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Citizen scientists get ready to track light pollution

March 7, 2009 By International Year of Astronomy 2009

Here is an opportunity for students, youth, and families to take part in a 2 week world wide citizen science project to record night time light pollution across the world. One needs to merely go outside,...

Acropolis closed due to strike

March 7, 2009

The archaeological site of Acropolis, Greece's most attractive tourist site, was closed on Thursday due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees.

WORLDNOTES

March 6, 2009

Somalia: New president raises peace hopes War and crisis may be easing somewhat in Somalia. The U.S.-backed Ethiopian army withdrew recently. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, called by Al Jazeera an impediment to peace, resigned as president. In...

UK honors Claudia Jones with stamp

March 6, 2009

Britain’s Royal Mail issued a stamp last October honoring six “Women of Distinction” in the UK, among them Claudia Jones, a leader of the Communist Party USA who was deported from the United States in 1955,...

Iraq car explosion leaves at least 12 dead

March 6, 2009

Original source: A car bomb exploded in a crowded cattle market in the Iraqi town of al-Medhatiaya on Thursday, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring 56 others. The blast was the worst single attack in...