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In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, center, is helped down the airplane steps on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. UK 'went all out' to free Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi
| BRITAIN'S last government did "all it could" to help Libya in appealing to Scotland for the release of the Lockerbie bomber, a review of his release says. | The review, by the nation'... (photo: AP) The Australian
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Southern Sudanese celebrate the formal announcement of independence referendum results in the southern capital of Juba on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Referendum officials indicated that nearly 99 percent of all voters cast ballots in favor of southern independence. Southern Sudan will remain united with the north until the expiration of Comprehensive Peace Agreement in July 2011. South Sudan votes for independence by a landslide
| KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare independence in final results of a referendum announced on Monday, opening the door to Africa's newest state and a fresh period of un... (photo: AP / Pete Muller) The Star
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The head of the referendum office Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil, right, hands the final results of the referendum on Southern Sudan's independence to President of the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, and Vice President of Sudan Salva Kiir at the palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, Feb.7, 2011. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on at center rear. Soon to be a country - Southern Sudan
| In a little more than five months, Southern Sudan is slated to become the world's newest country. | However, it will also be one of the poorest. | Final results from last month's independence refere... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) NZ Herald
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The Xue Long, with some 100 Chinese scientists and researchers on board, is seen on its arrival at Kaohsiung port for a four-day visit to promote academic exchanges with the island, Thursday, April 2, 2009, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. China's Antarctic research ship has made a port call in southern Taiwan in the latest sign of improved relations between the rivals. The two sides split amid civil war in 1949, but Beijing still regards the democratic island as part of its territory, and has threatened war if it moves to make its de facto independence permanent. A Snow Dragon in the Arctic
|      Feb 8, 2011 | | More | A Snow Dragon in the Arctic | By Joseph Spears | China is stepping up its activities in a warming and changing Arctic Ocean Basin. While Beijing's int... (photo: AP) Asia Times
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Wind turbines generating electricity at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm. Typically, in daytime the variation follows the wind profile power law, which predicts that wind speed rises proportionally to the seventh root of altitude. Wind power now competitive with coal in some regions
| Photo: Vlasta JuricekMore good news on the renewable energy front Monday: The cost of onshore wind power has dropped to record lows, and in some regions is competitive with electricity generated by ... (photo: Creative Commons / Conn, Kit) Grist
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fresh olive oil made from olives she picked flow out of a pipe Spain farmers to protest over low olive oil prices
* Sector accrues estimated losses of 1.9 bln euros * Production, exports booming * Union says current storage activation price too low MADRID, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Spanish farmers are preparing protests ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Guardian
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