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• 'Progress' in US-Russia talks over Syria air safety

  10-10-2015 22:15
  
  The US and Russia made "progress" in discussions Saturday designed to avoid accidents between them in the increasingly crowded air space over war-torn Syria, the Pentagon and Moscow said, and more talks are planned.
  
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• Shift from fossil fuels risks popping 'carbon bubble': World Bank

  10-10-2015 21:34
  
  The transition from fossil fuels must be carefully managed to avoid an economically disastrous bursting of the "carbon bubble," the World Bank's top climate official said on Saturday.
  
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• 'Progress' in US-Russia talks over Syria air safety: Pentagon

  10-10-2015 19:48
  
  The US and Russia made "progress" in discussions Saturday designed to avoid accidents between them in the increasingly crowded air space over war-torn Syria, the Pentagon said, and more talks are planned.
  
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• Three killed in violent unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan region

  10-10-2015 19:42
  
  By Isabel Coles ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Three people were killed in a third day of violent unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Saturday, as protesters attacked and torched several political party offices in Sulaimaniyah province. Offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were targeted by protesters in several towns and cities across Sulaimaniyah in the most serious civil disturbances the relatively peaceful region has seen for years. The third was burned to death after protesters in the t
  
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• Jaguar 'too fat to mate' heading home

  10-10-2015 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A jaguar on a breeding loan to Delhi zoo is being sent back as he is too fat to mate, keepers say.
  
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• Digitising Yorkshire's savannah past

  10-10-2015 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ancient bones from a North Yorkshire cave, including the remains of rhinos, bears and hyenas, are to be transformed into a digital museum.
  
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• Trudeau on emissions targets: no need for 'ambitious political numbers'

  10-10-2015 15:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau won't set a specific emissions reduction target despite being critical of the Conservatives' track record on fighting climate change.
  
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• Protesters attack party offices in Iraq's Kurdistan region

  10-10-2015 15:30
  
  Protesters attacked several offices of the main political party in Iraq's Kurdish north on Saturday in a third day of violent unrest that threatens to destabilise the region at a time of war with Islamic State militants. The demonstrations that began on Oct. 1 initially targeted the autonomous region's government, which many Kurds blame for an economic crisis that has left them struggling to pay the bills. The region's president, Massoud Barzani, called for calm but young men blocked a main road
  
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• Ice Age Mammoth Bones Discovered on Michigan Farm

  10-10-2015 14:59
  
  Two Michigan farmers made an unexpected discovery in a wheat field last week: the ice-age bones of a mammoth that was likely slaughtered by ancient humans. An excavation and analysis of the bones suggest they come from an adult male mammoth that had an unlucky end. "We think that humans were here and may have butchered and stashed the meat [in a pond] so that they could come back later for it," Daniel Fisher, a University of Michigan paleontologist who led the excavation, said in a statement.
  
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• Killer Show! Murder Weapons and Death Masks Star in New Exhibit

  10-10-2015 14:57
  
  A shovel used to bury the body of a murder victim in 1910, an antique-looking gun that fired a shot at Queen Victoria in 1840 (it missed) and death masks from convicted criminals: These are among the strange and grisly artifacts associated with some of the most notorious crimes in recent British history. And they are now on display in the "Crime Museum Uncovered" exhibit that opens today (Oct. 9) at the Museum of London. The exhibit's storied artifacts are on loan from the Crime Museum — a
  
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• Marble Caves and Neolithic Stones Shine in UK Photo Contest

  10-10-2015 14:55
  
  On a cold, drizzly afternoon, Brent Bouwsema drove with his wife and two children to photograph some of the oldest stones in the British Isles. Geologists think the Callanish Stones, which are made of an ancient type of rock called Lewisian gneiss, were built in the Neolithic period about 5,000 years ago. Bouwsema took a photo of the moss-covered pillars, and ended up as one of the winners of the "100 Great Geosites" photography contest, The Geological Society of London announced today (Oct
  
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• Nobel laureate chemist Richard Heck, 84, dies in Manila

  10-10-2015 12:03
  
  MANILA (Reuters) - American chemist and Nobel laureate Richard Heck died in Manila on Saturday after years of illnesses that left him almost penniless, relatives of his Filipina wife said on Saturday.
  
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• After 75 winners, Nobel Economics Prize still contentious

  10-10-2015 09:23
  
  Each year, critics note that Alfred Nobel, the Swedish philanthropist and scientist who founded the other awards, never had the idea to reward economists
  
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• China completes construction of lighthouses in South China Sea

  10-10-2015 06:08
  
  China has completed the construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing's maritime ambitions. A completion ceremony was held for the lighthouses on Cuateron Reef and Johnson South Reef in the Spratly islands, Xinhua said late on Friday. The United States and the Philippines have opposed the construction.
  
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• Higher dose flu shot decreases hospitalization of older nursing home residents

  10-10-2015 06:00
  
  (University Hospitals Case Medical Center) Researchers found that flu immunizations with four times the strength of standard shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine. The findings were presented as a late breaking research presentation on Oct. 10 at the Infect
  
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• Canadian firm opens facility to pull carbon from air

  10-10-2015 05:00
  
  A company with global plans to pull carbon from thin air to make fuel, while tackling climate change, opened a pilot plant in this remote western Canadian community.
  
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• Africa being left out of climate aid: development bank

  10-10-2015 04:51
  
  The head of the African Development Bank says the continent is not getting enough of the billions of dollars in climate change funding, despite being the region that suffers most.
  
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• US, Russia to hold new Syria air safety talks: Pentagon

  10-10-2015 01:58
  
  Russia and the United States are set to renew talks to avoid accidents in Syrian air space as the two countries conduct separate bombing campaigns, a US official said.
  
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• VIDEO: Yorkshire's extinct rhinos revealed

  10-10-2015 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ancient bones from a North Yorkshire cave, including the remains of rhinos, bears and hyenas, are to be transformed into a digital museum.
  
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• Digital lab offers catalyst to drive innovation, create jobs

  10-10-2015 01:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of tech-savvy entrepreneurs and cost-conscious civil servants are hoping the creation of a so-called digital lab will be a catalyst to create ways to save money and better deliver government services.
  
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• The reward for 'whale watching' on Mars

  10-10-2015 00:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When scientists first saw Whale Rock in images returned from Nasa's Curiosity rover on Mars, they really weren't sure what to make of it. Since then it's become the linchpin in a story about water on early Mars.
  
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