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Huge ice chunks break away from Antarctic shelf
Apr 29 2009, AP

Massive ice chunks are crumbling away from a shelf in the western Antarctic Peninsula, researchers said Wednesday, warning that 1,300 square miles of ice _ an area larger than Rhode Island _ was in danger of breaking off in coming weeks.

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Suicide car bomber kills 4 troops in Pakistan
AP, Peshawar
A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
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made popular May 5 2009
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Report: NKorea operating cyber warfare unit
AP, Seoul
North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
AS, NKorea, Hackers, World
made popular May 5 2009
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Police say car bomber kills 4 troops in Pakistan
AP, Peshawar
A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
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made popular May 5 2009
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45 killed in attack on engagement party in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the...
EU, Turkey, Attack, World
made popular May 5 2009
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Dictatorship-era official reappears in Paraguay
AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
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made popular May 4 2009
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45 killed in attack on wedding in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
EU, Turkey, Attack, World
made popular May 4 2009
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Some fear flu rebound as Mexico seeks 'normalcy'
AP, Mexico City
Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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made popular May 4 2009
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44 killed in attack on wedding ceremony in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
EU, Turkey, Attack, World
made popular May 4 2009
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44 killed in attack on wedding in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
EU, Turkey, Attack, World
made popular May 4 2009
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Swine flu leaves Southern Hemisphere out in cold
AP, Sao Paulo
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
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made popular May 4 2009
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Report: 41 killed in attack on wedding in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast.
EU, Turkey, Attack, World
made popular May 4 2009
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Indonesia anti-corruption chief arrested in murder
AP, Jakarta
The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
AS, Indonesia, Corruption, World
made popular May 4 2009
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Mexico to reopen universities, schools nationwide
AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
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made popular May 4 2009
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Reports: 16 killed in attack on wedding in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations...
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made popular May 4 2009
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UN meeting to give impetus to Mideast peace
AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
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made popular May 4 2009
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Report: 16 killed in attack on wedding in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country.
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made popular May 4 2009
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Iraq insists on US leaving cities by June 30
AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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made popular May 4 2009
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Afghan president chooses warlord as running mate
AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
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made popular May 4 2009
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Israel dispatches envoys to soften hawkish image
AP, Jerusalem
Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
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made popular May 4 2009
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Survey says French excel at eating, sleeping
AP, Paris
The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at...
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made popular May 4 2009
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ESA satellite images show ice shelf breaking away
AP, Berlin
New satellite images from the European Space Agency show massive amounts of ice are breaking away from an ice shelf on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula,...
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made popular Apr 29 2009
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Bacteria found thriving beneath Antarctic glacier
AP, Washington
Hidden in the bone-chilling dark beneath an Antarctic glacier, a colony of strange bacteria is thriving.
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made popular Apr 16 2009
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Tiny band soaks and star-gazes through polar night
AP, Troll Research Station
Trapped with his ship in Antarctic ice a century ago, explorer Frederick Cook dreaded the approaching “blackness of the long polar night,” the grim winter...
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made popular Mar 15 2009
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Climate change effects seen in Antarctic winds
AP, Washington
Changing wind patterns linked to global warming are altering the food chain in Antarctica and may lead to further increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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made popular Mar 12 2009
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Study: Antarctic glaciers slipping swiftly seaward
AP, Geneva
Antarctic glaciers are melting faster than previously thought, which could lead to an unprecedented rise in sea levels, scientists said Wednesday.
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made popular Feb 25 2009
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Ships collide in Antarctic whaling clash
AP, Sydney
A boat carrying a group of radical anti-whaling activists collided with a Japanese whaling vessel in the Antarctic Ocean on Friday in a clash Japan condemned as...
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made popular Feb 6 2009
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Japan rejects plan to limit whaling to its waters
AP, Tokyo
Japan said Tuesday it will reject any proposal by the International Whaling Commission that halts its research missions in the Antarctic, making it unlikely that a...
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made popular Feb 3 2009
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Japan rejects proposal to halt research hunt
AP, Tokyo
Japan said Tuesday it will reject any proposal by the International Whaling Commission that halts research whaling in the Antarctic, making it unlikely that a...
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made popular Feb 3 2009
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Whalers fire water at activists in Antarctic Ocean
AP, Sydney
Japanese whalers blasted water from a cannon at conservationists who hurled bottles of rancid butter and paint during a clash Monday in frigid Antarctic waters,...
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made popular Feb 2 2009
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Activists: Whalers launch attack in Antarctic
AP, Sydney
Japanese whalers blasted conservationists with a water cannon and hurled hunks of metal and golf balls at them in a clash Monday in icy Antarctic waters, an...
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made popular Feb 2 2009
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Plan would allow commercial whaling around Japan
AP, Canberra
The International Whaling Commission may ease its ban on commercial whaling to allow Japan to hunt whales off its coast in return for killing fewer whales in the...
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made popular Jan 27 2009
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Officials confirm talks on Japanese whaling deal
AP, Canberra
The International Whaling Commission is considering a plan to allow Japan to hunt whales locally in return for scaling back its activities in the Antarctic Ocean,...
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made popular Jan 27 2009
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Japan wants anti-whalers barred from ports
AP, Tokyo
Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a...
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made popular Jan 6 2009
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Ship rescues 122 from damaged Antarctic cruiser
AP, Buenos Aires
Military officials say all 122 people aboard a leaking Antarctic cruise ship have been rescued and taken to a Chilean naval base.
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made popular Dec 5 2008
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New Zealand warns on whale protest ramifications
AP, Wellington
New Zealand will not be able to quickly rescue anyone who gets lost or hurt if clashes erupt between animal rights activists and Japanese whalers off the north...
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made popular Nov 29 2008
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NZ won't quickly rescue hurt whalers, protesters
AP, Wellington
New Zealand will not be able to quickly rescue anyone who gets lost or hurt if clashes erupt between animal rights activists and Japanese whalers off the north...
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made popular Nov 29 2008
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Sea census leads to discoveries of marine wonders
AP, Washington
A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans...
SCI, Marine, Census, Technology
made popular Nov 10 2008
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Stars in the sea: Ocean census finds new wonders
AP, Washington
A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans...
SCI, Marine, Census, Technology
made popular Nov 9 2008
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Census of the ocean finding new wonders
AP, Washington
A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans...
SCI, Marine, Census, Technology
made popular Nov 9 2008
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U.S. actress Daryl Hannah talks to the media before leaving Brisbane, Australia on a voyage to disrupt Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Hannah, an environmental activist, who will sail on the U.S.-based conservation group...

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