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Biologist using Noah’s Ark idea to save sealife

Rudloe has launched Operation Noah’s Ark, using his four-acre facility an hour south of Tallahassee to preserve more than 350 different specimens — …
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High turnout for Kenyan constitution referendum

The constitutional changes are seen as important to avoid a repeat of the post-election tribal bloodshed in early 2008 that killed 1,300 people and …
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Romanian economy seen contracting in 2010

Jeffrey Franks, the IMF’s mission chief to Romania, said the country could expect growth of 1.5 to 2 percent in 2011 if the government continued to …
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Ahmadinejad survives attack on convoy in Iran

Al Arabiya television said an attacker had thrown a bomb at Ahmadinejad’s convoy before being detained. Both television reports said some people had …
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Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles

The Fars news agency said Wednesday that Iran has obtained two missiles from Belarus and two others from another unspecified source. Russia signed a …
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Qaeda linked group claims attack on Japan tanker

A group using the name Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which also claimed attacks in Israel last year and in Egypt and Jordan in 2005, posted a statement …
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Political killing stokes tensions in Pakistan city

The accusation appeared to reflect the complex and vicious political and ethnic fault lines that crisscross Karachi, also Pakistan’s commercial hub …
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The Wall Street Journal: Heat wave and drought slam Europe

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Pentagon says Rolling Stone writer denied embed

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan told reporters that freelance writer Michael Hastings was rebuffed when he asked to accompany, or …
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Republicans detail wasteful U.S. stimulus spending

"If we’re going to have stimulus bills, it ought to be truly about stimulating the economy, it ought to be creating real jobs and it ought to be … …
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Wheat rally takes a break after 2-month surge

Prices rose nearly 5 percent on Monday after jumping 42 percent in July alone, the biggest monthly gain in at least 51 years, as a severe …
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British Petroleum’s Dudley to visit Russia 2 years after ejection

The two men will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and other officials on a brief visit that BP spokesman Toby Odone said marked a …
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Explosions kill 12, wound 55 in Iraqi city of Kut

A roadside bomb and then a car bomb were detonated in a busy commercial area near a gold market in the town centre. Many of the casualties from the …
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U.S. consumer, housing data fan recovery worries

The reports on Tuesday showed the recovery assumed a decisively sluggish tone in the last month of the second quarter, setting up the July-September …
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Kenya pledges transparent vote on new constitution

The referendum will be the first national election vote since 1,300 people were killed in the ethnic bloodshed caused by the disputed presidential …
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Lebanon-Israel border flares up, four dead

The Iranian-and Syrian-backed Hezbollah group, which battled Israel four years ago, took no part in the exchange of fire. There was also no sign of …
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Rights groups challenge U.S. over Muslim cleric

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union said they agreed to pursue the case in July at the request of the father …
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Unicredit second-quarter earns drop 70 percent

The group said in a statement that net profit dropped to €148 million ($195.67 million) from €490 million a year ago. The Milan-based bank’s net …
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