What’s Your Reaction’ TEHRAN, Iran A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, injuring at least 110 people.

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The latest version of Googles 3D map application, Google Earth, now has the ability to display real-time rain and snow in certain parts of the world. To see it, you must first enable the clouds layer, and

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The World Bank has provided US63 million (Sixty Three Million United States Dollars) grant to the government of Liberia for the implementation of Employment and skills projects in the country.

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Even within the constant shapeshifting of Haitian politics, Marc Louis Bazin’s curriculum vitae was quite unique. He was a World Bank development economist when he was named minister for economy and finance in Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s brutal and corrupt dictatorship in 1982. He was sacked and exiled after he criticised Duvalier’s corruption and won the public nickname “Mr Clean” a …

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The worlds population will top 7 billion next year, while the ratio of working age adults to the elderly will decline precipitously in developed countries.

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What’s Your Reaction’ Art has a unique way of propelling societies toward change by raising awareness of pertinent issues through aesthetically-pleasing and compelling imagery.

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The worlds oceans are host to an enormous diversity of drifting, microscopic organisms, known as plankton. How this biodiversity has arisen has puzzled biologists for decades. An international team of researchers has now succeeded in elucidating how new planktonic species are formed, providing an explanation for the large biodiversity seen today.

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Tens of thousands of failed asylum seekers are to be allowed to work in the UK after the Government lost a legal battle over EU rules.

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Actress Angelina Jolie has taken time out from her promotional movie tour of South Korea to investigate the fate of repatriated North Korean refugees.

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Vast portions of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity could be lost – possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world – by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ongoing political crisis, says a new report by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the main environmental donor.

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A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that would have forced the Tennessee Valley Authority to spend $1 billion on po…

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Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika rejected a World Bank-backed plan to source power from neighboring Mozambique and said the southern African nation should build hydropower plants to meet its own requirements.

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National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency yesterday said it has intercepted yet another ship loaded with materials suspected to be toxic waste as it was about to berth at the Onne Port in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

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THE population of the European Union rose to more than 500 million at the beginning of this year, with migration accounting for the majority of growth in 2009, according to ne

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Is there discrimination at the World Bank’ I had no notion of this until my African colleagues made me aware. Reading over the information provided to me, I was shocked at the dreadfully low number of black employees and job candidates.

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What’s Your Reaction’ WASHINGTON Despite setbacks on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he still supports the need for broad climate legislation.

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The sprawling Nakivale Refugee Settlement in south-western Uganda is home to over 50,000 asylum-seekers and refugees. At one time it represented a testament to Uganda’s reputation as one of the most refugee-friendly countries in Africa.

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Chinas air quality deteriorated for the first time in five years in January-to-June of 2010 as economic growth accelerated to 11.1 percent.

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Filing its second legal challenge against U.S. EPA in as many months, the state of Texas has appealed the agency’s decision t…

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Summer usually means one thing to many American families: road trip. We flock to our national parks (thanks Teddy R!) in droves–in 2009, 285 million people went to a park.

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Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, a Nigerian bank, said it is giving serious consideration to an offer from the World Banks International Finance Corp. to buy new shares in the company to the value of $30 million.

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Although it is well known that there are more species in the tropics than in higher latitudes, it is hard to study how the species in a sampling change in time and across large distances. A synthesis based on multiple studies reveals some surprising trends that suggest ways to more effectively explore how ecosystems develop.

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Two more plane-loads of asylum seekers have been transferred to the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia’s north, bringing the total number there to 460.

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One volcano that volcanologists believe they understand fairly well is Italy’s Stromboli, which has been erupting every five to 20 minutes for thousands of years, spewing fountains of ash and magma several meters into the sky. For several decades, scientists have pretty much used one theory to explain what is causing huge amounts of gas to erupt so frequently: swimming-pool-sized bubbles that …

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Africa is on the road to economic recovery because of a growing and dynamic labour force in the cities, an improving technology base and a diversifying agricultural sector according to the World Bank.

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A number of important studies over the last several years have linked children’s respiratory health problems with high densities of vehicular roadway traffic.

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A number of important studies over the last several years have linked children’s respiratory health problems with high densities of vehicular roadway traffic.

