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Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel on US-China relations has warned. Its members urged the US ...
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.
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America will not win the arms race of the 21st century with rockets, but with robust investment in and support of U.S.-based green technology. While Congress dawdles, China is ...
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Advertisement The centre of Cockermouth is under several feet of water, as heavy rain continues to fall A search is under way for a missing policeman after a bridge collapsed ...
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The Guardian
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Nov. 20, 2009
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Lifeboats are launched to aid those stranded as severe flooding cuts off the centre of Cockermouth in Cumbria A major rescue operation was launched tonight to evacuate more ...
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minnpost.com
| Nov. 20, 2009
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The battery, purchased by utility company Xcel, draws its power from energy generated by a local wind farm. As it charges and discharges, the storage device helps to regulate ...
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Letters: A world in desperate need
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Companies ranked on efforts to cut emissions
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President Barack Obama says the US and its allies are discussing "a package of potential steps" they could take if Iran snubs a uranium enrichment deal. Mr Obama said the ...
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Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He ...
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minnpost.com
| Nov. 19, 2009
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The economic stimulus package approved in February is the biggest recession-fighting effort in US history, but the question after nine months is whether it is big enough to ...
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Advertisement The BBC's Alison Freeman saw how the emergency services were tackling flooding in Keswick Hundreds of people have been forced to flee severe flooding in parts of ...
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But why are so many so scared of what scientists expect to be one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the decade? After all, this is an experiment that can give us an ...
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President Barack Obama says the US and its allies are discussing "steps" they could take if Iran snubs a uranium enrichment deal.
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A storm surge in the Irish Sea could cause more properties to flood, householders are being warned. People living along the west coast of Wales from north of Aberystwyth are ...
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From Cromwell to Cameron, the system has been defined by the rot at its centre. Now at last people can see how deep it goes Whisper it, but there is something very silly ...
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A report commissioned by President Sarkozy proposes new spending on research and growth industries despite concerns about rising debt levels.
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The environment agency has 45 flood warnings in place across the UK, with the greatest concentration in northern England
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As their manufacturers see it, the electric cars entering U.S. showrooms as early as next year will be engineering marvels: stylish, battery-operated, zero-emission wonders. ...
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BBC NewsU.S., China make progress in tackling climate changeWashington PostBuried in the text of Tuesday's joint declaration between the President Obama and Chinese President ...
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Kabul, Afghanistan—Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the ...
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My country?s resistance to nuclear energy is easy to understand, but its alternative is baffling Readers of London newspapers are used to blank spaces north of the border. ...
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The government is running out of time. There are, it is estimated, 40 legislating days between the Queen?s speech on Wednesday and the general election next May. The address ...
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Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not ...
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Salt Lake Tribune
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Nov. 14, 2009
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A subsidiary of Murray Energy Corp., which operates one coal mine in Carbon County and is developing a second, said Friday it was laying off 91 hourly and salaried employees ...
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