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Artificial Cloud Would Help Lower Temperatures in Qatar World Cup

The 2011 World Cup, to be held in Qatar, will be played in winter time when temperatures regularly reach 40 degrees and even 50 degrees with 90% of humidity in the Persian Gulf. Due to the high temperatures, the stadium will be chilled using solar-powered devices. According to...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Emergency State Could be Declared in Manabí due to Drought in Agriculture

A report – released last Thursday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture, and Fisheries (MAGAP in Spanish) – showed that almost 34,000 hectares have been destroyed because of a great drought in Manabi. However, last Saturday the devastation reached about...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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The Oprah Winfrey Show Ends On May

ABC will broadcast the Oprah Winfrey Show for the last time on May 25th since the popular television presenter Oprah Winfrey has opened her own cable channel, OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network. Winfrey had already been announcing the end of her program since 2009. OWN started...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Contest for Advertising Campaign Monitoring Is Deserted

The National Electoral Council (CNE) declared as deserted the contest of companies that were supposed to control the requirements in the consultation campaign. It is presumed that the CNE will ask the Citizen Participation Corporation to be in charge of the task until it is...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Rain over US has Radiation

The rainwater over Boston, Massachusetts has radiation, which could be side effect of the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was severely damaged during the tsunami and earthquake of the past March 11. Health officials informed that the radiation levels were too...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Music Personalities Raise Funds For Japan

You can help Japan by purchasing music on iTunes since today. Artists like Shakira, Beyonce, U2, Norah Jones and Lady Gaga are among the 30 artists who contributed some of their songs for the album “Songs for Japan.” The funds raised by the sale of the album will go...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Polls Show Triple Tide Results for Candidates in Peru

According to a poll released by Ipsos-Apoyo Company in Lima, the leftist candidate Ollanta Humala leds the Peruvian electorate for President, followed by Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori and former President Alejandro Toledo, in a triple tie. In a simulation card voting b...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Nokia Changes Its Font

Finnish brand Nokia has decided to change its image by using a new font. The cellphone giant will stop using its old standby Nokia Sans and replace it with Nokia Pure. The change of font is part of the brand’s rebuilding the company will also use Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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A Royal Bachelor Party

The date of the royal marriage of the year is near, Prince William will marry Kate Middleton on April 29th at the Webminster Abbey. But before wearing a marriage ring, he celebrated his bachelor party with 20 of his closest friends this weekend. The party was confirmed by the St....
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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Plutonium is Detected in Fukushima Soil

The Electric Energy Company of Tokyo (Tepco), announced that plutonium residues have been detected in five points of the Fukushima Daiichi plant. This news has alarmed the Asian country. It is very likely that the leaking comes from the reactor #3 since it is the only one that...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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