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A private university has opened for business in the UK in a move that has set alarm bells ringing among academics. Learn more
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Electric cars just need one thing to dominate the roads: Electricity
The auto industry calls it range anxiety: Drivers want electric cars but worry they won't have enough juice to make long trips. After all, what good is going green if you get stranded with a dead battery? Learn more
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Insights into the ever more complex aid system
Since 2000, year on year, humanitarian aid has accounted for on average 8.35 percent of DAC governments’ official development aid. Learn more
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Marriott leads the industry with the first LEED green hotel prototype
Marriott is the first in the hospitality industry to launch a green hotel prototype that has been pre-approved by USGBC as part of its LEED Volume program Learn more
Sweltering heat turns Moscow into dirty Sahara
The July of 2010 will become one of the hottest months in the history of meteorological observations in Russia. Specialists already say that the current summer temperatures in the country are the highest in 130 years. Learn more
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Mekong dams threaten rare Giant Catfish
Posted August 1, 2010
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Cheetahs to return to Indian wild 63 years after last three shot dead
Posted August 1, 2010 by adp news
The cheetah is to return to India more than 60 years after hunters shot the last three on the subcontinent.... Learn more
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Indian Ocean sea level rise threatens millions
Posted August 1, 2010
Article by University of Colorado. ... Learn more
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Internships – slave labor or a worthwhile experience?
Posted August 1, 2010 by Reuters
A major staffing company called FujiStaff Holdings has just set up a new subsidiary, called Inter Agent, which will find internships at Japanese firms for foreign students.... Learn more
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Digital wave sweeps Guangzhou bookshop into discard bin
Posted August 1, 2010 by adp news
A digital revolution is overthrowing China's traditional reading habits, and one of the early casualties is a well-known Guangzhou bookshop.... Learn more
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Yamaha offers electric scooters for green errands
Posted August 1, 2010 by adp news
Yamaha is targeting fashionable green-minded consumers with a new electric scooter designed for short city commutes.... Learn more
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Companies still investing in green IT
Posted August 1, 2010 by Patrick Query
Despite the recession, a hefty chunk of corporate tech spending is being earmarked for environmental projects, a new Deloitte study finds ... Learn more
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Beijing to enclose villages in security move
Posted August 1, 2010 by Reuters
The national capital's Changping district is all set to erect walls around its 44 villages, with security guards manning the entrances at all times, a district government official said. ... Learn more
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