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Sierra Nevada growing ever so slowly
RENO - The Sierra Nevada range continues to grow about a half-inch in elevation every 10 years, and scientists say new technology that allows them to detect from space the relatively fast rate of... (photo: Creative Commons / Moabdave)
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 BBC News
Climate ship plots course through the battering waves
The European Union hosts this week what could be one of the most significant meetings of the year on climate change. Last December's UN climate summit, in the South African port of Durban, saw... (photo: EC / EC)
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Mali Uprising Proves No Threat to Junta Leader’s Vision of Authority
BAMAKO, Mali — This onetime model of African stability remained in a precarious state on Tuesday as the new military junta fought back an attempted countercoup by... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore)
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Guinea-Bissau: Deposed Leaders Are Freed and Sent to Ivory Coast
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Soldiers on Friday released two leading... (photo: AP / Tanya Bindra, File)
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Ethiopian pilots complete training for 787 Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines, the first African airline to operate the 787, has trained eight pilots on the 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing Flight Services campus located at Gatwick,... (photo: Creative Commons / Arpingstone)
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Indian-origin educator named UNESCO goodwill ambassador
United Nations: Indian-origin entrepreneur and educator Sunny Varkey has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations' educational and cultural agency in... (photo: ONUCI / Patricia Esteve)
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Vast groundwater reserves detected in Sahara
London: The notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater, say scientists. Researchers from the British Geological Survey and... (photo: Creative Commons / www.galuzzi.it)
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![The COTS 2 Falcon 9 successfully launches with the Dragon spacecraft on 22 May 2012. Launch occurred at 03:44 EDT (07:44 UTC) on 22 May.[20] After the launch, main engine cut-off occurred at approximately the 180 second mark, the first stage fell away, and the second stage ignited once the first stage fully separated.](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/92/98a9c4645d41ff.jpg){kind=small}
