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A small nest of bird on the tree - nature
Birds   Holiday   Photos   Tourists   Wikipedia: Bird
 Tampa Bay Online 
Holiday beachgoers threaten nesting birds, sea turtles
Mon 27 May 2013
INDIAN SHORES Locals and tourists aren’t the only ones who flock to Pinellas County’s beaches around Memorial Day weekend. It’s nesting season for birds and sea turtles and a small group of volunteers... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate change spurs shipping to steer cleaner course
Climate   Emissions   Photos   UN
 Deutsche Welle 
Climate change spurs shipping to steer cleaner course
Tue 21 May 2013
Transporting goods around the world contributes hugely to global carbon emissions. In turn, climate change has thrown global shipping patterns into disarray. The cargo industry is responding by trying... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
leatherback turtle (sl1)  Denver Post  Sat 18 May 2013
Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean
GRANDE RIVIERE, TrinidadGiant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad... (photo: creative commons / )
Animal   Caribbean   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Leatherback sea turtle
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, center, smiles as he leaves an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The Brussels summit has ended without an agreement on the 27-member union's next seven-year budget.  South China Morning Post  Thu 16 May 2013
Greek PM Antonis Samaras meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in investment push
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Thursday, before the two leaders witnessed the signing of agreements in fields including shipping and telecommunications.... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
China   Greece   Investment   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
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An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, 14 May, 2013. Al Jazeera Wed 15 May 2013
US navy launches carrier-borne drone
A drone the size of a fighter jet has taken off from the deck of an US aircraft carrier for the first time in a test flight that could eventually open the way for... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Tony D. Curtis)
Defence   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Northrop Grumman X-47B
United States Navy launches first X-47 robotic drone fighter jet from an aircraft carrier deck The Australian Wed 15 May 2013
United States Navy launches first X-47 robotic drone fighter jet from an aircraft carrier deck
THE FIRST unmanned fighter jet has been launched from the deck of a United States Navy aircraft carrier. The robotic aircraft was catapulted from the USS George H.W.... (photo: US Navy / Andrew Schneider)
Afghanistan   Fighter   Navy   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
130514-N-YZ751-635 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to successfully catapult launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck. The Daily Telegraph Wed 15 May 2013
US Navy launches first X-47B drone from aircraft carrier
As a drone the size of a fighter jet takes off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time, defence analyst James Lewis says unmanned crafts are "the... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis)
Defense   Navy   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Northrop Grumman X-47B
Reputation remake: Tilt-rotor Osprey wins fans in Afghanistan Stars and Stripes Fri 10 May 2013
Reputation remake: Tilt-rotor Osprey wins fans in Afghanistan
CAMP BASTION, AfghanistanAlmost four years after the MV-22 Osprey arrived in Afghanistan, trailing a reputation as dangerous and hard to maintain, the U.S. Marine... (photo: US Army / Aaron Hostutler)
Afghanistan   Marine   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
An Esso gas station in Stabekk, Norway. Esso is an international trade name for Exxon Mobil and its related companies. Pronounced /ˈɛsoʊ/ ("S-O"), it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. Denver Post Sat 4 May 2013
New technology propels 'old energy' boom
NEW YORKTechnology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected. By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from... (photo: Creative Commons / Punkmorten)
Energy   Fuel   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Energy & Fuels
Wildfires burn close in to homes in Point Mugu, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. Al Jazeera Sat 4 May 2013
California wildfire nearly triples in size
Firefighters have deployed ground crews to battle a raging southern California wildfire that has nearly tripled in size as it threatens 4,000 homes. The Springs Fire,... (photo: AP / Nick Ut)
California   Disaster   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Wildfire


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