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Reuters Breakingviews: Swiss shift power to shareholders
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Mar. 4 - The Swiss move on executive pay rightly empowers shareholders to curb excesses, says Breakingviews. It's time for corporate boards to listen up.
Rinspeed MicroMAX offers flash-mob commuting future
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March 11 - With their new MicroMAX vehicle, Swiss motor manufacturer Rinspeed envisages a fleet of cloud-connected cars that can be communally shared. The company believes the box-shaped vehicle could revolutionise ...
GPS brings new clarity to city driving
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March 10 - Spanish researchers are developing a low cost Global Positioning System (GPS), designed to overcome the so-called "canyon effect" of inner-city driving. Tall buildings often render a GPS useless in the ci...
Israeli army branches out to deter mortar fire
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March 10 - Trees are often used as a screen to block out undesirable views, but in Israel they're about to be planted as a screen against rocket attacks on Israelis living close to the border with the Gaza Strip. Th...
Beluga caviar poised for a comeback – in Florida
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March 8 - Facing extinction in the wild, the highly-prized beluga sturgeon may be about to make a comeback from a new base in the United States. A Florida company is breeding the fish to produce sought-after beluga ...
March 8 2013 BREAKING NEWS What Is The Sequester? End Times News Update 3-8-13
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March 8 2013 BREAKING NEWS Obama: Sequestration Crisis Will 'Inflict Pain,' Congress Should Help With Compromise - End Times news update 3-8-13 REUTERS news ...
Volvo takes safety to pedestrians with exterior airbags
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March 7 - Swedish car-maker Volvo has turned its attention to pedestrians by installing the first airbags for those outside the car. The new technology was first unveiled at last year's Geneva Motor Show but has bee...
Kenya to push for ivory trade crackdown at Bangkok CITES meeting
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March 5 - Kenya will be pushing for a crackdown on the illegal ivory trade in Asia at this week's Convention for the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), in Bangkok, Thailand. Conservationists in Kenya...
Cancer detection as easy as popping a pill
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March 5 - Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have developed a device they say will revolutionize the way doctors screen for esophageal cancer. The pill-sized scanner uses lasers to generate a 3D...
Satellite data reveals extent of Andean glacier melt
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March 4 - New research shows that warming temperatures are melting Andean glaciers at unprecedented rates, raising fears of water shortages by the middle of the century. Using the latest satellite data, scientists s...
Câncer Fukushima
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A Organização Mundial da Saúde fez um alerta quanto à população afetada pelo acidente nuclear de Fukushima, no Japão. Os moradores da região tem um risco maior de sofrer de câncer.
Croatian micro-car to electrify mass market
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March 4 - Croatian engineering company Dok-Ing has announced plans to start serial production of its electric three-seat microcar. The company believes urban commuters will find the vehicle ideal for low-cost, envir...
Manning pleads guilty on some secrets charges
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Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to handing over secret documents to the whistleblower website Wikileaks, but said he was innocent of charges of giving aid and comfort to America's enemies.
United States News – Bradley Manning, Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Chuck Hagel
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Bradley Manning: I leaked US docs to 'spark ... debate' on wars After pleading not guilty to the most serious charge against him and guilty to 16 lesser counts, US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning told a military judge on ...
News – Bradley Manning, International Speedway, Boeing, Chuck Hagel
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Bradley Manning: I leaked US docs to 'spark ... debate' on wars After pleading not guilty to the most serious charge against him and guilty to 16 lesser counts, US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning told a military judge on ...
Manned mission to Mars? Hedgehogs may go first
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Feb. 27 - American entrepreneur Dennis Tito says he wants to launch a manned mission to Mars in January 2018, but researchers at NASA and Stanford University argue that it may be better to visit the mysterious Marti...
Danish device kills air pollution at its source
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Feb 26. - Scientists in Denmark have built a device designed to clean polluted air by accelerating natural atmospheric processes, helping to get rid of chemicals and smells. Jim Drury reports.
Kenyan farmers look to local plant for malaria protection
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Feb. 25 - Farmers in western Kenya are being encouraged to grow ocimum, a natural insect repellant which can be turned into jelly and candles to keep deadly malaria-carrying mosquitos at bay. Jim Drury reports.