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This Monday Japan began their electricity saving targets as the country eyes a power shortfall over the hot summer, despite the weekend restart of a nuclear reactor. The government has requested households and businesses in central and western Japan to voluntarily cut consumption...

The United Kingdom’s most famous parliament clock tower is to be renamed Elizabeth Tower in honour of the queen’s Diamond jubilee. The announcement was made on Tuesday. This comes after dozens of lawmakers signed up to a campaign to change of the tower. Officially it was named...

From the Embassy of Ecuador in London, Julian Assange called diplomatic guarantees to ensure he will not be processed by the U.S. over the publications of secret documents, in case he gets extradited to Sweden. The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, requested the Ecuadorian...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported today that between July and September this year, suitable climatic conditions for the development of El Niño, can be given. El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in central and eastern equatorial Pacific...

Last Sunday died at age 120 years, Lonesome George, the last tortoise of the “Chelonoidis Abringdoni” species. The giant tortoise native to the Galapagos Islands, died childless after unsuccessful attempts to find a female of its species for reproduction and...

Ambassador of Ecuador in Britain, Ana Alban, arrived yesterday to the country, to consider Assange’s political asylum application. The ambassador came at the request of President Rafael Correa. While in Ecuador, Alban will talk with Foreign Ministry officials and the President to...

The Cardinal Secretary of the Vatican State, Tarcisio Bertone, suggested today at the “Hail the mothers, hail the children” conference that AIDS patients should get “a free and effective treatment”. Bertone assured that studies made by Catholic...

The Royal Spanish Academy (DRAE for its Spanish acronym) approved the inclusion of the word Marriage as the union of two people of the same sex. Marriage: “In some legislation, a union of two persons of the same sex, concluded by certain rites or legal formalities to...

It has been revealed that American secret service operatives are distributing illegal assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition to Syrian opposition. These activities are conducted due to some rebels’ links to al-Qaeda. The report informed that for several...

This advertisement, broadcasted worldwide, claims that the iPad3 can connect directly to 4G networks in the oceanic country. However, the 4G network from Telstra Company operates in 1800MH frequency, while the iPad3 runs with frequency standards available in the U.S. and Canada,...