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Renault Fluence Z.E. Concept Renault Fluence ZE – the best pure electric car yet?
| It may not be the breakthrough electric car the industry is waiting for, but the ZE makes big strides on range, price and looks The Renault Fluence ZE is a big improvement on other electric cars. Ph... (photo: Creative Commons / Overlaet) The Guardian
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File - A child with jaundice at the Provincial Pediatric Hospital in Hamhung City, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK). The hospital is supported by the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), and World Health Organization (WHO). 7 billion reasons to empower women
October 31, 2011 -- Updated 1325 GMT (2125 HKT) A Philippine health worker discusses family planning with a class of pregnant women in suburban Manila this year. | Editor's note: Ted Turner is the fou... (photo: UN / David Ohana) CNN
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Dead fish, victims of the toxic red sludge that spilled Monday from a giant industrial container, in the River Marcal near Boba, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. "Life in the River Marcal has been extinguished," Rescue official Tibor Dobson told The Associated Press, referring to the river's 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch that carried the red waste from Kolontar into the Raba River and onto the Danube. Sewage spill kills fish in River Crane near Heathrow
About 3,000 fish have died after raw sewage spilled into the River Crane in west London, conservationists said. | Thames Water said a jammed valve in a major sewer serving Heathrow Airport led to the ... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky) BBC News
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Climate change - global warming - environment Skeptic's own study finds climate change real, but says scientists should be more critical
| WASHINGTON - A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatur... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Star Tribune
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mosquito - insect - carrier of diseases like dengue, malaria etc. Genetically Altered Mosquito Joins Fight Against Disease
Researchers on Sunday reported initial signs of success from the first release into the environment of mosquitoes engineered to pass a lethal gene to their offspring, killing them before they reach ad... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Jakarta Globe
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Cars - Vehicles - Traffic - Air Pollution - Sky - Clouds - Climate - Global Warming Beijing air pollution 'hazardous': US embassy
Air pollution in Beijing reached "hazardous" levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flig... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Jakarta Globe
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