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India may face pressure to reduce greenhouse gases (The Hindu)
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sets out for Hokkaido, Japan, on Monday to attend the G-8 Plus Five Summit and the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) on Energy Security and Climate Change, he should expect immense pressure upon India ...
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Remote Locale Experiencing Boom (The Morning News)
EASTER ISLAND, Chile (AP) - It's earth's most-remote inhabited land, a South Pacific speck of volcanic rock so isolated the locals call it "Te Pito O Te Henua," or "The Navel of the World."
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Mideast leaders meet in Japan on economic project (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Senior officials from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority held talks Wednesday in Japan in a bid to lay the groundwork for peace by improving the Palestinian economy.
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G8 summit: Breathtaking venue with no protesters to spoil the view (Mail and Guardian)
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Spirit of Great Bear watches over Canadian rainforest (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
VANCOUVER -- Great Bear Rainforest does not appear on any official map, but the name evoking native myths and legends is key to protecting western Canada's bears, whales, eagles and salmon.
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Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)
Japan urged Israel and the Palestinian Authority to exercise self-restraint and press forward with peace talks as their ministers, together with Jordan’s, reaffirmed political commitment to a Japan-proposed agro-industrial project in the West Bank on Wednesday.
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Canters find gentle people in Myanmar; Fredericksburg celebrates German heritage (Austin American-Statesman)
WISH YOU WERE HERE
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Whitehall vet's unit blew up Japanese train in WWII (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Neal Sever, 82, was part of one of the most daring sabotage operations of World War II -- to plant explosives under a railroad and wreck a vital transportation link in Karafuto on Sakhalin Island, the northernmost piece of Japan's homeland.
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Houston area becoming a hotbed for young golf talent (Houston Chronicle)
In her first tournament as a pro, Stacy Lewis found herself atop the leader board at last weekend's U.S. Women's Open. The Woodlands High School product is leading the way for other young golfers making noise in the Houston area.
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Man rips head from Hitler wax figure in Berlin (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.
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