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Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated (AP)
March 21, 2010
AP - A volcano erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of people from nearby villages.
Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web (AP)
March 21, 2010
AP - The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists and law enforcement officers said Sunday.
Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm (AP)
March 21, 2010
AP - When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It's the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others.
The Most Influential Video Games of the Last 50 Years (LiveScience.com)
March 21, 2010LiveScience.com - Electronic games have had a global impact on society and culture, changing how people play, learn and connect with each other. They've become a ubiquitous presence, played by young and old alike, at home, at work or in arcades. But it wasn't that way in the beginning.
Lebanon's liquid treasure is just trickling away (AFP)
March 21, 2010
AFP - Rose Hatem's home overlooks the Mediterranean and is just a short distance from one of Lebanon's longest rivers. But twice a week the 60-year-old has to buy water for her daily needs.
Qatar to up LNG supply to India to 11.5 mln tonnes (Reuters)
March 21, 2010Reuters - Qatar plans to raise its supply of Liquefied Natural Gas to India to 11.5 million tonnes from 2014, against the current 7.5 million tonnes a year, its oil minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said in New Delhi on Sunday.
Crippled Mars Rover is Chilled, But Still Alive (SPACE.com)
March 21, 2010SPACE.com - NASA's crippled Spirit Mars rover is still awake as it prepares for the oncoming Martian winter, which has already left it colder than ever before.
Boy receives pioneering stem cell surgery (AFP)
March 21, 2010
AFP - British and Italian doctors have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old boy using stem cells developed within his own body, they said.
Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy (AP)
March 21, 2010
AP - Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.
Sharks on the menu at wildlife trade meet (AFP)
March 21, 2010
AFP - Four rapidly dwindling shark species prized in Asia for fins and in Europe for meat will be swimming against the current at a UN wildlife trade meet days after an attempt to protect tuna was crushed.
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