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| Water "the teeth" of climate change - World Bank | | | June 19 - Growing pressure over water remains the most worrying symptom of climate change, argues the World Bank President, while a projected 2C rise in temperature by 2030 could submerge Bangkok. |
| Microsoft gives ValueAct president option to join board | | | Aug 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it signed an agreement with ValueAct Capital Management LP that provides the activist shareholder's president Mason Morfit an option to join Microsoft's board after the technology company's annual shareholder meeting. |
| Justice Department talks with Microsoft and Google stall | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's talks with Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have hit a wall as the government pushes back at the tech companies' demand for the ability to disclose the now-secret data requests they receive. |
| Ukraine leader says he has no power to pardon Tymoshenko | | | KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he had no legal powers to allow jailed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to go abroad for medical treatment as some European governments have urged, but hinted compromise might be found if the law was changed. |
| Public private partners come to potoroo rescue | | | Aug. 25 - Australia's threatened long-nosed potoroo may be making a comeback in southeast Queensland thanks to a collaboration between government and private land-owners. The shy marsupial has been the victim of habitat destruction through land clearing but efforts by farmers are producing signs of recovery. Tara Cleary reports. |
| 'Important time' for Federer | | | Nick Bollettieri previews the men's draw at the US Open and explains why this is a big tournament for Roger Federer. |
| Fruit fly brain map a boon to neuroscience | | | Aug. 29 - Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia have successfully mapped the circuitry in a small region of a fruit fly brain. The researchers, who work at HMMI's Janelia Farms Research Campus, say it is a small but important step toward understanding how the much larger human brain processes information. Rob Muir has more. |
| History as a Guide in Syria | | | Analysts looking for historical parallels to the current situation in Syria say that past military engagements seen as successful have tended to have limited and clear objectives. |
| Amateur videos show Syrian burn victims | | | WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Amateur videos released on a social media website purport to show a number of wounded people in Syria's Urum al-Kubra on August 26, 2013, with severe burns to their bodies. One of the videos shows staff treating a wounded young man lying on a hospital bed as a man off-camera claims this to be the result of a phosphorus attack and calls for God to "avenge Bashar al-Assad," who he says is, "killing innocent people." Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| California wildfire heads deeper into Yosemite, entry road closed | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park, faced with the spread of a massive California wildfire, closed a second key route into the park on Wednesday that could keep some visitors from reaching one of the nation's top outdoor destinations over the Labor Day weekend. |
| Judge U.S. can't deny benefits to lesbian war vet's wife | | | The Department of Veterans Affairs cannot deny benefits to the wife of a lesbian military veteran, a U.S. district judge in California said in a ruling that in part cites this summer's Supreme Court invalidation of a key Defense of Marriage Act section. |
| Rocking Out East | | | The V-Rox festival in Vladivostok, Russia, was billed as the first of its kind in that country. |
| Rally star Loeb's new challenge | | | Sebastien Loeb was a late starter in motorsport, but the French driver is happy to start all over again in his latest challenge after a decade of dominating the rally world. |
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