Mexico started a five-day shutdown of most offices and businesses on Friday to try to halt the spread of a deadly flu strain, and officials said they were encouraged by signs the number of new cases was dropping.
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Choke Canyon, Texas, USA -
Birders with binoculars and cameras are flocking to a remote state park in search of a small yellow-chested bird that apparently crossed the U.S. border for the first time from its high-mountain habitat to the south.
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United Nations -
The United Nations humanitarian chief announced today that around $380 million was pledged to its emergency relief fund that can be quickly accessed by the world body, potentially saving thousands of lives when responding to disasters.
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Northern Pacific Ocean -
Humpback whales appear to be returning from the brink of extinction in the North Pacific Ocean, a new study shows.
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Girardot, Colombia -
Forget steel and concrete. The building material of choice for the 21st century might just be bamboo.
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Grenoble, 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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Washington, D.C., USA -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed six rare birds from around the world as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
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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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Harlingen, Texas, USA -
The Rotary Club of Harlingen has donated $3,500 Friday to the Rotary Club of Matamoros, Mexico, to help with construction costs of a school cafeteria there.
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