Dutch state steps up fight against illegal smoking in bars 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The Dutch health ministry announced plans Tuesday to impose tougher fines and heavier punishments on restaurants and pubs that continue infringing a new smoking ban. | |
 Web 2.0 gives new tools to hate groups: experts 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Social networks MySpace and Facebook and video-sharing site YouTube are being used as powerful new tools by extremist groups to spread a message of hate, participants in a conference on Internet hate speech ... | |
US has Sun King's stolen gem, say French experts 15 hours ago | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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French experts said on Tuesday they had proof that the Hope Diamond, a star exhibit in Washington's Smithsonian Institution, is a legendary gem once owned by King Louis XIV that was looted in the French Revolution. | |
International Space Station turns 10 18 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The International Space Station, one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system, including Mars and beyond, turns 10 years old Thursday. | |
Japanese scientists clone embryo of endangered rabbit 18 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a cloned embryo from the dead body of an endangered species of rabbit and are hoping for a birth. | |
 Toxic toads killing Australian crocodiles: scientists 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Toxic cane toads are killing alarming numbers of Australia's freshwater crocodiles as the alien pests hop inexorably across the continent, research showed Tuesday. | |
 International biofuels conference gets underway in Brazil November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. ... | |
India's Infosys brushes off Obama outsourcing worries November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest software firm, brushed off concerns Monday that the election of Barack Obama as US president could mean a drop in outsourcing work. | |
Scientists try to revive Japan's biggest coral reef November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists are in an unprecedented project to restore Japan's largest coral reef by planting thousands of baby corals growing on tiny ceramic beds. | |
 Wired ... but frustrated November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Need help setting up that home computer or Internet connection? Frustrated by that new cell phone? You're not alone. A survey released on Sunday found that nearly half of Americans need help from others booting ... | |
Skin cancer vaccine may be within reach: Australian scientist (Update) November 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer said Sunday a vaccine which could prevent some skin cancers may be possible within a decade. | |
Australian scientist to unveil skin cancer vaccine: reports November 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said Sunday. | |
 Left untouched, world's largest mangrove forest recovering fast November 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The world's largest mangrove forest is recovering fast from one of the worst disasters in its history, a year after it was badly damaged by a devastating cyclone, Bangladesh officials say. | |
 Guerillas threaten gorillas in Africa's oldest national park November 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The new conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced dozens of rangers to flee Africa's oldest national park, leaving hundreds of threatened mountain gorillas at the mercy of rebel fighters and ... | |
Obama seen likely to renew funds for birth control clinics November 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Among a slew of executive orders Barack Obama is said to be drafting, observers believe one may lift a ban on US funding for overseas family planning groups that even dare mention abortion. | |
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