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Engadget:
By our calculations, December isn't exactly "near" June, but it seems the rumors from long, long ago were at least somewhat factual. Without any fanfare whatsoever, Amazon has quietly fired up its MP3 store over in the UK, marking the first time the e-tailer has sold jams outside of the United States of America. The page do (Read More)
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international,
global
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Boing Boing:
Oh, man, this is sad and unexpected news: 16-year veteran CNN reporter and presenter Miles O'Brien will be departing CNN, as the network closes its sci/space/tech news division. Snip from mediabistro: O'Brien's departure comes as the network dismantles its science, space, environment and technology unit in Atlanta. That in (Read More)
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environment,
technology
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
The marine and coastal access bill is a new approach to managing the marine environment: it will include conservation zones, a new planning system, reform of fisheries and access to the coasts and the establishment of a new organisation to manage the seas around the UK.Marine conservation zones (MCZs) will protect nationall (Read More)
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The Guardian:
A congressional investigation into weapons of mass destruction today offered a chilling prediction of terrorists mounting an attack using biological or nuclear weapons within the next five years.The six-month inquiry singles out Pakistan as one of the likeliest sources of such an attack. The target could be the US or some o (Read More)
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global,
international
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from blog:
CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama has selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be secretary of commerce in his new administration.Richardson is the first Hispanic that Obama has named to his rapidly forming Cabinet, which also includes two women, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Janet Napolitano.Richardson was among the c (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Society:
Policing and crime billThis will include proposals to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women, a crackdown on lapdancing clubs, and a new mandatory code for the drinks industry giving local authorities the power to ban cut-price "irresponsible" promotions in individual pubs and bars that are linked to disorder (Read More)
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change,
technology
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TreeHugger:
Australia has what’s been termed the highest rate of mammals facing extinction of any country in the developed world. Twenty two percent are threaten. And news just in suggests that another one might have already checked out. The rare white lemuroid possum (pictured right) hasn’t been sighted for the past three years. Scien (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
David Cronin: European leaders have claimed the moral high ground in fighting climate change, but the reality is less impressive
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