  World News
 Global (137)
 2007
  Politics (9)
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World welcomed 2007 with skyrockets| Fireworks exploded over Sydney's Harbor Bridge. In London, thousands of revelers gathered to cheer as Big Ben rang | |
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Melting of glaciers 'speeds up' The World Glacier Monitoring Service: Mountain glaciers are shrinking 3 times faster than they were in the 1980s
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Hubble's main camera shuts down NASA: The main camera on the space telescope has shut down after an electrical failure
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Space probe performs Mars fly-by A European space probe has completed a close fly-by of the planet in a crucial manoeuvre on its 10-year journey to land on a comet
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Total lunar eclipse| The whole event was visible from Europe, Africa, parts of South America | |
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Probe reveals seas on Saturn moon Nasa's Cassini probe has found evidence for seas, filled with liquid hydrocarbons, at the high northern latitudes
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Billions face climate change risk  | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Billions of people face shortages of food, water and flooding | |
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  Tourist's spacecraft reaches ISS A Russian spacecraft carrying 2 crew and billionaire Charles Simonyi has docked with the International Space Station
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Star dies in brightest supernova Nasa: A massive star around 150 times the size of the Sun has exploded in brightest supernova ever seen
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FIFA climbs down on altitude rule FIFA has relaxed its ban on World Cup qualifiers being played at altitude, imposing a limtit of 3,000 metres
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Critics attack Live Earth mixed messages| It lacks achievable goals, and bringing rock stars in fuel-guzzling airliners may send mixed messages about energy conservation | |
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 Al Qaeda member: U.S. embassies targets Adam Yahiye Gadahn said in a video that U.S. Embassies and U.S interests 'at home and abroad' are prime targets for terrorist attacks
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 Most people 'want Iraq pull-out'| Most people across the world believe US-led forces should withdraw within a year | |
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Child mortality 'at record low' United Nations Children's Fund: Fewer children under five worldwide are dying than ever before
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Oil prices retreat from record high Traders took profits after U.S. crude stocks fell and drove oil futures in the previous session above $80 a barrel for the first time ever
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Interpol in rare sex abuse appeal Interpol has launched a global public appeal to help identify a man shown sexually abusing children in photographs
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Obesity 'epidemic' turns global People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the exception of south and east Asia
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Third of primates 'under threat' The report by conservation groups: Almost 1/3 of the world's primates are in danger of extinction because of destruction of their habitats
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Astronaut fixes torn solar panel Scott Parazynski has carried out a dangerous spacewalk to repair a damaged solar panel on the International Space Station
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Global rallies: Act now on warming Skiers, fire-eaters and an ice sculptor joined in worldwide demonstrations to draw attention to climate change and push to fight global warming
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| Dec.9 |
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World views on free press mixed 56% thought that freedom of the press was very important to ensure a free society
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