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Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001.
Conservation   Global Warming   Photos   Wikipedia: Phytoplankton   Wildlife  
 The Independent 
The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
| The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a study that has documented for the first time a disturbing and unprecedented change at the ... (photo: Creative Commons)
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi delivers his speach during the Disarmament Conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009.
China   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Spratly Islands  
 The New York Times 
China Warns U.S. Against Wading Into Islands Dispute
| BEIJING — The Chinese government reacted angrily on Monday to an announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Washington might step into a long-simmering territorial dispute ... (photo: AP / Keystone, Dominic Favre)
baby sea turtle  Huffington Post 
Sea Turtles, Victims Of Oil Spill, Play Key Role In Ecosystem
| The devastation wrought by the BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico's threatened and endangered sea turtles could have even further-reaching effects because of the critical role turtles play in the oc... (photo: Creative Commons / skpy)
Company   Economy   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Tattoo  The Guardian 
The rise and rise of the tattoo
| One fifth of British adults are now 'inked', according to a survey. Even the prime minister's wife has one. Just why has the artform of sailors, bikers and assorted deviants become mainstream? A tat... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Adults   Art   Photos   Tattoo   Wikipedia: Tattoo  
Top Stories
Tibetan momo in soup, Dharamshala, India The Daily Telegraph Australia
Foetal attraction to this cult soup
| IT'S the birth of a new Sydney culinary craze and, fittingly, it involves an embryo - a chicken embryo, to be precise. | The unusual ingredient, an egg pulled from... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Food   Health   Photos   Soup   Wikipedia:Soup  
Stones with the word "hero" written on them lay on grave stones in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday,July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The Australian
Thousands of errors unearthed at Arlington
| THE debacle at the Arlington National Cemetery on the edge of Washington is much worse than first thought, with thousands of graves estimated to be unmarked or wrongly ... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Military   Photos   Society   US   Wikipedia: Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy  
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010. Asia Times
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
|      Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Asia   Cambodia   Defence   Photos   US  
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74 Asia Times
Asia nudges ahead
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
Asia   Economy   Finance   Markets   Photos  
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara bats during the fourth one day international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Calcutta, India, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. The Telegraph India
Should’ve got 750: Kumar
Though they failed to beat India, in the second Test, in Colombo, Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said that he was quite satisfied with the performance of his bowlers.... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
Colombo   India   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: Kumar Sangakkara  
Business Politics
- Sir Richard Branson advocates big Australia
- China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's
- China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's
- China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
Asia nudges ahead
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- Sir Richard Branson advocates big Australia
- Branson: Embrace big Australia
- The Rudd we never really knew
- Elect to dream or just scream
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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Maritime Pollution
- Navy hero was shot in the street
- Leaking Labor's ship is sinking fast
- Somalia pirates release Maltese flagged ship
- Bailiwick of Guernsey marine energy impact study ready
Lebanese soldiers march in front of a portrait of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, during a military parade as they celebrate the 62th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov. 22, 2005. Lebanon celebrates its independence, first time without Syrian troops in 29
Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal
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- BP engineers go for 'static kill' of oil well in Gul
- Rethinking the Afghanistan War's What-Ifs
- Oil spill mars UC Berkeley's BP-funded research
- Los Angeles Pushing To Become Nation's Mass Transit Lead
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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Global Warming Environment
- China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's
- Too humid? You prefer Dust Bowl?
- Global warming signs unmistakable: report
- Warmers heating up again!
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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- Thousands fight Russian forest fires
- Thousands fight Russian forest fires
- Environment needs new consciousness
- BP preps for 'static kill' of Gulf spill - Disaster
Vladimir Putin
Putin plans emergency meeting on forest fires (Roundup)
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