negotiations aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island, a top UN envoy said.
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Greek dig unearths Neolithic household gearSosandra, Greece - A 6,000 year-old set of household gear, including crockery and two wood-fired ovens, has been found in the buried ruins of a prehistoric farmhouse in northern Greece, officials said Thursday. |
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Computer Program Reveals Anyone’s AncestryTroy, New York, USA - Imagine being adopted, with no understanding of your cultural or genetic background. |
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Ancient Tomb Found on Greek Isle
Will an ancient Greek tomb be the key to finding the homeland of Homer's Odysseus?
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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