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 Ice brings flood threat from Yellow River
| HOHHOT - Thousands of civilians and soldiers have been mobilized to patrol the banks of the flood-prone Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, as ice threatened to jam the r... (photo: GFDL / Yaohua2000) China Daily
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 PHILIPPINES: Food security warnings over El Niño
web | MANILA, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) - Warnings have been raised over food security in the Philippines as the El Niño phenomenon wreaks havoc across vast agricultural areas, leaving staple crops such as... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) IRINnews
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 Junk foods become less popular with increasing costs
| Washington, March 9 (ANI): Unhealthy food and drinks such as pizzas and soda become less popular with increasing costs, suggests a new America research. | The st... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Newstrack India
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 Delhi gets India's first remote controlled street lights
New Delhi, March 9, (IANS): | In a major move towards energy conservation, the capital's main civic agency on Tuesday launched the country's first remote-controlled stree... (photo: creative commons) Deccan Herald
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 IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling
By JORDAN ROBERTSON | AP Technology Writer | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle. | Because of li... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Wtop
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 Warm temps melting away Wash. snowpack
Comments SPOKANE, Wash. (Map, News) - Warm temperatures are melting away Washington's already mediocre snowpack, raising concerns about a drought this summer. | The Natur... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The Examiner
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 Higher Costs Make Unhealthy Foods Less Popular
Posted on: Monday, 8 March 2010, 17:05 CST | Adults tend to eat less pizza and drink less soda as the price of these items increases, and their body weight and overall ca... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) redOrbit
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 It's still winter, and Monday there was snow to prove it
| After weeks of unseasonably warm weather, thanks in large part to El Niño, a cold front from the North visited the region Monday, bringing snow showers from Bellingham ... (photo: Public Domain / Huw Williams) Seattle Times
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 Animals evicted as islands step on world stage
| Amid moves to obtain UNESCO World Natural Heritage status for the Ogasawara islands, scientists are fighting to rid the isolated chain of feral animals that are killing... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Asahi News
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 16 Cities Sue Manufacturer Of Atrazine Weed-Killer For Contaminating Drinking Water
| A coalition of communities in six Midwestern states filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to force the manufacturer of a widely-used herbicide to pay for its removal f... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Huffington Post
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