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South Sudan forces advance on rebel-held town before peace talks
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South Sudan forces advance on rebel-held town before peace talks
Reuters January 2, 2014 - 15:03 By Aaron Maasho and Carl Odera ADDIS ABABA/JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's army (SPLA) advanced towards the rebel-controlled town of Bor on Thursday, its... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
Simply stunning views in Akamas -  40 min from Paphos, Cyprus   October 2008
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Cyprus broadcaster airs ex-leader's message in New Year blunder
Reuters January 2, 2014 - 11:43 NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's public broadcaster inadvertently broadcast the opening seconds of an old New Year's message from the country's former leader instead... (photo: WN / John Sterkos)
The view of an entrance of a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Swissinfo 
Malaysia's Islamic authorities seize Bibles as Allah row deepens
Reuters January 2, 2014 - 11:56 By Niluksi Koswanage KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Islamic authorities in Malaysia on Thursday seized 321 Bibles from a Christian group because they used the word... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
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Greenland Dog trecking in Advent Valley, east of Longyearbyen.  BBC News 
Mining in Greenland - a country divided
Greenland's economy relies on fishing and hunting, but the government has ambitious plans to develop the country's resource industries. In places like Narsaq, there's a fear that mining... (photo: Creative Commons / Bjoertvedt)
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Outgoing top Muslim envoy seeks accord with Christians Swissinfo
Outgoing top Muslim envoy seeks accord with Christians
Reuters December 31, 2013 - 18:34 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
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This global simulation image created by the Earth Simulator supercomputer, one of the world's fastest supercomputers, shows the seismic wave propagation of the Dec. 26, 2004 earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island that killed at least 216,000 people in a dozen nations along the Indian Ocean rim by a post-quake tsunami is shown in a monitor screeen at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology's Earth Simulator Center in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. The Siasat Daily
5.4-magnitude quake jolts eastern Japan
Tokyo, December 30: A shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan today, rocking buildings in Tokyo but there were no reports of any damage, seismologists said.... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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Poverty in Italy hits record levels Swissinfo
Poverty in Italy hits record levels
Reuters December 30, 2013 - 19:32 ROME (Reuters) - Poverty in Italy has reached its highest level in at least 16 years as the economic crisis has bitten, driving... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
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BERING SEA — The Russian-flagged tanker Renda sits in the ice of the Bering Sea while the 420-foot Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks the ice around the tanker Jan. 6, 2012. The cutter Healy and tanker Renda crews are about 250 miles south of Nome, Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by cutter Healy. The Examiner
Climate scientists studying disappearing sea ice get stuck in ice
From the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up department: The website Watts Up With That? (h/t reader Steven Ein) has the story of a research staffed by “climate scientists”... (photo: U.S. Coast Guard photo / Public Domain)
Climate   Photos   Research   Scientists   Wikipedia: List of climate scientists
U.N. seeks access to Palestinians in Syria after 15 die of hunger Swissinfo
U.N. seeks access to Palestinians in Syria after 15 die of hunger
Arab Spring Reuters December 30, 2013 - 13:54 BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Monday for the Syrian army and rebel fighters to allow urgent aid to reach... (photo: EC / © EU)
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