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What’s Your Reaction’ Billionaire candidate Jeff Greene, who’s facing-off against Rep. Kendrick Meek in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, has found himself embroiled in controversy over damages caused by his 145-foot luxury yacht.

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What’s Your Reaction’ As if the Gulf Coast didn’t have enough problems cleaning up BP’s mess, the threat of Tropical Storm (now Tropical Depression) Bonnie presents even bigger issues. When a hurricane hits there can be an immense amount of damage. But what if people were better prepared’

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People used to know the nature in their backyards, back when basic biology classes were taught regularly in schools. Now more children can identify the McDonald’s logo than a white oak leaf.

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The energetic Filipino director Brillante Ma. Mendoza unleashes a hurricane of misery in Tirador ( Slingshot ), his 2007 feature thats only now being released in the United States.

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The Immigration Department has used a public meeting in Derby to reveal the number of detainees at the nearby Curtin detention centre is set to rise to more than 500 in the next week.

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Last year I actually won a sweepstakes for a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Beyond Darwin, I knew nothing of the archipelago. However, my week touring this eco-wonder changed my life and perception of ecotourism forever.

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In Garden City, Kansas, Somali refugees who left Emporia when a Tyson meat plan cut shifts work, learn English and live.

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Arizona squared off against opponents of its immigration law in federal court Thursday, with a lawyer for Gov. Jan Brewer arguing that those challenging the law have not demonstrated anyone would suffer actual harm if it takes effect at the end of the month.

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Typhoon Chanthu is forecast to make landfall in southern China today, bringing more wind and rain to a nation where flooding this year has been the worst in more than a decade.

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Researchers have discovered that changes in seasonal timing can increase body weight and population size simultaneously in a species — findings likely to have implications for a host of other creatures, especially those that hibernate.

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Damian Green has defended government proposals for a cap on immigration for non-EU migrants.

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The tropics owe their stunning biodiversity to consistent year-round temperatures, not higher temperatures or more sunlight, according to a novel survey of insect diversity at different latitudes and at different points in the planet’s history. The finding may finally answer a question that has dogged scientists for centuries.

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South Africas population growth rate slowed for a third consecutive year in the 12 months through June, while the number of people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, increased.

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The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) says both sides of politics need to look at population growth outside of metropolitan areas during the federal election campaign.

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Framing climate change as a public health problem seems to make the issue more relevant, significant and understandable to members of the public — even some who don’t generally believe climate change is happening, according to new research.

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Rwandan refugees estimated between 1,800 and 1,900 Rwandan refugees were on Wednesday night repatriated from Kyaka II and Nakivale refugee camps of western Uganda.

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Wind, geothermal, bioenergy, and low-carbon buildings fund all have budgets cut as Whitehall faces squeeze Press Association Details of £34m of cuts on low-carbon technology were published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today as part of £6.2bn savings across Whitehall. The department said the Carbon Trust , which receives funding to promote the move to a low-carbon economy …

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Chronic kidney disease affects millions in North America, with persons of African heritage being at a four-fold higher risk and those of Hispanic heritage having a two-fold higher risk compared to the rest of the population. An international study points to the APOL1 gene as involved in the increased risk of kidney disease in this high-risk population.

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Indonesia issues a tsunami warning after 6.8-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea.

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A “ludicrous” rule which prevents immigration officers from chasing illegal immigrants who run away is to be reviewed.

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Nearly 1,800 Rwandans were deported from Uganda this week after arriving at two refugee camps in the west of the country to seek asylum. The UN High Commission for Refugees and other organisations representing refugees have criticised the decision. Uganda has said that everything was done in accordance to procedure. Two men died during the deportation.

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Nearly 1,800 Rwandans were deported from Uganda this week after arriving at two refugee camps in the west of the country to seek asylum. The UN High Commission for Refugees and other organisations representing refugees have criticised the decision. Uganda has said that everything was done in accordance to procedure. Two men died during the deportation.

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Geophysicists have developed a new theory to explain the global motions of tectonic plates on the earth’s surface. The new theory extends the theory of plate tectonics — a kinematic description of plate motion without reference to the forces behind it — with a dynamical theory that provides a physical explanation for both the motions of tectonic plates as well as motion of plate boundaries.

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