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<title><![CDATA[Europe wants to learn from Norwegian school campaign]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The work to combat digital bullying is attracting international attention. Today, experts from the UK and Spain are visiting Holmlia school in Oslo to see how Norway’s biggest school campaign is working to raise awareness of the use of digital media by children and adolescents.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 November 2011 15:00:05 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[THE NEW BMW M5 SALOON]]></title>
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<![CDATA[For more than 25 years the BMW M5 Saloon has defined the high-performance saloon segment, in the process becoming the most successful car of its type in the world. Now a new fifth-generation model raises the concept of the premium executive saloon combining track-car dynamics and supreme touring comfort to an even higher level.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 November 2011 15:37:12 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Empowers the Artist in Everyone With 'The Art of Touch']]></title>
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<![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. is encouraging artistic creativity through the launch of an international art project called &ldquo;The Art of Touch,&rdquo; inspired by the Microsoft family of Touch mice consisting of the Microsoft Touch Mouse, Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse and Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 November 2011 16:57:46 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.  ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 October 2011 18:09:33 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. and Indonesia Announce $28.5 Million Debt Swap To Protect Borneos Tropical Forests]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are joining with the Indonesian and U.S. Governments today to sign a debt-for-nature swap agreement that will result in a new $28.5 million investment to help protect tropical forests in three districts of Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 September 2011 13:16:23 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BASF showcases expertise at CPhI worldwide in Frankfurt]]></title>
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<![CDATA[BASF will present its extensive expertise across the entire pharmaceutical value chain at the Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Intermediates &#150; CPhI worldwide &#150; from October 25 through 27, 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. As a strategic partner to the pharmaceutical industry, BASF provides intelligent system solutions and high-value products which help its customers to be more successful.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 September 2011 13:51:19 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 Diversity Visa Program Registration]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The 2013 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2013) will open at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and will close at noon, EDT, Saturday, November 5, 2011. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV)]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 September 2011 13:18:48 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenpeace activists convicted for stopping Arctic oil rig]]></title>
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<![CDATA[20 Greenpeace activists who took peaceful direct action to protect the Arctic have been found guilty of trespassing and fined by a Greenland Court [1], after they scaled one of the world&#146;s biggest oil rigs. In addition, 18 of the activists were also found guilty of breaking the security zone around the rig.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 September 2011 13:15:30 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[United Nations And Lonely Planet Launch Partnership]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel publisher, today announced the launch of a partnership to provide information vital for responders in humanitarian emergencies.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 September 2011 15:02:46 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa must face climate change head on]]></title>
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<![CDATA[FAO and African leaders are working together to move quickly to adopt a &quot;climate-smart&quot; approach to agriculture to fight the impacts of climate change and increasing scarcity of natural resources.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 September 2011 12:37:22 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WFP Launches Strategic Partnership With Internet Giant Tencent]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it has forged its first strategic partnership with a Chinese private sector firm and its foundation, teaming up with internet company Tencent to fight global hunger.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 September 2011 13:22:45 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WFP and UNICEF partner to deliver vital humanitarian assistance to Libya]]></title>
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<![CDATA[A World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian vessel carrying 500,000 litres of bottled water on behalf of UNICEF has arrived this week to Tripoli to respond to urgent needs as the situation has the potential to worsen in the Libyan capital.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 September 2011 12:28:24 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Cross Offers Tips for a Safe Holiday Weekend]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Hurricane season is nearing its peak, and although storms are not forecast to affect the U.S. this weekend, it&#146;s important to listen to news outlets for updates, particularly if you live in an area commonly affected by tropical systems.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 September 2011 14:42:12 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNICEF responds to the emerging water crisis in Tripoli]]></title>
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<![CDATA[UNICEF has delivered 23,000 bottles of water for the emergency use in Tripoli as the situation is expected to worsen in the Libyan capital. An additional 90,000 bottles of water are due to arrive on Monday 29th August.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 August 2011 15:02:13 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BP and GCIMT Confirm No Oil Leak From the Macondo Well]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ On Aug. 25, 2011, BP confirmed through a standard visual wellhead inspection that there is no release of oil from the Macondo well (MC252).]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 August 2011 13:24:32 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[President Obama Signs Iowa Disaster Declaration]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The President Obama today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of July 9-14, 2011.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 August 2011 13:12:38 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Discovery Education and Intel Encourage Students to Explore Their Curiosity Through New Online Resources]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Discovery Education and Intel Corporation today launched Curiosity in the Classroom, a partnership designed to satisfy students&#146; curiosity and extend learning concepts found in Discovery Channel&#146;s groundbreaking television series CURIOSITY.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 August 2011 11:06:32 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hundreds of people welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his third visit to Estonia]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia from France this afternoon. His Holiness will stay in Estonia for three days until the afternoon of 18 August, and the hosts for this visit are the Estonian Institute of Buddhism and the Riigikogu Tibet Support Group (Estonian Parliamentary group for Tibet).]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 August 2011 12:33:14 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ancient Nubia: New Discoveries in the Middle Nile Valley]]></title>
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<![CDATA[In conjunction with the recent opening of the ROM&#146;s Galleries of Africa: Nubia, a free all-day Symposium focusing on ancient Nubia takes place in the Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre on Level 1B at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Sunday, September 25from 9:30 am &#150; 4:00 pm.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 August 2011 12:02:53 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Coca-Cola System Donates $1.4 Million USD for Hunger Relief in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ The Coca-Cola Foundation, Coca-Cola&#146;s Central East and West Africa Business unit, and Coca-Cola&#146;s Africa-based bottling partners and employees today committed to donate KSh134 million (approximately $1.4 million USD) toward hunger relief efforts in the Horn of Africa. ‪‪ The grant will provide urgent humanitarian assistance through food, water, sanitation and health care services in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 August 2011 16:23:26 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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