Positive news from Mongolia
Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life.
"For Seti, the ATA's technical capabilities exponentially increase our ability to search for intelligent signals, and may lead to the discovery of thinking beings elsewhere in the Universe,"
- Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the Seti Institute |
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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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UNESCO adds 23 new sites to global network of biosphere reservesUnited 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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Network of UN ecological reserves adds 22 new sitesNew York City - Ranging from coastal mangrove forests to desert mountains chains, and stretching from Chile to Mongolia, 22 ecosystems have been added to a United Nations programme that promotes sustainable development on a scientific basis with the active involvement of local communities. |
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- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Nations get tough on tiger trade
- Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men
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- Medvedev and Obama hail ‘historic’ nuclear arms treaty
- Tiger summit reaches bold agreement and raises $300 million
- Ship sewage banned in Baltic Sea
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- More nations sign on to UN-backed initiative to end use of child soldiers