 Virgin Media taps Yahoo for mobile Internet search 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
British telecommunications titan Virgin Media announced on Monday that it will use Yahoo oneSearch to power Internet exploration for its mobile service customers. | |
 Congo's war-baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
High above the war-battered plain, a giant silverback gorilla ruminatively strips a plant of its leaves with green tombstone teeth. Five females nearby suckle their babies. The world can celebrate a small ... | |
Zimbabwe cuts water supplies to capital 19 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Zimbabwe has cut water supplies to the nation's capital Harare, state media reported Monday, leaving most of the city dry as authorities struggle to contain a cholera epidemic. | |
 Sanyo to launch new electric hybrid bicycle 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. on Monday unveiled a new electric hybrid bicycle that can triple the user's pedal power to make it easier to climb hills. | |
 Interpol taps into the YouTube generation 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The camera work is not perfect and the footage a little grainy, but the Toronto policewoman looks straight into the camera and immediately asks for help. | |
 Climate change gathers steam, say scientists November 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Earth's climate appears to be changing more quickly and deeply than a benchmark UN report for policymakers predicted, top scientists said ahead of international climate talks starting Monday in Poland. | |
Indonesia's vast Papua in the grip of Asia's worst AIDS crisis November 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Gaunt and covered in sores, 20-year-old Christina Mabele is a rarity in the ballooning AIDS crisis that has hit the remote Papua region in eastern Indonesia: she knows why she is sick. | |
 Global whaling body to begin talks in December: report November 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The International Whaling Commission will next month start negotiations in a bid to find a compromise over restrictions on whale hunting, a newspaper said Saturday. | |
 Amazon deforestation up almost 4.0 percent November 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Brazil's Amazon jungles, known as the lungs of the world, lost almost 12,000 square kilometres (4,800 sq. miles) in just 12 months, a rise of almost 4.0 percent, new figures showed Friday. | |
 Germany says well on track to meet Kyoto goals November 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The German government released data for 2007 greenhouse gas emissions on Friday that it said showed it was well on track to meet its international climate change commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. | |
 Space shuttle unlocks from ISS November 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The space shuttle Endeavour successfully unlocked from the International Space Station on Friday to begin its return journey to Earth, NASA said. | |
World's oldest person dies at 115 years November 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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An American woman who held the record for being the world's oldest person for over a year died Wednesday at the ripe old age of 115 years, 220 days, the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group said. | |
Cholera kills 412 in Zimbabwe, spreads across borders: UN November 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Cholera has killed 412 people in Zimbabwe to date and the disease is also spreading into neighbouring Botswana and South Africa, the United Nations warned Friday. | |
 Jordan grapples with water crisis November 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Gasping for water and fearful that climate change will amplify its problems, Jordan is pinning its hopes for liquid salvation on a scheme with no parallel: hauling water from the Red Sea to replenish the Dead ... | |
 Sharp, Enel to tie-up in solar power November 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Japan's Sharp Corp. said Thursday it would team up with Italian utility Enel to develop solar power plants in the Mediterranean region, seeking to cash in on growing interest in clean energy. | |
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