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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 1:47 am ET
Vientiane - The prime ministers of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the 25th Southeast Asian Games being hosted by Laos this month, state media reported Tuesday. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen,...
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Detroit Free Press - Mon Dec 7, 11:33 pm ET
Believers and skeptics of General Motors Co.'s and Chrysler Group's government-backed rescues can agree: Both companies are better off today than a year ago.
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IRIN - Tue Dec 8, 12:45 pm ET
COPENHAGEN, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - In the past 18 years 11,000 extreme events have claimed the lives of 600,000 people and cost US$1.7 trillion across the globe, said the Climate Risk Index 2010, released in Copenhagen at the UN climate change conference.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 11:54 am ET
PHOENIX----Arizona Pain Specialists, a local pain management clinic, will be hosting a Christmas party for refugee children at the Arizona Medical Clinic in Phoenix on Sunday, December 13, 2009, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The Journal Times - Tue Dec 8, 10:12 am ET
CALEDONIA — St. Hagop Armenian Church, 4100 Newman Road, willhold a Holiday Food Fair from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.There is no admission fee.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 9:16 am ET
Rome - Mohamed Sissoko was to be sidelined later Tuesday when Juventus play a crucial Champions League match with visiting Bayern Munich, the Turin club's website reported. The Mali midfielder, 24, pulled a muscle in his left leg during a training se...
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Forward - Mon Dec 7, 5:41 pm ET
Writer Charles London recently spent a year, traveling to far-flung Jewish communities abroad — from Rangoon, Burma to Esfahan, Iran — as well as to two vibrant communities in the American South and, ultimately, to Israel.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 9:01 am ET
Copenhagen - Pledged greenhouse gas emission cuts from the industrial world are not good enough, the United Nations' climate chief warned Tuesday - as officials from 192 countries entered their second day of negotiations aimed at slowing global war...
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WTVY Dothan - Tue Dec 8, 6:38 am ET
Odd news from around the United States.
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The Tampa Tribune - Mon Dec 7, 10:25 am ET
A 12-foot-long Burmese python was captured over the weekend in South Tampa by police and firefighters who gingerly guided the reptile into a city-issued garbage can as spectators watched.
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The Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Mon Dec 7, 2:19 pm ET
The Associated Press A 12-foot long Burmese python was captured over the weekend in Port Tampa by authorities, who guided it into a city-issued garbage can. Authorities said they were alerted to the situation when a man on a bicycle pulled up to a fire station on Sunday and said there was a big snake on a lawn down the street.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 5:47 am ET
Copenhagen - A rise in extreme weather events caused some 600,000 deaths and massive economic damage over the past two decades, according to a survey released Tuesday on the sidelines of an international environmental conference. Bangladesh, Myanma...
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FOX Springfield - Mon Dec 7, 2:06 pm ET
An eleven-foot Burmese Python is spotted slithering around a Tampa neighborhood. It was eventually captured with the help of at least one firefighter from the station down the street.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 4:47 am ET
Copenhagen - A group of indigenous people whose livelihoods are threatened by climate change cleansed the spirit of negotiators gathered Tuesday for a second day of talks in Copenhagen. The North American natives said the purging ceremony would ves...
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 4:31 am ET
Rome - Serie A tail-enders Catania were to introduce Sinisa Mihajlovic as new coach to replace Gianluca Atzori later on Tuesday, the Sicily club website announced. Mihajlovic, 40, will be coaching his second top flight club after last year's stint at...