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EARTHtimes.org - 51 minutes ago
Copenhagen - Delegates at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen are gradually coming to consensus about concrete emissions targets, sources said Friday citing a draft closing agreement. The draft agreement is looking toward a reduction in greenho...
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Detroit News - 55 minutes ago
Frankfurt -- Volkswagen AG's group sales were up 19 percent on the year in November, powered by a strong increase at its core brand, the company said Friday.
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KPRC Local 2 Houston - 57 minutes ago
Iraq's hope of luring international oil companies with its mother lode of oil meets with mixed results, with only two deals struck as security fears appeared to weigh heavily on the country's second oil auction this year.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 59 minutes ago
Island nations threatened by rising seas demanded at UN talks Friday that the world commit to preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).
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San Rafael/Terra Linda News Pointer - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
Students at Marin Academy marched in support of peace Dec. 2, led in part by visiting speaker Takashi Tanemori, author of “Hiroshima: Bridge to Forgiveness.” Tanemori, a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, appeared in conjunction with the World March for Peace and Non-Violence, which began in Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 2. Three of the marchers joined Tanemori at an ...
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NPR - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
A regional police chief says five Muslim men detained this week had yet to be charged with any crime but would "most probably" be deported. The case has fanned fears that Americans and other Westerners are traveling to Pakistan to join up with militant groups.
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Boston Herald - 1 hour 4 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD - Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said Friday. The men have...
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Nasdaq - 1 hour 5 minutes ago
MUMBAI -(Dow Jones)- The Securities and Exchange Board of India Friday directed asset management companies to comply with set guidelines allowing investors to switch from one mutual fund distributor to another without having to obtain a "no objection certificate," or NOC, from an existing distributor.
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Fox News - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
There is no current deportation order for five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links, the country's interior minister said Friday.
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INO News - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - India's foreign exchange reserves increased to US$287.374 billion as on December 4 from US$286.723 billion as on November 27, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.
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Chicago Tribune - 1 hour 22 minutes ago
Airline to pay travelers' cancellation charges after refusing to honor price Fly to India for $40? Not so fast.
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The Huffington Post - 1 hour 22 minutes ago
Dear President Obama, We would like to congratulate you on your distinguished honor as the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We respect and admire your...
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New York Times - 1 hour 25 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO -- In conjunction with utilities, tech companies and state and federal agencies, Stanford University is doing a...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
The world should at least halve world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with rich nations taking the lead, according to a first draft text on Friday seeking to break deadlock on a new climate pact at U.N. talks.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 29 minutes ago
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union’s anti-piracy operation may expand the area it patrols because Somali pirates have begun to threaten ships as much as 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from shore, according to the mission’s commander.