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It's Happening, but Not in Rio
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 The New York Times 
It's Happening, but Not in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO — For the past two weeks, representatives from around the world met here for Rio+20, the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, to define a global plan of action that would... (photo: UN / Guilherme Costa)
Raindrops
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 Business Insider 
Why Heavy Raindrops Don't Crush Tiny Mosquitoes
New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how mosquitoes are able to survive heavy rainfall, even though a single water droplet can weigh... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), flashes his election ink-stained thumbs after he cast his vote in the general election  Al Jazeera 
Enrique Pena Nieto 'wins' Mexican presidency
Mexican opposition candidate Enrique Pena Nieto's campaign team has claimed victory in the country's presidential election after exit polls showed him winning by a comfortable margin. Pena... (photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)
Election   Mexico   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Enrique Peña Nieto
View of Arabian Sea from Worli Sea-face. Worli has been one of the busiest office areas in Mumbai since the late 70's. The first major development was the Shivsagar Estate located on Dr Annie Besant Road.  Reuters 
Rise in sea level can't be stopped: scientists
LONDON (Reuters) - Rising sea levels cannot be stopped over the next several hundred years, even if deep emissions cuts lower global average temperatures, but they can be slowed down, climate... (photo: Creative Commons / Archan dave)
Climate   Environment   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Current sea level rise
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Nissan cars eye PNG market
By Gorethy Kenneth in Japan NISSAN, Japan's multi-billion kina motor company is now eyeing the market in Papua New Guinea with its newly built Zero Emission - Nissan Leaf... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Automaker   Business   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Nissan Leaf
 Hiroshima aftermath. During World War II, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the United States military on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively, killing at least 120,000 people outright, and around The Examiner
Navy Commander Joseph Rochefort cracked the code to defeat Admiral Yamamoto
Those familiar with naval history during World War II easily recognize the name Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. In May 1942, following... (photo: USAF file)
Japan   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Operation Vengeance   World War II
Coconut tree The Hindu
Kochi to host meet on coconut
Cocotech, a meeting of the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC), will be held in Kochi from July 2 to 6. The meeting is being organised by the Coconut Development... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Agriculture   Asia   Coconut   Pacific   Photos   Wikipedia: Coconut
UAE elected to board of UN agency Gulf News
UAE elected to board of UN agency
New York: The UAE has been elected to the Executive Board of the Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women at the UN for a three-year term until December 2015.... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
Equality   Gender   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Women's rights   Women
UAE elected to UN Women's Executive Board Khaleej Times
UAE elected to UN Women's Executive Board
The United Arab Emirates was elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for a 3-year term... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
Arab   Emirates   Gender   Photos   Wikipedia: UN Women   Women
File - Qantas jets taxi at the international airport in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. The Australian
Qantas picks CFM engines for new A320neo fleet
QANTAS said it has chosen engines made by CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric and Safran, to power its fleet of A320neo aircraft. Qantas has... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith)
Airbus   Market   Photos   Qantas   Wikipedia: Airbus A320neo family
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