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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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US and Iran hold rare direct talks on Iraq securityBaghdad, Iraq - Arch enemies the United States and Iran launched a second round of rare face-to-face talks in Baghdad on Tuesday aimed at stemming the raging violence in Iraq. |
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Iran agrees to new UN nuclear inspections and safeguardsThe United Nations nuclear watchdog announced today that it has reached agreement with Iranian authorities to allow new inspections and safeguards at some of its key facilities. |
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Norway ranked as world’s most peaceful nationLondon, England, UK - Japan, which only 65 years ago was seen as an aggressive war-mongerer, has been ranked as the world's fifth most peaceful nation in a report launched Wednesday by international businessman Steve Killelea in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit. |
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Iran ‘misunderstandings’ cleared
Some misunderstandings over Iran's nuclear policy have been cleared up, says the EU's foreign policy chief.
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Iran nuclear talks ‘constructive’
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Talks between the EU and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme are "constructive", both sides say.
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Charter of Muslim women’s rights under considerationTehran, Iran - An international charter of Muslim women's rights and responsibilities has been sent to organizations and Islamic entities worldwide for their views, English-language Iran Daily reported on Saturday. |
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Scientists launch project to save Caspian Beluga SturgeonThe Caspian Sea - Three men struggle to lift a squirming, nearly 2-meter (6.5 foot) gray fish with a pointy nose and distinctive jagged spine and spill it into the green waters of the Caspian Sea. |
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Tearing down the Great Firewall of ChinaToronto, ON - Looking at them you might not guess it. But deep in a basement room on the University of Toronto campus, three unassuming computer hackers with messy hair and wrinkled T-shirts are working to tear down China's "Great Firewall," the most sophisticated Internet censorship system in the world. |
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Iran letter to Bush lifts hopesTehran, Iran - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to US President George W Bush in an attempt to ease tensions between Teheran and the West. |
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