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Citizen scientists get ready to track light pollution
March 7, 2009Here is an opportunity for students, youth, and families to take part in a 2 week world wide citizen science project to record night time light pollution across the world. One needs to merely go outside,...
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Acropolis closed due to strike
March 7, 2009The archaeological site of Acropolis, Greece's most attractive tourist site, was closed on Thursday due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees.
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March 6, 2009Somalia: New president raises peace hopes War and crisis may be easing somewhat in Somalia. The U.S.-backed Ethiopian army withdrew recently. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, called by Al Jazeera an impediment to peace, resigned as president. In...
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UK honors Claudia Jones with stamp
March 6, 2009Britain’s Royal Mail issued a stamp last October honoring six “Women of Distinction” in the UK, among them Claudia Jones, a leader of the Communist Party USA who was deported from the United States in 1955,...
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Iraq car explosion leaves at least 12 dead
March 6, 2009Original source: A car bomb exploded in a crowded cattle market in the Iraqi town of al-Medhatiaya on Thursday, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring 56 others. The blast was the worst single attack in...
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