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• "Quickest way to Mars is through the Moon"

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 483
  Lots of work is ahead before even contemplating any logistical path for utilizing lunar volatiles, and other resources, says Apollo 17 veteran Dr. Harrison Schmitt. The former Senator from New Mexico addressed the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna on December 2. [Image Vancouver, 2007] Xinhua - Discovery ...
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• Las Vegas marathon 5k tries to break Guinness World Record for most Santa’s in … – Examiner.com

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 171
  Xinhua Las Vegas marathon 5k tries to break Guinness World Record for most Santas in ... Examiner.com On Saturday, runners in the Las Vegas 5k, a warm-up to the Las Vegas marathon attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of ... Most Santas in one place ...
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• One killed in Turkey explosion

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Ankara, Dec 6 (IANS) One person was killed and another injured by an explosion in the Turkish capital city, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.The blast occurred in a working place ina industrial district in Ankara, Xinhua reported. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = "One killed in Turkey explosion"; ...
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• Advisor Alert: Energy and Natural Resources Market

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 142
  The following summary is part of the weekly Advisor Alert produced by US Global Funds for the week ending December 4, 2009. Energy and Natural Resources Market The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency postponed a decision until the middle of 2010 as to whether to permit the ethanol blend in gasoline to ...
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• Xinhua Sports Acquires Two Chinese Sports Media Firms

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 584
  Beijing - Xinhua Sports & Entertainment Limited (XSEL) (NASD: XSEL) , a Chinese media firm,announced on Friday that it will acquire Chinese sports portal operator NuComOnline, as well as China Sports Media, the countrys largest sports mediarights distributor. read more
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• The9 exports first online game to ROK

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  ... The9 exports first online game to ROK BEIJING, Dec 04, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chinas leading online game ...
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• China backs India on emissions cut stance

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Beijing, Dec 3 (IANS) China Thursday said it supported Indian measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions and was ready to strengthen cooperation with India on climate change.“We understand the current situation in India. China supports India to take adaptation and mitigation measures based on its national conditions ...
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• Suicide bomber kills 11 in Iraq

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Baghdad, Dec 3 (IANS) A suicide bombing Thursday in the city of Tikrit in northern Iraq killed 11 people, including the provincial anti-riot police chief, and wounded 15, police said.The incident took place at a popular marketplace in central Tikrit when a suicide bomber blew himself up near Ahmed al-Fahal, the ...
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• Those forever delayed elections

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 525
  On yesterdays NewsHour (PBS -- link has text, audio and video options), Judy Woodruff observed , "In other news today: A top U.N. official in Iraq said elections will have to be delayed by more than a month. The voting had been set for January, but Iraqi lawmakers have not agreed on reforming the election process." ...
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• US approves use of human embryonic stem cells

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The National Institute of Health (NIH) in the US has approved the use of first 13 human embryonic stem cells in the country.The NIH-funded research for this purpose had started in July 2009. Children’s hospital, Boston has developed 11 of these stem cell lines and Rockefeller University, New ...
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• Xinhua shows up CNN

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 525
  CNN and Joman Karadsheh revealed yesterday afternoon that they are nothing but War Hawks happy to spin the latest wave of Operation Happy Talk but not at all interested in the US service members whose lives are sacrificed in the illegal war. They demonstrated that by repeating -- without skepticism -- the ministries ...
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• Iran frees detained British sailors (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Tehran, Dec 2 (IANS) Iran has released five British sailors who were detained Nov 25 after apparently straying into Iranian waters, British and Iranian officials said Wednesday.The sailors were detained in the vicinity of Siri Island off Iranian coast, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.“Five Britons who had been ...
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• One killed in suicide bombing at Pakistani Naval HQ (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) A guard was killed and three people were injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber struck at the heavily fortified Naval Headquarters in the Pakistani capital.The suicide bomber, who was on foot, blew himself up at about 1.30 p.m. when Navy guards stopped him at the entrance of the complex, Geo ...
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• Notable ETF Movers: FXI, EWJ, GDX, BHH Up; FXY, UUP Lower

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  StreetInsider.com Notable ETF Movers: HIGHER; iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXI) up 2.84% to $44.94, and iShares MSCI Japan Index (NYSE: EWJ) up 3% to $9.85. Investors are working over foreign markets as investors took a more relaxed economic stance on data from Dubai, a move by Japans central bank ...
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• Important News - Dec. 01

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Housing Meltdown, Ground Zero. I spent a Saturday evening with about 100 people camped out in a northern California parking lot. A passerby, stealing a quick glance, might have taken the crowd for avid concertgoers staked out for tickets. There was, however, no concert here — just weary, huddled souls, slouched in ...
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• Living in China: Chinglish to get the axe in Shanghai for World Expo

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 130
  Shanghai is looking to get rid of poorly translated English signs as it readies to welcome 4 million foreign visitors to next year’s World Expo. “Pick one’s steps?”, by Itamar Medeiros Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel Shanghai (ICS) launched a campaign called “ Write It Right ” to ...
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• Important News - Nov. 30

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Danger: Dubai crisis could trigger new global panic!!! “Bank stocks are particularly vulnerable to a market turndown triggered by the Dubai crisis, said Peter Sorrentino, senior portfolio manager at Huntington Asset Advisors. He said the run-up this year has led to an overvalued stock market.” “We had been ...
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• And the war drags on . . .

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 525
  In a think piece of the Week In Review section of todays New York Times , Steven Lee Myers becomes the first reporter to point out that the benchmarks were never achieved . If you dispute that and e-mail, Im just going to laugh at you. For over a year now weve stressed the benchmark issue here, the failure of it. ...
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• Important News - Nov. 29

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  1) Detroit’s compounding debt points to disaster “What does it mean when you can’t restructure your finances to make revenues match expenditures, and you can’t pay your debts except through more borrowing? Lots of people would call that bankrupt.” 2) Is New York Headed for Bankruptcy? “New ...
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• China admits it runs illegal black jails to torture citizens who file complaints

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 568
  Source: Telegraph A magazine run by the Chinese government has revealed the existence of a network of secret detention centres or “black jails” in Beijing where inmates are often beaten or tortured. Until now, the Communist Party has strenuously denied running black jails, despite a growing number of ...
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