The election’s winning duo — the conservative Independence Party and the centrist-agrarian Progressive Party — have long wanted to end the EU bid.
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The picture of the mystery person was posted shortly after the terror attack and raises the eerily possibility that one of the perpetrators watched as the carnage was unleashed.
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Wooded areas in the Arctic could increase by as much as 52 percent by the 2050s as the so-called tree line — the maximum latitude at which trees can grow — shifts hundreds of kilometres north. But thanks to the same global warming the other pole actually sees it ice cap increase.
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Extreme weather and climate change present a potential threat to U.S. national security for which “we are not prepared,” a study says.
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Mighty proton-punisher has indeed unlocked the cosmos
“I think it will turn out to be [the Higgs boson], but it’s just a question of getting out the additional information,” he told reporters ahead of a speech to the European Parliament.
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It’s about Jill Kelley and yes, she is a diplomat of sorts. Honorary consuls are little more than courtesy appointments, and Seoul reportedly has 15 such positions in the United States. They are paid a token amount, about ,500 in the case of South Korea.
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East Africa has emerged as the new frontier for natural gas production, boosted by offshore discoveries in Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar, a report by Ernst & Young shows.
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Plunging consumption of cement has come to symbolize Spain’s sad and painful transition from a surging economy based on a massive decade-long property boom, which generated widespread corruption and came to an end in 2008, leaving the real-estate market in a slump ever since.
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Researchers have found signs of puberty in American boys up to two years earlier than previously reported – age 9 on average for blacks, 10 for whites and Hispanics. Other studies have suggested that girls, too, are entering puberty younger.
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(What a surprise!) Three crates from an arms manufacturer – addressed to Saudi Arabia – have been seen in a base being used by rebel fighters in the city of Aleppo.
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