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Indonesia sets record with 10,000 paper lanterns

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

More than 10,000 twinkling paper lanterns were released into the night sky from a beach in Indonesia, setting a world record, officials said on Monday. added by: poojam 3 comments

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The strange case of american public opinion on climate change

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Nearly 100 world leaders are expected to appear at the global warming talks that open Monday in Copenhagen.

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AOL goes it alone in split with Time Warner

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO – AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company.

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Were Russian security services behind the leak of ‘Climategate’ emails?

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Suspicions were growing last night that Russian security services were behind the leaking of the notorious British ‘Climategate’ emails which threaten to undermine tomorrow’s Copenhagen global warming summit. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has discovered that the explosive hacked emails from the University of East Anglia were leaked via a small web server in the formerly closed city of Tomsk in Siberia.

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The nature of President Obama’s death threats

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Touchy subject of would-rather-not proportions: threats made against the 44th American President. There are fine lines between free-speech and danger. The New York Times reports on the people who draw them seeing an early spike, but still being strong concerns

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Iran cuts off online access

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On the eve of student protests planned for Monday, Iran has blocked Internet access and warned foreign journalists to stay in their offices for the next three days.

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Italy police seize secret stash of masterpieces

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of the collapsed dairy company Parmalat.

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Years After Death, Obama’s Mom Gets Her Wish

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A few years before her death, Barack Obama's mother completed her doctoral dissertation.

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Jewish groups back Muslims on minaret ban

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Citing religious discrimination, a diverse coalition of Jewish organizations is objecting to Switzerland's ban of minarets on local mosques. Swiss voters this week approved by a strong majority a referendum outlawing the construction of minarets. The measure, pushed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), was supported by 57 percent of the population.

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What drugs are our astronauts On?

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Outer space, at least as we encounter it in science fiction, is basically a drug free-for-all. If character's aren’t piloting starships on Melange or Somec, then they're playing with dolls on Can-D or pumping their brains full of Merge Nine, Semuta and whatever passes for rave music 20,000 years from now

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