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  • Iran ‘tests’ first nuclear power station

    Iran ‘tests’ first nuclear power station

    February 26, 2009

    Original source: Iran declared on Wednesday that its technicians have started a test run of the country's first nuclear power station. The power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr was built with Russian help...

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  • The fat-cat controller

    The fat-cat controller

    February 26, 2009

    Original source: Rail workers heaped scathing criticism on their 'Fat Controller' bosses on Wednesday for plotting to award each other hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' cash in bonuses. Network Rail executives were revealed to...

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  • Charles Darwin at 200: Solidarity is the best survival strategy

    Charles Darwin at 200: Solidarity is the best survival strategy

    February 26, 2009

    The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, Feb. 12, brought back memories of a college course I took in which the topic was “social Darwinism,” a philosophy that exalted dog-eat-dog greed in the name of “survival...

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  • The progressive approach to fiscal responsibility

    The progressive approach to fiscal responsibility

    February 26, 2009

    Fiscal responsibility, the code word for balancing the budget, is on everyone's lips in Washington these days. With a federal budget deficit close to $2 trillion inherited from the Bush administration, the Obama White House is...

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  • Seeking Earth-like planets with alien life in galaxy

    Seeking Earth-like planets with alien life in galaxy

    February 26, 2009

    NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said...

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