Headlines : The Environmentorial (May 20, 2013)
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Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist | Environment
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international oil companies are buying off governments, according to the
world's most prominent climate scientist, Prof James Hansen. During a
visit to London, he accused the Canadian governm...
Mercedes S-Class wows with 3D cameras and night vision - NBC News.com
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time when luxury cars were defined by their sheer size and mass, their
power, performance and, of course, exclusive details like leather seats
and wood trim. Those factors distinguish t...
US robots, Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil 'one of safest sporting events ever' — RT News
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Exclusive: Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
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Cannes Hit by Second Burglary
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China Film Group vice president Zhang Qiang canceled plans to preside
over a press conference on Monday with Keanu Reeves for the actor’s
directorial debut Man of Tai Chi after all of his possessio...
Bus drivers top obese workers list; doctors tip lighter
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transportation employees have been listed as the most obese workforce in
America (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (Photo: Ed Andrieski AP) If you are a
bus driver, the answer is probably yes. The new...
Advanced breast cancer detecting machine comes to India - The Times of India
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Hypertension: India's silent killer - Times Of India
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Factory safety: Battle of the brands
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official death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza clothing factory
complex (pictured) on the outskirts of Dhaka is now over 1100, making
it probably the deadliest industrial accident ever...
Microcredit: Put to the test
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illustrated with pictures of happy village women engaged in lending
circles, and celebrated as an ideal charitable activity that helps
people earn their way out of poverty, in recent years mic...
Marketing: Less guff, more puff
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economist.com - WHEN a
power cut interrupted this year’s Super Bowl, advertisers lit up.
“Sending some LEDs to the @MBUSA Superdome right now,” tweeted Audi,
swiftly plugging its own LED-accented car while taking ...
Open data: A new goldmine
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economist.com - AFTER a
Soviet missile shot down a South Korean airliner that strayed into
Russian airspace in 1983, President Ronald Reagan made America’s
military satellite-navigation system, GPS, available to t...
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Two FBI agents reported killed in training accident
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Strong storms hit Plains, Midwest
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tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan., near the town of Viola.
The tornado was part of a line of storms that passed through the
central plains on Sunday. (Photo: Travis Heying...
Student debt weighs on overall economy
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walk across the lawn in front of MacCracken Hall at Miami University, in
Oxford, Ohio on March 5. College tuition keeps increasing, students
keep borrowing - mainly from taxpayers - and un...
UK spends £2bn housing homeless in B&Bs, hostels and shelters
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guardian.co.uk - The UK has
spent almost £2bn housing vulnerable homeless families in short-term
temporary accommodation, according to figures that demonstrate the scale
of Britain's housing crisis. Rising private ...
Bus drivers top obese workers list; doctors tip lighter
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transportation employees have been listed as the most obese workforce in
America (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (Photo: Ed Andrieski AP) If you are a
bus driver, the answer is probably yes. The new...
Oil prices: Unannounced inspections
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- GIVEN that oil is a
vital source of energy and its price has ramifications for every economy
on the planet, it is not surprising that regulators keep an eye on the
way it is set. Europe’s antitrust...
India's underemployed youth: Raring to go
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- Soon India will have a
fifth of the world's working-age population. It needs to make 100m new,
good jobs fast, or it risks squandering a once-in-a-generation
demographic advantage The Economist wel...
Energy drinks: Buzz kill
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- DILBERT, a cartoon
character, once strapped a barrel-sized mug of coffee to his back to
keep himself alert. Americans who dislike coffee have other options.
“Wired Waffles” come with caffeinated ma..
Canada and the Arctic: Frozen promises
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- STEPHEN HARPER, Canada’s
prime minister, came to power in 2006 vowing to defend Canada’s
sovereignty in the Arctic by building three heavy icebreakers,
installing underwater sensors, constructing a...
Cicadas beginning to emerge in Virginia
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- A cicada rests on the
grass in Alexandria, Va., in this May 14, 2004, file photo. (Photo:
Stephen Jaffe, AFP/Getty Images) After weeks and weeks of buildup,
people in the Washington area are beginn...
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