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  • AP: Army general says 10 to 12 gunmen still inside two Mumbai hotels and Jewish center.
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  • At least 7 people are dead after a SUV went off a bridge on the I-25 in Larimer County, Colorado, according to KWGN-TV.
  • AT LEAST 7 DEAD IN FIERY CRASH NORTH OF DENVER, COLORADO. (BULLETIN)
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Mumbais global warming pool to raise awareness about climate change

November 27th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, November 27 (ANI): Indian financial capital Mumbai now boasts an eye-catching swimming pool, which has been built to raise awareness about the threat of sea level rises due to global ...

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Disaster looms in imaginary diary of new US President

November 21st, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov.21 (ANI): The National Intelligence Council (NIC), America''s leading intelligence organization, has forecasted an unpredictable world in which the advance of western-style democracy is far from guaranteed. In an imaginary ...

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to attend Live Earth concert in Mumbai on Dec. 7

November 21st, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 21 (ANI): Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be among celebrities who will attend a Live Earth concert in Mumbai on December 7. Bon Jovi and Pink Floyd''s Roger ...

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ONIC releases ‘Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World’ Thursday

November 21st, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot -
Projection by the federal government's top intelligence analysts titled 'Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World' which has been prepared and finally released by Office of the Director of National Intelligence, on Thursday ...

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Wrestler Sushil Kumar promotes a vegetarian lifestyle

Wrestler Sushil Kumar promotes a vegetarian lifestyle

November 13th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Olympics bronze winner wrestler, Sushil Kumar teamed up with the activists of ''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'' to promote vegetarian lifestyle and propagate ...

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Maldives plans to buy new homeland as insurance policy against global warming

November 10th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 10 (ANI): The President of Maldives has announced plans of diverting a portion of the countrys billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland, as an insurance policy ...

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Global warming may be responsible for reduced lemming populations in Norway

Global warming may be responsible for reduced lemming populations in Norway

November 6th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A new study has shown that climate change may be responsible for shrinking lemming populations in Norway. Lemming populations throughout Scandinavia tend to explode naturally every three to ...

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Climate change threatens giant pandas

November 5th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Researchers at York University have determined that climate change may be about to affect the lives of rare species such as the giant panda, because of fears ...

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Recent hurricane history provides diverging interpretations on future of hurricane activity

November 1st, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): A new study has explored the relationship between sea surface temperature (SST) and seasonal hurricane activity, showing how differing interpretations of the observational record can imply vastly ...

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Olympic medallist Vijender supports social cause on 22nd birthday

October 31st, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI -
By Kamaljeet Virk Bhiwani (Haryana), Oct.31 (ANI): In a gesture to support social cause, the Olympic medallist Vijender launched two social campaigns-- ''Tree Plantation'' and ''Save Girl Child'' here on Thursday on ...

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Obama draws plans to lower expectations for his presidency

Obama draws plans to lower expectations for his presidency

October 31st, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 31 (ANI): Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obamas senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next weeks election, amid concerns that many ...

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Potent greenhouse gas more common in atmosphere than estimated

October 24th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): A new research has indicated that a powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated. The research, based on data ...

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UN climate chief says Wall Street meltdown is a chance for change

October 18th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, Oct.18 (ANI): United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer has said that the present meltdown on Wall Street should be seen as an opportunity to create and enforce policy ...

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Cleaning air pollution in large cities may raise global temps

October 13th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): A German scientist has warned that cleaning air in large cities suffering from pollution problems by limiting car and power-plant emissions may raise global temperatures instead of ...

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Theres still time to save the planet, say scientists

October 8th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 8 (ANI): A new research has suggested that if humans do everything they can to cap emissions of greenhouse gases, they might be able to prevent more global warming, ...

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90,000 yr old data suggests warming, CO2 and ocean currents are linked

October 5th, 2008 - 11:27 am ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): Scientists have presented new data from their analysis of ice core samples and ocean deposits dating as far back as 90,000 years ago and have suggested that ...

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The Prince of Wales calls for saving worlds forests

October 1st, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): While expressing his deep concern for the environment, the Prince of Wales called for ways to save the worlds forests. In an interview, Prince Charles talks about his ...

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1 in 5 Aussies unfit to be a parent, says expert

September 28th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, September 28 (ANI): One in five Australian parents is unfit to be a parent, says leading child-health expert Professor Fiona Stanley. Owing to either excessive professional commitment or lack of parenting ...

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Government will continue to fix gas price

September 25th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Petroleum Secretary R.S. Pandey Thursday ruled out a review of the administered price mechanism for gas in the near future, saying improving its supply was a more ...

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Global warming and cleaner skies are making it rain more

September 22nd, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 22 (ANI): After analyzing global measurements of solar radiation and rainfall taken between 1986 and 2000, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, have determined that ...

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New book teaches grannies how to text and make the world a better place

September 21st, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 21 (ANI): Grannies who stay miles away from technology may soon find themselves pressured to learn to send text messages, all thanks to the efforts of a group of ...

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Russia threatens to seize its share of energy-rich Arctic

September 18th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept.18 (ANI): Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that his country may unilaterally stake a claim to a part of the energy rich Arctic region. "We must finalise and adopt a ...

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Polar bears could become extinct because of melting ice at the Artic

September 17th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 17 (ANI): Scientists have warned that Polar bears and other rare species could become extinct, as latest figures show rapid melting of the Artic sea ice, which is at ...

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Phasing out coal and burning trees for fuel can tackle global warming, says scientist

September 15th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 15 (ANI): In a move to reduce the danger of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, one of the worlds top scientists has suggested that all coal power stations ...

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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

September 15th, 2008 - 12:50 am ICT by admin -
Writer/Actress Tina Fey played Gov. Sarah Palin on the TV show Saturday Night Live yesterday. A video clip of the show was earlier up on youtube, but was removed citing : "This video ...

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Brit duo blame global warming for failure to break wind-powered vehicle land-speed record

September 12th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 12 (ANI): An attempt to break the world land-speed record for a wind-powered vehicle has failed due to bad weather conditions, which the Brit duo attribute to global warming. ...

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Global warming is going to shrink the worlds species

September 12th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 12 (ANI): Ecologists have warned that global warming might result in species shrinking in size. According to a report in New Scientist, Kaustuv Roy, a biologist at the University of ...

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UK to climate-proof Bangladesh

September 10th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 10 (ANI): The UK is giving 133 million dollars to climate-proof Bangladesh, i.e., it would help the country prepare for the impacts of climate change. According to a report by ...

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Carnegie researchers develop new method to counter greenhouse gas emissions

August 16th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Aug.16 (ANI): Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new method that estimates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions across all tiers of the entire supply chain for all industries. In ...

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Prince Charles condemned for blaming genetically modified crops for global warming

August 14th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 14 (ANI): Scientists have condemned Charles, the Prince of Wales, for blaming genetically modified (GM) crops for global warming, and have called him shockingly ill-informed and negative. According to a ...

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