 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... (photo: Creative Commons / Moabdave) Review Journal
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 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... (photo: EC / EC) BBC News
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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) The New York Times
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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) The New York Times
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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) TravelDailyNews
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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) Zeenews
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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) Zeenews
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 Obama to Sudan and S.Sudan: War Is Not Inevitable
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The New York Times
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 Vodafone tops them all at Second Ghana Telecom Awards
Vodafone Ghanas aggressive approach to everything they do on their Ghanaian market paid off at the Second Mobileworld Ghana Telecom Awards, as they swept an... (photo: WN / Geeta) Joy Online
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 Norway's Breivik demands acquittal or death
Anders Behring Breivik has said he should be executed or acquitted for killing 77 people in Norway in July last year in what he said was a battle to defend Europe... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein) Al Jazeera
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 Liberian Authorities Release Mercenary on Bail
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 South Sudan disputes North's claim
South Sudan has denied that the disputed, oil-rich area of Heglig has been reclaimed by Sudanese forces, saying that the South's army was still in control of the... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) Al Jazeera
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 Sudan's armed forces advancing on Heglig town
Sudan's armed forces are on the outskirts of Heglig town and are advancing toward the settlement, which was occupied by South Sudan this... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi) Al Jazeera
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 Tunisia Cracks Down Again on Protesters Defying a Ban
CAIRO — The six-month-old government of Tunisia cracked down with tear gas and batons Monday on thousands of protesters who filled a central artery of the capital... (photo: AP / Benjamin Girette) The New York Times
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 Mubarak Ally’s Candidacy Carries Scent of Egypt’s Old Order
CAIRO — Former President Hosni Mubarak’s intelligence chief and vice president filed papers in Egypt on Sunday declaring himself a presidential candidate. His... (photo: AP / Soliman Oteifi) The New York Times
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 Malawi: President Suffers Heart Attack
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 India is darling of global defense firms
NEW DELHI — Sailor-suited Russian models touted their nation's submarines. Indian officers posed for pictures atop foreign-made armor-plated vehicles. And working... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Los Angeles Times
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 Suppressed archeology and history revealed in key major media articles
Winston Churchill is claimed to have said "History is written by the victors." And the history of natural and human evolution as described by experts in the field of... (photo: Creative Commons) The Examiner
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 Facebook to make stock market debut 'in May'
AFP - Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The... (photo: WN / Geeta) France24
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 Up to 7,000 Congolese Refugees Flee Into Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Up to 7,000 Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda to escape violence in their home country, Ugandan officials said, warning that the influx... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo) The New York Times
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