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Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation.
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Roman temple found under church
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a Roman temple beneath the foundations of a church.
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Ferrari to slash sports cars’ carbon emissions: president
BERLIN (AFP) - Sports car manufacturer Ferrari intends to cut its vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half and is working on developing hybrid vehicles, the company president said Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia contributes $500M to U.N. food fundUnited Nations - Saudi Arabia has made an unprecedented contribution of $500 million to the U.N. World Food Program to respond to rising food and fuel prices that threatened emergency aid to millions of needy people, the United Nations announced Friday. |
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UN to draw up comprehensive plan to address world food crisisUnited Nations - The United Nations is aiming to have a comprehensive plan to tackle the global food crisis in place by the beginning of June, "around which the institutions and leaders around the world can coalesce," Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said today. |
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Dark matter may have been found on EarthAn Italian team claim to have observed dark matter particles in a detector, replicating an earlier finding, but physicists remain sceptical |
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Portugal finds a power niche in the sunAmareleja, Portugal - Broad fields of giant solar panels as big as houses tilt toward the sun in this torrid patch of the Iberian peninsula. |
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Solar Powered Car to Hit Streets in TaiwanTaipei, Taiwan - It started out as a Taiwanese entry in the Australian World Solar Challenge and was scaled up. |
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Clooney Group Makes Donation For DarfurRome, Italy - George Clooney's humanitarian organization has donated $500,000 to a U.N. food aid agency to help it continue flights in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the agency said Thursday. |
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Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the SkyGrenoble, France - Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. |
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- First solar panels installed on Vatican roof
- German churches repent for green sins in bid to cut carbon footprint
- Bulgaria launches CO2 registry to kick off trade
- ‘Lifesaver’ Bottle Purifies Water in Seconds
- Anti-poverty summit raises 16 billion dollars: UN chief
