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  G20 wants ambitious Copenhagen talks but gives no figures AFP (08 November 12:28)
AFP - G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate fun...
  Taiwan breeders see big profits in rare shrimps AFP (08 November 12:06)
AFP - Taiwanese breeders said Saturday they are hoping to make huge profits from a rare species of ornamental shrimp after a pair sold for 8,500 US dollars at auction.
  Storm Ida revives churns toward Gulf of Mexico Reuters (08 November 12:05)
Reuters - Tropical storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.
  Yemen joins gas exporters club AFP (07 November 10:14)
AFP - Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of A...
  G-20 finance officials Too early to end stimulus AP (07 November 10:10)
AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured and committed themselves to urgent acti...
  G20 wants ambitious Copenhagen talks AFP (07 November 10:00)
AFP - G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on clim...
  G20 wants ambitious outcome at climate talks AFP (07 November 09:52)
AFP - The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it said in a communique after talks Saturday, but did not agree a figure for climat...
  Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu AP (07 November 09:35)
AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
  Yemen starts exporting LNG from new plant AFP (07 November 08:33)
AFP - Yemen began exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its newly built LNG plant in Balhaf on the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, with the first shipment destined for South Korea.
  The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals LiveSciencecom (07 November 07:21)
LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved.
  UK joins G20 push for world levy on banks Reuters (07 November 06:51)
Reuters - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the ...
  Prized mushroom collection returns to China AP (07 November 05:53)
AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was re...
  Britain rallies G20 on climate change AFP (07 November 05:43)
AFP - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.
  Britain urges steps to insure financial system AP (07 November 05:38)
AP - Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing t...
  British treasury chief urges climate agreement AP (07 November 03:35)
AP - British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on gl...
  Island village hit by suspected swine flu AP (07 November 03:32)
AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
  Ida returns to tropical storm strength AP (07 November 03:30)
AP - Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
  Storm-triggered landslide kills 13 in Vietnam AFP (07 November 11:45)
AFP - At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.
  Dinosaur prints found on NZealands South Island AFP (07 November 11:28)
AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
  Sea lions killed but Columbia salmon toll rises AP (07 November 11:20)
AP - Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
  Tens of thousands of homes flooded in Mexico AP (07 November 11:19)
AP - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived...
  Seattle team wins $900000 in Space Elevator Games AP (07 November 11:16)
AP - A space elevator may not be rocket science but it can be just as complicated — and rewarding.
  Govt in push for new nuclear plants AFP (07 November 10:24)
AFP - The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.
  Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep SPACEcom (07 November 09:32)
SPACE.com - A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter ...
  Seattle Team Wins $900000 in Space Elevator Contest SPACEcom (07 November 09:32)
SPACE.com - A Seattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build machines powered by laser beams that can climb a cable in the sky.
  Dinosaur prints found in New Zealands South Island AFP (07 November 09:03)
AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
  Ida drenches Central America might approach US AP (07 November 08:30)
AP - Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression Friday and edged back out over the Caribbean, where forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and hea...
  Moons Friends Say No to Future Lunar Crashes SPACEcom (07 November 05:34)
SPACE.com - When a NASA spacecraft rammed into the moon in October, it tossed up a hard-to-see plume of lunar material.
  Shell Oil to pay $195M in environmental fines AP (07 November 05:07)
AP - Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California.
  Circus elephant that escaped and was hit by SUV OK AP (07 November 04:58)
AP - An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle...
  World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal AP (07 November 03:55)
AP - After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging prof...
  Mercury probe fly-by maps mysterious inner planet AFP (07 November 03:19)
AFP - The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar ...
  Potential problems at 20 WVa coal ash dams AP (07 November 03:07)
AP - The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may change its policy for inspecting coal ash impoundments after a survey uncovered more problems — and dams — than ...
  Alps Grow and Shrink at Same Time LiveSciencecom (07 November 01:42)
LiveScience.com - The European Alps are both growing and shrinking, with two dynamic processes acting against each other for a net effect of ... nothing.
  G20 ministers to firm up global recovery climate funding AFP (07 November 01:24)
AFP - Hosts Britain told the G20 it had "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.
  G-20 officials to wrestle over economic imbalances AP (07 November 01:13)
AP - The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change.
  US Decades Behind on Space Debris Threat Official Says SPACEcom (07 November 01:04)
SPACE.com - The amount of junk floating in space is getting out of hand and the United States must step up its effort to control orbital trash, experts are saying.
  A Simple Sneeze Raises Fear of Death LiveSciencecom (06 November 11:45)
LiveScience.com - In the current atmosphere of heightened concern over the H1N1 virus, the everyday sneeze can trigger fears of totally unrelated hazards, including heart attacks, new resear...
  Former NASA official sentenced to probation AP (06 November 11:11)
AP - A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.
  EU warns of climate change impact on India AFP (06 November 10:35)
AFP - Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN ...
  Tenn gov Biofuels project criticism outrageous AP (06 November 10:09)
AP - Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large in...
  G20 ministers mull global recovery climate funding AFP (06 November 09:03)
AFP - G20 finance ministers were meeting here on Friday to shore up the recovery from the global financial crisis and discuss funding for a still uncertain agreement on climate change.
  US may still put emissions proposals at Copenhagen AFP (06 November 08:50)
AFP - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still deba...
  Stars May be Cosmic Road Signs to Intelligent Aliens SPACEcom (06 November 07:32)
SPACE.com - When scientists search the heavens for habitable worlds beyond Earth, they don't necessarily know what to look for. A new study has found that the most probable place to find int...
  Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks AP (06 November 03:00)
AP - U.N. climate negotiators in Spain are discussing a formula for securing agreement among 192 nations on tackling global warming during a last day of talks before next month's major clima...
  APEC seeks to slash emissions by 2050 AFP (06 November 12:33)
AFP - Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climat...
  Man spends 3 days in tree during Vietnam storm AP (06 November 12:14)
AP - The 69-year-old watchman couldn't swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and two days.
  Obama Urged to Find Climate Money OneWorldnet (06 November 09:52)
OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (OneWorld.net) - Climate analysts are calling on the Obama administration to use an international finance meeting this week to press for a swift end to subsi...
  APEC seeks sweeping world emission cuts by 2050 AFP (06 November 09:13)
AFP - Asia-Pacific leaders plan to call for sweeping cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at a summit here next week, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday.
  Depression Ida dumps heavy rain on Nicaragua Reuters (06 November 08:51)
Reuters - Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical depression as it churned through eastern Nicaragua on Thursday after cutting power and ripping roofs on little-developed Caribbean islands.
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