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UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity
22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality ...
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Israel says global pressure has no effect on Iran
Israel's prime minister said Thursday that a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on stopping Iran's suspect nuclear ...
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Obama Global War on Terror Is Over
President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., on May 23, ...
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Video Rob Fords chief of staff leaves City Hall after being fired
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford fired his chief of staff, Mark Towhey, today. On his way out of City Hall, Towhey did not answer reporters' questions about any advice he has given to the mayor ...
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Streamlined News Japans World Team Racing Together This Weekend
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. MOST of the members of Japan's world championship swim team will race this weekend at the Japan Open in Kanagawa, one of the few meets the team will race in together before heading to Barcelona. On the men's side, Kosuke Hagino will be the busiest swimmer, scheduled to race in four events. He is slated to swim five individual events in the world ...
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Business Agriculture pulls a first to register highest growth
Agriculture has defied odds to emerge the leading sector after recording the highest growth in 2012 production year. The sector recorded a growth rate of 3.8 per cent in 2012, compared to a suppressed growth of 1.5 per cent in ...
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Business Lack of value addition widens trade deficit
Lack of value addition initiatives on locally produced goods has continued to deny the country the opportunity to grow its export base. This has ...
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Business Equity Bank takes on M-Pesa with new money transfer service
Equity Bank has launched an international money transfer service in an attempt to grab a slice of the lucrative mobile money market currently dominated ...
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Business Kenya rises to second spot as conference tourism leader
The two countries had previously dominated top spots. The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) also rated Kenya at 58th position globally in the 'Country& City rankings 2012' Ruth Solitei, Permanent ...
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Business Agriculture Secretary outlines plan to raise Kenyas share of meat market
Coffee stakeholders are working on strategies to enhance the industry competitiveness by expanding the market share locally and ...
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Many US Power Companies Face Relentless Cyber Attacks Says Congressional Report
On Tuesday, lawmakers warned that the United States' power utilities face near constant cyber attacks on critical systems.Congressmen Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Henry Waxman of California disclosed their findings during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on cyber security. The two Democratic representatives issues the survey of utility companies, which revealed that ...
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Friedan Turns Fifty An Epistle about Some Very Unfinished Business
It came out more recently that Friedan was in an abusive marriage when she wrote the book. Beyond that, in the 1997 edition, she turned to the masculine persuasion and realized what confined closets they inhabited: work and exhaustion and little else. This needed to change, too, despite advances already made that had obliged some higher-educated dads to pitch in and get to know their kids ...
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Life-sized Star Wars X-Wing fighter is worlds largest LEGO model
The world's largest LEGO model is on display at Times Square in New York. It took 32 master builders, over five million LEGO bricks, and more than 17,000 hours to put together a full-scale replica of a Star Wars X-Wing fighter, but the finished model was well worth it. It's currently the world's largest LEGO model and it's sitting in the middle of Times Square in New York ...
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Peru - Journalist threatened after reporting on cancelled municipal project in Peru
in the province of Lampa, was verbally threatened by Mara Quispe Quisocala, the local mayor's secretary, apparently because the journalist published information about the Public Treasury and some municipal projects. The incident took place in the Puno region of southern Peru.Ccapa Zapana told IPYS that the threat occurred when he was scheduling an interview with Lampa's deputy mayor, ...
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Microsoft expands Windows Azure in Asia Pacific
Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. ...
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BusinessAviationVoice Is Supersonic Business Travel In Your Future
Since the demise of Concorde, business travelers have been anticipating a new way to break the time barrier. Even in the most well appointed business jets, those long seven- to 10-hour flights to Europe and the Middle East take their toll on body and soul. Sure, you can work en route, sleep comfortably and be ready to go as soon as the wheels touch down, but wouldn't it be great if that ...
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Far Above The World Chris Hadfields Awesome Bowie Cover From Space
I'm sure everyone's seen this and that, as usual, I'm the last person to pick up on a new cultural meme. (What's this 'Gangnam Style' thing anyway?). But if not, this video is totally awesome. At least for space cadets and Bowie fans like me. It's not too shabby a cover but he made it in space. IN SPACE. If I had $40m, I'd go to the International Space ...
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Microsoft to deliver new Kinect for Windows sensor next year
Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. ...
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Internet revolutionizes the music industry
/enpproperty--> At 8:08 pm on Sunday, folk singer Li Zhi announced on his micro blog that he would have a gig at Beijing's Mako music club at 9:30 pm. That was less than one-and-a-half hours of publicity, yet it turned out to be a record-breaking show in the history of Mako club. When the show began, about 1,800 people swarmed into the venue. More were waiting outside but the staff ...
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Civil aviation plan sets targets for domestic industry
/enpproperty--> Chinese narrow-body aircraft manufacturers will break the market duopoly of Boeing and Airbus by grabbing at least 5 percent of the domestic market by 2020, according to an industry plan unveiled on Thursday. Officials at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said the plan is the country's first national development outline for the civil aviation ...
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s chief of staff no longer in office
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves the parking garage in his SUV avoiding the media after a city council meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, May 21, ...
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La Mer supports World Oceans Day with limited-edition jar
CRME de La Mer There are some products that I wish I could bathe myself in, and one of them is La Mer. When I use my favorite Crme de La Mer, however, I am careful about putting just the right amount on my skin, because I dread going to the store counter for a new bottle. But now that I think of it, who can put a price on such an effective product really, especially when it gives optimum ...
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Attention non-tech companies Ignore Google+
Businesses overwhelmed with social medias buffet of current options can ignore at least one dish, a Kansas City social media professional advised Thursday. Not having a full-time social media staffer means focusing resources where the customers are, said Alisha Templeton, social media manager for Ameristar Casinos Inc. To be the most efficient, she recommended beginning with Twitter and Facebook ...
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Essential reading Push on corporate tax rules goes global and more
. A global effort to tighten corporate tax rules is gaining momentum as politicians in Europe and the United States take aim at American tech giants whose savvy use of international tax laws has provoked a public ...
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World Turtle Day Time To Celebrate Raise Awareness About Shelled Reptiles
World Turtle Day , an annual event created to celebrate and increase awareness of turtle species around the world. "Turtles are not as popular as cats and dogs, so interest, awareness and understanding is pretty slim," says Susan Tellem, cofounder ...
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Latin American unity plagued by tensions
Division and suspicion seem the order of the day in Latin America at present, negating any optimism that the countries of the region may one day move toward a regional integration model based on that of the EU.
Latin America has seen itself become heavily divided over the issue of whether to readmit Honduras to the Organization of American States (OAS) after the 2009 coup, with all the Central American states accepting the new government while big regional players like Brazil and Mexico insist that more must be done before they’ll recognize it. Meanwhile, President Alan Garcia of Peru has told Latin America news providers that there is a quiet arms race occurring in the region. In all, it seems that regional integration along the same lines as the EU remains a long way off at present. Read more
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