 Brazil hotels set to cut rates for June's Rio+20 summit Thu 17 May 2012
Rio de Janeiro hotel owners have agreed to cut prices during a major UN summit next month, amid fears that spiralling costs were putting off visitors. The Brazilian... (photo: Fabio Pozzebom/ABr ) BBC News
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 Luiz ready for final Thu 17 May 2012
Chelsea defender David Luiz admits he has only gone up against Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez before 'on Playstation' but is delighted to be fit for Saturday's UEFA... (photo: AP / Tom Hevezi) Sky Sports
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 Cable car rides across the world Thu 17 May 2012
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetCable cars in Malaysia The best view of a city are from up above. Here are destinations where you can take the best cable car rides, says Ismat... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
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 'Even 2 Earths won't be enough by 2030' Wed 16 May 2012
New York: Mankind is draining the earth’s resources so quickly that the globe would be bled dry before the end of the century at this rate, a new report has revealed.... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Zeenews
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 Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana Wed 16 May 2012
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Joy Online
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 'Majority of global population to live in cities by 2050' Wed 16 May 2012
Beijing: About two-thirds of the world's population will be located in urban areas by 2050, creating serious implications for the conservation of natural resources,... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Zeenews
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 Paris Hilton set to make her DJ debut in Brazil Wed 16 May 2012
Paris Hilton is reinventing herself yet again. The 31-year-old former reality TV star is set to make her debut as a DJ at Sao Paolo, Brazil's Pop Music... (photo: WN / melwin daniel nadar) IMDb
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 'Hydrogen is tomorrow's biofuel' say scientists Tue 15 May 2012
Currently, Brazil is the world’s most intensive user of bioethanol as an alternative to gasoline for powering transport. There are questions about whether the mass... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) PhysOrg
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 Earth In Crisis As Wildlife Numbers Plummet Tue 15 May 2012
ZSL's Professor Tim Blackburn: 'We are living in a planet in crisis' Earth is a planet in crisis with wildlife populations declining by more than 30% in... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Skynews
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 EU flying big team to Rio summit but to cap expenses Thu 10 May 2012
AFP - The EU executive is flying six top officials plus an unspecified number of aides to June's Rio Summit on sustainable development but plans to tighten spending, a... (photo: European Community / EC) France24
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 Brazil tries to avoid FIFA World Cup collapse Thu 10 May 2012
The appointment of an ally of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the organizing committee of the 2014 World Cup was widely seen by sports experts in the South American... (photo: ABr / Abr) Taipei Times
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 Salt a Leading Killer Worldwide, Scientists Say Thu 10 May 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO — Want to save a few million premature deaths each year? Regulate salt, said researchers at the World Nutrition Rio2012 meeting held here last week. "Salt... (photo: WN / Yolanda) Yahoo Daily News
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 Michael Phelps Planning Retirement After London Olympics Mon 7 May 2012
Swimming champion Michael Phelps will hang up his Speedos for good after competing in this summer's Olympic Games. The American sportsman, who won a record eight gold... (photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill) IMDb
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 Global plan for sustainable development Mon 7 May 2012
With the Rio Plus 20 Summit approaching, a preparatory meeting in New York last week discussed how to strengthen or create various institutions to deal with the three... (photo: ABr / Abr) The Star
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 Tiger Pictures: Photos Of Ferocious Cats And Cuddly Cubs Sun 6 May 2012
Some may seem ferocious and terrifying, others cute and cuddly, but all tigers share one thing in common -- they're an endangered species. Tigers (Panthera tigris), which... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Huffington Post
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 Restaurant Week comes to Puerto Rico Sun 6 May 2012
In a continuous effort to position Puerto Rico as the ultimate culinary destination of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico Restaurant Week comes to the Island from May 14 to 20,... (photo: Public Domain / Mtmelendez) The Examiner
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 The global fight to end capital punishment Sun 6 May 2012
The death penalty is a shameful legacy of colonialism – now British lawyers are fighting to abolish it around the world by representing condemned prisoners in court... (photo: Jose Cruz/ABr) The Guardian
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 Countries agree to extend negotiations on Rio+20 outcome document Sun 6 May 2012
Representatives from governments negotiating the outcome document for the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) on May 5, 2012 agreed to add five... (photo: UN / UN) Ghana Business News
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 The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril Sun 6 May 2012
Byron Buckley, Contributor CARIBBEAN AIDS prevention advocates fear that crucial funding to sustain hard-won gains over the last decade could dry up by year end.... (photo: ABr / ABr) The Gleaner
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 A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Sat 5 May 2012
Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) Al Jazeera
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