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 Asian Age 
Vegetarians can save planet
Rashme Sehgal New Delhi Dec. 30: Vegetarianism has received a major boost with scientists of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) insisting that a vegetarian diet emits less green house... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, left, take seats to attend Retreat I of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference in Singapore Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.
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 Daily Yomiuri 
Govt seeks 3% growth over 10 years / New strategy plan to boost demand, jobs
The government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Wednesday decided the basic policy on a new growth strategy aiming at boosting the growth rate of nominal gross domestic product above 3 percent on... (photo: AP / Takashi Ozaki)
Residents look at an earthquake damaged building in Pomona, Calif. on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near the San Bernardino County city of Chino Hills Tuesday.  The Wichita Eagle 
Quake near Mexican border shakes San Diego area
SAN DIEGO - A magnitude-5.8 earthquake in northern Baja California rocked the U.S.-Mexico border region Wednesday, causing buildings to sway more than 100 miles to the west in downtown San Diego. The... (photo: AP / Dan Steinberg)
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Fruits - Vegetables - Store - Agriculture - Organic  The Examiner 
Cap-and-trade will increase food prices
The cap-and-trade bill that passed the House and is still pending in the Senate will increase food prices by 4.5 percent by 2050 by encouraging landowners to re-forest 59 million acres of farmland by... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Fruit Bats - Animals - Mammals The Examiner
White-nose syndrome in bats update
White-nose syndrome evident in a little brown bat Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
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** ARCHIV ** Servictechniker befuellen am 9. September 2008 im Kohlekraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe in Spremberg einen Tankwagen mit fluessigem Kohlendioxid, dem Abbauprodukt der Kohleverbrennung. Der Konzern Vattenfall Europe betreibt hier die weltweit erste CCS-Pilotanlage fuer ein Kraftwerk mit Kohlendioxid-Abscheidung. Das verfluessigte Kohlendioxid wird mit Tankwagen in unterirdische Lagerstaetten gebracht. Mit der unterirdischen Lagerung von Kohlendioxid will die Bundesregierung den Klimaschutz voranbringen. Das Kabinett beschloss am Mittwoch, 1. April 2009, das sogenannte CCS-Gesetz, das Regeln fuer die Abscheidung, den Transport und die Verpressung des schaedlichen Klimagases vorgibt. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel) ** zu APD7705 ** --- Service technicians fill a truck with liquid CO2 in the power plant Schwarze Pumpe in Spremberg, 100 miles south of Berlin, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. The operating company Vattenfall Europe inaugurates a pilot project for a carbon dioxide capture and storage, CCS, the first coal fired plant in the world ready to capture and store its own CO2 emissions. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel) BBC News
France to rethink carbon tax plan
A new carbon tax that was supposed to go into effect in France at New Year has been struck down, delivering a blow to President Nicolas Sarkozy. France's... (photo: AP)

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Southern glacier/Souther ice field on Mt Kilimanjaro, December 2006 Newstrack India
Arctic could face warmer and ice-free conditions in future
Washington, December 30 (ANI): Increased evidence is indicating that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Chris 73)

Arctic   Geological   Photos   US   Washington
Yankee Stadium after the last game was played on September 21, 2008. Yankee Stadium hosted its final baseball game on September 21, 2008. The ceremonies for the final game at Yankee Stadium began with the opening of Monument Park, as well as allowing Yankee fans to walk on the warning track around the field. The New York Times
The Ice Rink That Changed Boston Hockey
BOSTON - Just one mile from Fenway Park, the venerable baseball stadium where the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers will play outdoors in a New Year's Day... (photo: Creative Commons / Dvdkid)

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Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009
BERLIN - From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)

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