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No-snow winter puts Finnish 'snow-how' on iceHelsinki (AFP) Dec 23, 2011 Helsinki's streets are festive with vibrant Christmas decorations and bright advertisements tout the season's must-have gifts as shoppers bustle through packed stores, yet something is amiss: there's no snow. The absence of white stuff has not only left Christmas revellers gloomy, it has affected businesses ranging from ski resorts to retailers and of course, snow removal companies. The situation is in stark contrast to last year's heavy snowfalls at this time of year, when Finns showed off thei ... read more |
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  Christmas Eve aftershock rattles tense N. Zealanders A Christmas Eve aftershock rattled New Zealand's South Island after two earthquakes sent terrified people fleeing into the streets, 10 months on from a devastating quake that claimed 181 lives. ... more | .. |
  Egyptians turn out for rival protests Thousands turned out for rival protests in Cairo on Friday, exposing the widening rifts among Egyptians over the ruling military's handling of transition from Hosni Mubarak's rule. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia girl reunited with family after 2004 tsunami An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her relatives after seven years living as a street child, her parents said Friday. ... more | .. |
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  More help arrives for Philippine flood victims More than 1,000 people are missing in the Philippines after deadly floods, the government said Friday, doubling the feared death toll as relief groups rushed in aid for desperate survivors. ... more | .. |
  Police fire tear gas at crowd in south China Police on Friday fired tear gas at hundreds of people and detained a team of Hong Kong journalists in a southern Chinese town that was the scene of violent protests earlier this week. ... more | .. |
  Dutch court turns down Trafigura appeal on toxic waste An Amsterdam appeals court Friday upheld a million-euro fine against multinational oil trader Trafigura for the illegal export of toxic waste, later dumped in Ivory Coast after a stopover in the Netherlands. ... more | .. |
 UN officials urge China to free rights lawyer Gao UN officials on Friday called on China to release of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been sent back to prison for three years. ... more |
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US seeks deals for Alaska energy as Asia representatives visit
Czechs sign nuclear deal with S.Korea firm KHNP: PM
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 Nicaragua files proceedings against Costa Rica with UN court Nicaragua on Thursday filed proceedings with the UN's highest court against Costa Rica over a road near their disputed border Managua says is causing serious environmental damage, the court said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Tanzanian deluge kills 23 The Tanzanian economic capital Dar es Salaam's heaviest rainfall in more than half a century has caused at least 23 deaths and displaced 5,000 people, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Room at the inn for Fukushima believers Christmas for one homeless pastor and his itinerant flock, forced to flee when Japan's nuclear crisis erupted, will have echoes of its origins this year as they gather in a shelter far from home. ... more | .. |
 Vietnam's Falungong under pressure In silent meditation, the Falungong members did not flinch when a shirtless, tattooed man slapped them on the head, or when a burly female security agent dragged a dried palm leaf across their faces. ... more |
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  Season's greetings from the other extreme It is summer in Antarctica and the new crew for the Concordia research station will soon arrive. And since the place is second only to space for harsh conditions, they have been trained courtesy of ... more | .. |
  Southampton researchers help to outline world's land and water resources for food and agriculture Researchers from the University of Southampton have contributed to a major international United Nation's (UN) report into the current status of the world's land and water resources for food and agri ... more | .. |
  Human skull study causes evolutionary headache Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred independently through separate evolutionary events may have actually preci ... more | .. |
 Using new technology to record Antarctic Ocean, ice temperatures Half-mile long thermometers have been dropped through the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica that will give the world relevant data on sea and ice temperatures for tracking climate change and its effect o ... more |
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Ukraine war 'existential', Russia says, launching revenge strikes
'Aces up the sleeve': Ukraine drone attacks in Russia shake up conflict
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  GOES-15 ready to begin broadcasting and improving forecasting and natural disaster predictions The new generation of weather and environmental satellites, GOES-15, officially became operational as GOES-West on Dec. 13, 2011. As a result, communities across the Western United States and Pacifi ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Obama on Syria Nearly half a century ago, Bob Dylan wrote a protest song entitled "Blowin' in the Wind." The song proffered questions about peace, war and freedom. Among the lyrics, Dylan posed the following inquiry of man: ... more | .. |
 China extends microblog rules to south: report China is extending rules requiring microblog users to register under their real names to Guangdong, state media said Thursday, after a spate of violent protests in the southern province. ... more | .. |
  Kenya seizes giant haul of smuggled ivory Kenyan authorities seized 727 pieces of ivory in a container at the main port of Mombasa in one of the largest hauls of tusks in recent years, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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 Beijing urges 'civilised' policing after protests China's security chief has urged authorities to resolve conflicts swiftly and enforce the law in a "civilised" way after an upsurge in violent protests in the southern province of Guangdong. ... more | .. |
 Chinese scientist gets 7 years for stealing US secrets A Chinese scientist on Wednesday was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for stealing trade secrets of major US agribusiness firms to benefit China. ... more | .. |
  Controversial 'bird flu' edits move ahead Top US scientists on Wednesday defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global cooperation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic. ... more | .. |
New US anti-pollution standards draw industry fire US health campaigners Wednesday hailed the announcement of new anti-pollution standards for American manufacturers, but industry leaders condemned the rules for being costly and overly aggressive. ... more |
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Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
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 Close Family Ties Keep Microbial Cheaters in Check Any multicellular animal, from a blue whale to a human being, poses a special challenge for evolution. Most of the cells in its body will die without reproducing; only a privileged few will pass the ... more | .. |
 Will Antarctic worms warm to changing climate Researchers at the University of Delaware are examining tiny worms that inhabit the frigid sea off Antarctica to learn not only how these organisms adapt to the severe cold, but how they will surviv ... more | .. |
  Climate sensitivity greater than previously believed Many of the particles in the atmosphere are produced by the natural world, and it is possible that plants have in recent decades reduced the effects of the greenhouse gases to which human activity h ... more | .. |
 Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against ... more |
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 Sensational bird finding in China In June 2011, a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers rediscovered the breeding area for the poorly known Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, in the Qinling mountains, Shaanxi province, north central Ch ... more | .. |
 Fukushima reactors may take 40 years to dismantle Japan said Wednesday that decommissioning the tsunami-wrecked reactors at Fukushima could take as long as 40 years, with melted nuclear fuel possibly stuck where it is for a quarter of a century. ... more | .. |
 More Canadian farmers going high-tech More and more Canadian farmers are adopting mobile technology to help them manage and improve their businesses, an industry group survey found. ... more | .. |
 US official says bird flu limits not 'censorship' Leading US health official Anthony Fauci on Wednesday rejected claims that the United States is censoring science by seeking to limit potentially dangerous bird flu information in major journals. ... more |
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