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Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of Cold War last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
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Santiago -
At the age of 82 Omara Portuondo, “the grand old lady of Cuban bolero” remains active delighting audiences in various parts of the world. Her busy schedule brought her to Chile and Brazil in May, and is taking her to Ireland and Poland in July.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Monday, the selection of ‘Biomass’ as the subject of its seventh Earth Explorer mission. The planned satellite will measure, to great accuracy, biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests.
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The newest edition to the Iron Man franchise gets personal. The third installment of the series reveals fears and demons of Tony Stark.
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Boston -
It was only moments after Stacy Shaw crossed the finish line before chaos erupted at the Boston Marathon. Shaw was the last runner to cross the finish line before the explosions. She spoke with Digital Journalist Micki Hogan candidly about her experience.
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Truckee -
Led by Peja of the Polish rap group Slums Attack, Europe's rappers recorded a multilingual tribute to political and cultural freedom message of the American-funded station Radio Free Europe.
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What has been perhaps the most significant factor in the European Debt Crisis for the currencies markets has not been the actual event itself, but the reaction of global central bankers..
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On Monday, a full ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals came into force in the European Union. The complete ban was welcomed by animal rights groups but some in the cosmetics industry remain unconvinced.
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A new study released Wednesday found that lung cancer will surpass breast cancer as the top cause of cancer deaths in European women.
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The scandal involving horsemeat in foodstuffs and ready-made meals was portrayed by the UK government as a fraud involving criminal gangs outside the UK but yesterday, events took a new turn as food inspectors and police raided two UK based meat plants.
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Warsaw -
The footage, which aired on February 09, 2013, shows passengers cowering in fright as a Boeing 767 was forced to execute an emergency landing on its belly with no wheels in Warsaw, Poland after its landing gear failed unexpectedly.
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London -
On Thursday, the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC) and a group of British and Polish supporters rallied in front of the Polish Embassy in central London, against the sale of Polish farmland to foreign multinationals.
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Nairobi -
Kenya is among 54 nations mentioned to have taken part in CIA operations that involved torture of suspected terrorists in the years subsequent to the 9/11 bombings on the US, Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based human rights group, has said.
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Warsaw -
Farmers in Poland continue to protest against the sell-off of prime Polish farmland to foreign multinational corporations, who can then plant GM crops in the country. The fight has now spread to five Polish provinces.
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NASA and the European Space Agency this week announced that NASA would be participating in the ESA’s Euclid mission scheduled for launch in 2020. Euclid is a space telescope whose purpose is to investigate cosmic dark matter and dark energy.
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The European Space Agency has released details of space missions scheduled in 2013 and developments in prospect with current orbiters and satellites.
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Lublin -
Recently Swedish artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff claimed that he had created artwork using human ashes from the Majdanek Nazi death camp in Poland. Now Poland is investigating the claim and the artist may face a prison sentence.
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In four cities in Poland, farmers are demonstrating against Polish farmland being sold to foreign multinationals. Now they need international support for their protests, along with help educating the Polish public about GMOs.
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The good news was that Poland banned the planting of GM seeds. The bad news is that the Seeds Act was not vetoed by the Polish Prime Minister and the trading of GM plants and seeds is allowed to continue.
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Warsaw -
Poland has banned the cultivation of some strains of genetically modified (GM) corn and potatoes just one day after the European Union rules approving GM crops went into effect.
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