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Solar energy ‘revolution’ brings green power closerSilicon Vlley, California, USA - The holy grail of renewable energy came a step closer yesterday as thousands of mass-produced, wafer-thin solar cells printed on aluminium film rolled off a production line in California, heralding what British scientists called "a revolution" in generating electricity. |
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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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Countries Agree on Plan to Save AnimalsInterlaken, Switzerland - One hundred and eight countries have agreed on an action plan to save endangered livestock breeds, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. |
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Business leaders at UN summit adopt declaration on responsible practicesGeneva, Switzerland - Hundreds of business leaders attending a United Nations meeting in Geneva today pledged to comply with labour, human rights, environmental and anti-corruption standards in a wide-ranging declaration on making globalization more beneficial to the world's people. |
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Abroad by boardDevon, England, UK - A Devon man is set to make his first trip abroad -- on a skateboard. Sam Benson, 20, is planning to skate 2,500 miles across five European countries in 10 weeks. |
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WHO Urges Ban on Smoking in Public BuildingsGeneva, 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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Vaccines Getting to Poor Nations FasterAmsterdam, Netherlands - The timeline for getting new vaccines to poor countries that need them most is being shortened from decades to less than two years, an alliance of U.N. agencies and government and private groups said Friday. |
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Angioplasty Saves Patients from Hidden DiseaseUnidentified City, Switzerland - Often, a decrease in blood flow to the heart, called ischemia, results in chest pain. When the chest pains aren't there, treatment is still needed to reduce the patient's risk of heart attack. |
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‘Follow the Women - Women for peace’ cycle ride gets underwayAleppo, 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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Chopin’s last piano found after 150 yearsLondon, England, UK - The grand piano Frederic Chopin took on his last concert tour has been found in an English country house thanks to detective work by a Swiss musical scholar. |
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