Israeli Arab and Jewish chefs have served up a world record for cooking hummus in the name of Middle East peace.
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Hat Creek, California -
The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life.
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Oslo, 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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United Nations -
Remote cloud forests in Viet Nam, hundreds of atolls in Micronesia and mangroves in El Salvador are featured in the 23 ecosystems which were added today to a United Nations network set up to fight biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development that helps local communities.
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Sheik Hussein Village, Jordan -
For years, Ibrahim Alayyan watched in frustration as rats devoured the date palms at his lush family farm.
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Geneva, Switzerland -
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.
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Aleppo, Syria -
'Follow the Women - Women for Peace' cycle ride started from Aleppo University in northern Syria on Saturday, with 249 female riders from 30 countries crossing the start line and heading straight into the first 30km road section from Aleppo to the site of the historic Saint Simeon Citadel.
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Paris, France -
An international donors' conference opens in Paris on Thursday to raise billions of dollars to help rebuild Lebanon and shore up the western-backed government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.
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Jiyyeh, Lebanon -
An oil spill resulting from last year's conflict in Lebanon is largely contained, says the UN, but problems remain.
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Israeli troops complete their withdrawal from Lebanon, more than two months after the war with Hezbollah began.
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