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July 10, 2009Argentina: Elections mirror economic stresses In parliamentary elections June 28 the center-left Peronist bloc headed by President Cristina Fernandez and former president Nestor Kirchner lost congressional majorities. Voting in Buenos Aires Province, home to 40 percent...
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Climate change unresolved at G8 summit
July 10, 2009The United States and the leaders of the planet’s largest industrialized nations said yesterday at the G-8 summit that the earth has to go green by cutting half of all emissions linked to climate change by...
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Cubas revolution: continuous change
July 10, 2009In the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the afore-named magical creature spins straw into gold. That image came to mind during a recent visit to Cuba, a country that if not actually turning anything into gold, has certainly...
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Engineer makes cooking oil breakthrough
July 10, 2009A new use for old cooking oil could help cut emissions from building roads, engineers have claimed. Engineer Helen Bailey has developed a process for replacing bitumen, which is normally used in road surfaces to 'glue'...
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Transport workers in Japan required to take daily smile scans
July 9, 2009In an effort to improve “customer relations” a Japanese transportation company is forcing over 500 employees to take a daily smile test measuring the degree and brightness of worker smiles. According to the Mainichi Daily News,...
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