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• 20,000 rally in protest at contested French airport site

  09-01-2016 20:13
  
  Around 20,000 demonstrators blocked roads around the western French city of Nantes on Saturday in protest over a controversial airport development, organisers said, although police put the number at 7,200.
  
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• Australia bushfire kills two, destroys scores of homes

  09-01-2016 19:48
  
  At least two people have died in a bushfire which has destroyed 121 homes in Western Australia, reports said Saturday as officials admitted the emergency was not yet over.
  
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• Owning vs. sharing: how car habits are changing

  09-01-2016 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The recent $500 million US investment by General Motors in ride-hailing app Lyft points to a shift in attitudes surrounding car ownership, some users of car-sharing services say.
  
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• Big-Eared Statues Reveal Ancient Egyptian Power Couple

  09-01-2016 15:53
  
  Six ancient statues of Egyptians, some with round faces and big ears, have been found near the Nile River in Upper Egypt. The statues, which were once sloughed off their original bluff in an earthquake and buried in Nile silt, are of a man named Neferkhewe and his family. Neferkhewe bore the titles of chief of the Medjay (northern Sudan) and overseer of the foreign lands some 3,500 years ago, during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III. The statues, and the carved alcove in which they reside, had b
  
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• Saudi Arabia may take more measures against Iran in execution row - foreign minister

  09-01-2016 15:47
  Saudi Arabia may take further measures against Iran after cutting ties with its regional rival this week, the Saudi foreign minister said on Saturday, in a major row over the kingdom's execution of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric. Adel al-Jubeir's comments came in a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), convened to discuss tensions with Iran after attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions there. "We are looking at additional measures t
  
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• Physics’ metamorphosis explored in slim new book

  09-01-2016 15:00
  From ancient Greek philosophy to quantum mechanics, a new book charts the evolution of physics.
  
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• Saudi foreign minister says looking at more measures against Iran

  09-01-2016 14:50
  ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday his country was looking into additional measures to take against Iran. Adel al-Jubeir's comments came in a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), convened to discuss tensions with Iran after attacks on Saudi missions there. "We are looking at additional measures to be taken if it (Iran) continues with its current policies," Jubeir said. (Reporting By Mah
  
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• The 10 hottest new tech products from CES 2016

  09-01-2016 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Only a handful of the thousands of new technology products launched at this year's Consumer Electronics Show made a lasting impression. Here are 10 products that created the most buzz at the Las Vegas event.
  
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• Iran complains to U.N. about Saudi 'provocations'

  09-01-2016 11:04
  Iran's foreign minister has complained to the United Nations about Saudi Arabia's "provocations" toward Tehran, as a diplomatic crisis between the region's two major powers entered its second week. In a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon published by Iranian news agencies on Saturday, Mohammad Javad Zarif said "some people" in Riyadh seemed bent on dragging the whole region into crisis. The two powers, both major oil exporters, have been locked in a diplomatic battle since Saudi Ar
  
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• Protection of marine areas to be based on science, Hunter Tootoo says

  09-01-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo says science will determine not only which areas of Canada's oceans the government will designate as marine protected areas but also what development, if any, will be permitted in those areas.
  
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• Massive California gas leak provokes anger

  09-01-2016 10:02
  
  For several weeks, Sam Mongeau's three-year-old daughter Bella has had a lingering cough, while other members of his family have experienced nose bleeds, headaches and fatigue.
  
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• Great white shark dies after days in Japan aquarium

  09-01-2016 09:36
  
  A great white shark which was captured and exhibited in a Japanese aquarium, one of only a few such sharks to ever be displayed in this way, has died just after three days, the facility said Saturday.
  
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• Losses mount from west Australian bushfire

  09-01-2016 07:32
  
  The number of homes lost in a bushfire in Western Australia rose on Saturday to 121, as officials admitted the emergency was not yet over with three people still unaccounted for.
  
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• Seal births top 1,000 at public beach

  09-01-2016 02:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The growth in number of seal pup births on a public beach in Norfolk is described as "spectacular".
  
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• Last-chance bid to contact space robot Philae

  09-01-2016 01:29
  
  Scientists initiated Friday a last-chance manoeuvre to contact a long-silent robot-lab dropped more than a year ago onto the surface of a comet hurtling through our solar system.
  
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• Why some people love playing mundane video games

  09-01-2016 00:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Simulated games have been around for decades but a new crop of hyper-realistic and seemingly mundane simulators are gaining a mainstream audience.
  
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• Ancient Romans were parasite riddled despite sanitation measures

  09-01-2016 00:20 via cbc.ca
  
  An analysis of parasite levels in samples gathered throughout the ancient Roman Empire and other historical sites shows that despite their complex sanitation infrastructure, Romans had as many parasites as their Bronze and Iron Age and medieval counterparts.
  
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• SpaceX to retry ocean rocket landing after success on land

  09-01-2016 00:18
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Technology entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX will attempt to land its next Falcon 9 rocket on a barge in the Pacific Ocean, seeking another milestone a month after landing a booster on the ground in a spaceflight first, the company said on Friday.
  
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• Cost of cutting corners: US kids with lead poisoning

  09-01-2016 00:12
  
  The children of Flint, Michigan, are paying the price for a cost-cutting measure that poisoned their water supply after state authorities ignored months of health warnings about the foul-smelling water.
  
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