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• The 'firefall': sunlight on Yosemite waterfall creates rare illusion

  20-02-2016 16:55
  
  For just a few days each year, the water of Horsetail fall in Yosemite national park appears like lava, drawing crowds of onlookers and photographersHundreds of photographers have swarmed to Yosemite national park to catch a rare glimpse of a “firefall” – a phenomenon that makes it appear as if water has turned into lava, flowing from a volcano.
  For about 10 days each February, sunlight illuminates Horsetail Fall in a way that looks like lava is tumbling down the rock face. The
  
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• As you age you need to increase your protein intake to maintain muscle mass

  20-02-2016 13:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Proteins are found in every cell in your body. These chains of amino acids are important for repair, maintenance and growth of cells, and are essential for healthy muscles, organs, glands, and skin.As protein is broken down and used up in your body, you must replace it by consuming protein via your diet. There's no question that eating enough high-quality protein is essential to good health, but in the US most people eat more protein than they need. 
  
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• Russian energy minister: consultations on Doha deal to end by March 1 - TV

  20-02-2016 11:56
  Consultations on an oil output deal between leading producers should be concluded by March 1 after they reached a common position at a meeting in Doha, Russian's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview shown on Saturday. Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela are ready to freeze production at January levels if other producer countries do the same, Novak said after the talks in Doha on Feb. 16. Novak added that consultations would also be held with non-OPEC countries and that talk
  
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• Russian energy minister - consultations on Doha deal to end by March 1 - TV

  20-02-2016 10:44
  Consultations on an oil output deal between leading producers should be concluded by March 1 after they reached a common position at a meeting in Doha, Russian's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview shown on Saturday. Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela are ready to freeze production at January levels if other producer countries do the same, Novak said after the talks in Doha on Feb. 16. Novak added that consultations would also be held with non-OPEC countries and that talk
  
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• Iran says managed to increase its oil exports by 500,000 barrels per day - FARS

  20-02-2016 10:14
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has increased oil exports by 500,000 barrels per day since international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in January, a top official said on Saturday. "As we had promised, we managed to increase our exports by 500,000 bpd shortly after the lifting of sanctions," Mohsen Ghamsari, Director of International Affairs of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), was quoted by the FARS news agency as saying on Saturday. (Reporting By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Noah Browning
  
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• Pictures of the day: 20 February 2016

  20-02-2016 10:05
  
  Annual Pangolin Day, London Fashion Week and Victoria Pendleton taking a tumble
  
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• Iran says it seeks to increase oil production by 700,000 barrels per day - Shana news agency

  20-02-2016 09:46
  Iran aims to increase its oil production by 700,000 barrels per day in the near future, the deputy oil minister said on Saturday. "One of the goals of Iran's sixth development plan is to produce 4,700,000 bpd of crude oil. To achieve that we need to increase our production by 700,000," Rokneddin Javadi, was quoted as saying by the ministry's news agency, Shana.
  
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• Climate change politics is blinding us to the devastating effects of dirty air | John Vidal

  20-02-2016 08:00
  
  Governments are failing to address the links between air pollution and global warming. Doing so would save countless lives globallyIt is the greatest environmental hazard of the age. Nothing focuses our concern for the future more, divides rich and poor, exercises science, business, politicians, old and young. It is an existential threat, a generational battle. All political and financial resources must be concentrated on stopping climate change.But now that governments have signed up to th
  
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• Russian energy ministry - all agreements on output freeze are voluntary

  20-02-2016 06:36
  KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky said on Saturday that all agreements between world oil powers on freezing crude production are voluntary and that he couldn't imagine a mechanism for controlling the production freeze. Yanovsky also said at an economic conference in Krasnoyarsk that Russia granting a loan to Iran did not depend on the talks on freezing production and that an anti-monopoly case in Europe against state gas giant Gazprom was politicised
  
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• Forest imagery hinges on the garage

  20-02-2016 06:30
  
  New Forest, Hampshire Nearly 60 species are depicted on the garage doors, a 10-year record of New Forest wildlifeThe rutted track to Peter’s garage doesn’t look as though it leads anywhere special. But over the past 10 years this friend of mine has been using his garage doors to record the wildlife in his garden and in the forest through which he began to lead walking parties when he retired to the area.Although a skilled draughtsman he was not an experienced painter. On the advice o
  
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• VIDEO: Richard Branson unveils new spaceship

  20-02-2016 04:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Richard Branson unveils a new version of his Virgin Galactic Spaceship.
  
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• U.S. air raid hits Islamic State in Libya, 43 dead

  20-02-2016 00:05
  By Ahmed Elumami and Aidan Lewis TRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected Islamic State training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia. It was the second U.S. air strike in three months against Islamic State in Libya, where the hardline Islamist militants have exploited years of chaos following Muammar Gaddafi's 2011 overthrow to build up a pres
  
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• Venezuela sending new proposals to OPEC, non-OPEC producers

  20-02-2016 00:03
  By Alexandra Ulmer and Deisy Buitrago CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela is sending new proposals to leaders of OPEC and non-OPEC countries to stabilize the oil market, President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised broadcast on Friday afternoon, without providing details. The latest move by price-hawk Venezuela comes days after leading OPEC member Saudi Arabia, non-OPEC member Russia, Qatar and the South American country agreed to freeze output at January levels if others joined in. The four countries
  
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