Conserving Cuba, After The Embargo
Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats....
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Banks To Offer Private-Stock Trading
Five of Wall Street’s biggest banks, including Citigroup, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, said yesterday that they were setting up a system to trade privately placed stocks....
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Camel Barbecue Bids For Record
<b>SAFI</b> A French chef is claiming a record for the world’s largest barbecue, right, after spit-roasting a 550 kilo (1,213 lb) camel for 15 hours at a seaside Moroccan t...
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Survivor Tells Of ‘nightmare’ Suicide Attack On Tourists
A tourist told yesterday how she narrowly survived a suicide bombing in Yemen that killed seven fellow travellers on Monday....
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Australian Delegation To Reopen Ties With Pyongyang
Australia will send a diplomatic mission to North Korea within weeks for talks on rebuilding relations following last week’s breakthrough deal....
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Science News

Early Egyptians Revered Lowly Donkeys
2008-03-26 05:30 - The graved point to the importance of donkeys in early Egyptian society and challenge some basic ideas about domesticating animals.

Findings: Are We Ready to Track Carbon Footprints?
2008-03-26 05:30 - People are not good at making immediate sacrifices for an abstract benefit in the future, especially when they have a hard time understanding the problem.

Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why
2008-03-26 05:30 - Virus? Bacteria? Environmental toxin? Scientists are racing to diagnose a syndrome that is threatening several bat species.

Ideas & Trends: The Fuzzier Crystal Ball
2008-03-25 06:01 - When technology evolves so rapidly that the present already feels like the future, can there be another visionary author like Arthur C. Clarke?

GuadalÍx De La Sierra Journal: For a Prize Bull, Next Big Test ...
2008-03-25 06:01 - The owner of Alcade, an aging bull who has sired many top opponents for Spain’s bullfighters, has decided to clone him.

David Challinor, Conservationist, Dies at 87
2008-03-25 05:30 - Dr. Challinor combined his career as a top scientific administrator at the Smithsonian Institution with an equally intense pursuit of excellence as a champion oarsman.

Lofty Pledge to Cut Emissions Comes With Caveat in Norway
2008-03-23 06:01 - Critics say Norway’s plan to become ?carbon neutral? relies too heavily on sleight-of-hand accounting and donations to foreign environmental projects.

No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film
2008-03-23 05:30 - Two evolutionary biologists tried to attend a screening of the movie ?Expelled,? which makes the case for intelligent design, but only one was allowed in.

Kansas Governor Vetoes Bill to Revive 2 Coal-Fired Plants
2008-03-23 05:30 - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius cited the dangers of greenhouse gases, especially to an agricultural state, as the reason for her opposition.

The Lede: NASA Elated by Orbital Putty
2008-03-22 06:01 - When astronauts tried out the sticky stuff NASA developed to repair chips and gouges in the shuttle’s thermal skin, it seemed to work fine.


 
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