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Japan Vows 25 Percent Emissions Cut By 2020
Japan's next prime minister has announced that the country will aim to slash carbon emissions by 25% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels. Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama takes over as prime minister on September 16. His predecessor, Taro Aso, had previously stated that...
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Joseph Kennedy Not Interested In Uncle's Seat
After Joseph P. Kennedy II, Edward Kennedy's nephew, announced he will not run for Senate, it looks as if the "Kennedy seat" is now going to go to somebody outside the family. Ted Kennedy was a senator for 47 years until his death on August 25, 2009. He was the...Key To Love Of Exercise Found In DNA
A study of identical and fraternal twins has shown that the love of exercise may in fact be a genetic trait. The study was conducted at the University of North Carolina. 5,334 identical twins and 8,028 fraternal twins participated in the study, which showed that the exercise...
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Prince Harry Turns To Hypnotist To Quit Smoking
Britain's Prince Harry is having trouble quitting smoking. The prince, who will turn 25 later this month, started smoking when he was 14. He managed to quit the habit for a year, but started again when he joined the Royal Air Force. Now the Prince is turning to hypnotherapist...
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188 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment
Obama To Address Congress About Health Care
U.S. President Barack Obama will be delivering a speech regarding the proposed health care reform on Wednesday, in a rare joint session of Congress. Obama's proposed health care reform has been met with storng...
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Obama School Speech Text Available Before Broadcast
The speech which U.S. President Barack Obama's is to deliver to school children on Tuesday is available to read on the White House website today. The speech caused controversy long before the details of it were...
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1757 views | 50 recommendations | 14 comments
Volcano Rat Video: World's Largest Rat Found In Volcano Carter
Volcanic Find: Giant Rat Species Discovery A BBC film crew has discovered a giant rat living in a volcano in Papua New Guinea. The rat measured 82 cm (32.3 inches) from nose to tail and weighs 1.5 kg. The BBC team...
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Ben & Jerry's Celebrates Gay Marriage With Hubby Hubby Ice Cream
Ben & Jerry's has renamed their Chubby Hubby ice cream to Hubby Hubby for the month of September, in support of Vermont's desicion to legalize same-sex marriage. The Hubby Hubby ice cream will only be sold in...
created by Annina Bergman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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745 views | 12 recommendations | 6 comments
Britain Worst For Underage Drinking: Study
Minors are more likely to get drunk in Britain than anywhere else in the industrialized world, according to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Britain also has the highest proportion of teenage mothers, young people without jobs or...
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Gaddafi Celebrates 40 Years In Power
Fourty years have passed since Muammar Gaddafi took power in Libya in a bloodless coup d'état. On September 1st 1969, Gaddafi dethrowned Kind Idris I while the king was in Greece for medical reasons. Libya was proclaimed a republic, and Muammar Gaddafi was made Colonel.... Sesame Street's Elmo Teaches Kids About Swine Flu
Sesame Street has joined forces with Health and Human Services and the departments of Homeland Security and Education to create educational videos for children about swine flu. The television spots feature Elmo...
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Lighning Claims Danish Soccer Player Jonathan Richter's Leg
Jonathan Richter, 24, was struck by lightning during a practice game between his team FC Nordsjaelland and Hvidovre on July 20, 2009. The lightning bolt hit his leg and caused him to go into cardiac arrest. ...
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Husband In Longest Marriage Dies
Britain's longest marriage lasted 81 years. Frank and Anita Milford met at a YMCA dance in Plymouth, Devon, in 1926 - the year of the invention of penicillin. The couple married two years later. Frank Milford was 101 when he passed away. Frank and Anita Milford had two...
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70th Anniversary: Remembering World War 2
Seventy years ago today, the deadliest conflict in human history began as Germany invaded Poland. Today, leaders of twenty countries gather in Gdansk, Poland, to commemorate the war. Leaders of many of the...
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