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A record 39 new North Atlantic right whale calves have been spotted in winter nursery watersA record 39 new North Atlantic right whale calves have been spotted in the winter nursery waters off the southeastern U.S. |
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Nova Scotia bans smoking in cars with children as of April 1Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - On April 1, Nova Scotia will become the first province in Canada to make it illegal to smoke in motor vehicles with anyone under 19 inside. |
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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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The World’s Mysterious PlacesMountain View, California, USA - This compilation of the world's most mysterious places on Google Earth includes Oak Island, Area 51, the Pyramid of the Sun & Moon, various figures from Nazca, the Atacama Giant, Loch Ness, Arbor Low, Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill, St. Michael's Mount, Angkor Wat, Ayres Rock, the Olgas, and Maree Man. |
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Heimlich inventor honours Cape Breton boyCape Breton, NS, Canada - The man who created the Heimlich manoeuvre has personally congratulated an 11-year-old Cape Breton boy for saving his choking friend last week. |
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Boy turns lifesaver for choking friendHowie Centre, Cape Breton - A Grade 6 student in Cape Breton used the life-saving skills he learned in a babysitting course to save his friend from choking Wednesday. |
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Sea Creatures to Be Tagged and TrackedHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices. |
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Cape Breton joins space raceCape Breton, NS - N.S. signs private launch facility deal Space station flights planned by 2009 |
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Students invent natural way to purify polluted waterHalifax, Nova Scotia - Scallop shells can be used to clean up polluted water, three teenagers in Halifax have discovered. |
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