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Greenpeace Urges Facebook To Abandon Coal Power
Thu 2 Sep 2010
| Greenpeace said Wednesday that half-a-million Facebook users have now joined their campaign calling for the online social network to cancel plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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 Warmer temperatures to reduce crop yields
Thu 2 Sep 2010
| Hong Kong - With the climate set to get warmer from greenhouse gases, Chinese scientists predicted on Thursday that freshwater for agriculture will shrink further in China, reducing crop yields in t... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Kashmiri Muslim men collect strawberry fruits from a field in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir on Wednesday, May 5, 2010.  The Daily Mail  Thu 2 Sep 2010
The berry healthiest: How organic strawberries 'are more nutritious'
| The healthy option: Organic strawberries are said to be both tastier and better for your health | Organic strawberries may cost more, but it's a price worth paying, scientists say. | The fruit is bo... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Woman - Obesity  Mumbai Mirror  Thu 2 Sep 2010
'Gene driven obesity is a myth'
| IANS | Posted On Thursday, September 02, 2010 at 04:31:18 AM | Obesity researchers have rubbished the excuse that we are "slaves" to our genes. They found that by exercising people could s... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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An Asian Elephant herd at Jim Corbett National Park. Uttarakhand, India. NZ Herald Thu 2 Sep 2010
Wild elephants need to live in peace to survive, say experts
By Nirmala George 5:30 AM Thursday Sep 2, 2010 Email Print Expand Shrink | India should protect its elephant population by creating new reserves, curbing poaching and res... (photo: Creative Commons / Ekabhishek)
Conservation   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Indian Elephant   Wildlife  
Combination picture of former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, left, in London, Friday Dec. 19, 2008 and his brother, then Environment Secretary and later Foreign Secretary, David Miliband in Manchester, England, Wednesday Sept. 27, 2006. NZ Herald Thu 2 Sep 2010
Siblings clash in battle for leadership of Labour Party
By Toby Helm 5:30 AM Thursday Sep 2, 2010 Email Print | The increasingly bitter "battle of the Milibands" for the leadership of Britain's opposition Labour Party has reac... (photo: AP / Oli Scarff, pool, Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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A Qantas Airbus A380 turns at the end of the runway and taxis after landing at Sydney Airport in Australia, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, two years behind schedule. Qantas said the Airbus, which has a 525-seat capacity but which Qantas has configured to carry 450 passengers, will make its inaugural commercial flight from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles on NZ Herald Thu 2 Sep 2010
Jet passenger felt eruptions as engine exploded
5:30 AM Thursday Sep 2, 2010 Email Print | A mid-air explosion forced a Qantas' 747 jetliner carrying 230 people to make an emergency landing. | The 747-400 left San Fran... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
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The Wall St. street sign is photographed against the American flag outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 in New Yo The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
Wall Street Surges After Upbeat Economic Reports
| Shares on Wall Street surged Wednesday, following the direction of indexes in Asia and Europe, after a crucial manufacturing gauge in the United States unexpectedly ros... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
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The headquarters of Lehman Brothers is shown in this, June 11, 2007 file photo in New York. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the No. 4 investment bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 said third-quarter profits fell less than expected, as strength in stock trading and investment banking offset losses from the struggling mortgage m The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
Fuld Says Lehman Was Denied the Help Its Rivals Received
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal regulators did not give the investment firm Lehman Brothers the same assistance as its competitors, knocking out the possibility of... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan, file)
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