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Russian Scientists Reached the Bottom of World's Deepest Lake |
...wards preserving the ecosystem of the lake, which contains nearly 1/5th of the world's fresh water. In 1996 the area around Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, was declared a Unesco World Heritage.
Two major Russian news agencies, Interfax and Itar-Tass, quoted the organizers of the expedition as saying that the two capsules, dubbed Mir I and Mir II, had reached the bottom of Lake Baikal.
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China Denies the Accusations on its Military Build-up |
...rena of maintaining peace and stability.
However, a defense white paper, which was released in December, has picked China's side, stating that PRC spends less per capita on military forces than such major countries like the United Stated, Britain or Russia.
For the diplomatic efforts made to solve the nuclear crisis, Peoples Republic of China was highly appreciated. It is to remind that, during the Beijing talks, the Vi... |
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Fox Interactive Media Purchased Strategic Data Corp. |
...re will be other applications the company will act aggressively.
According to statistical data provided by comScore Media Metrics in December MySpace attracted about 90 millions users worldwide. The majority of users were from the United States. Fox is also the owner of IGN, a video game site, and AmericanIdol.com.
In 2006 Fox Interactive Media signed a deal with number one search engine Google Inc. The deal calls the ... |
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Google's New Purchase Called Adscape |
...y, if the acquisition will take place it will provide a great boost to this market. Today Adscape has two main competitors: Double Fusion and IGA Worldwide. The two have already made their deals with major publishers. One of the moist important Adscape's competitors is Microsoft's Massive Inc. This in-0game ad company was bought by Microsoft Corp. by $ 200 million. It has already made a deal to place its ads in several on... |
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Only 13 % People Have Internet Access |
...Only 13 percent of people on the planet have access to the Internet. This statement was made by the United Nations News Center. The majority of Internet users (90 %) live in industrialized countries. The gap in the field of information technology between the developed countries and those that are in development, is continuously increasing.
In its statement the UN News Center mentioned that most developing countries canno... |
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Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade |
...According to the delayed United States Climate Action Report emissions of gases in the US will grow during the next decade just as much as they did previously.
Despite its negative side this document, developed for the United Nations, shows that the emissions of gases causing global warming grow, but with a slower pace as the economy does. This trend corresponds completely with the goal set by the president 5 years ag... |
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DNA research approaches the origins of human beings |
...John Hopkins University researches emphasizes that a person's DNA holds an enormous amount of information to discover, including the origins of all human beings.
As geographic location once became a major factor to entail differences in genetic record, this study can reveal the unknown realities of human existence.
Admittedly, Africa is the place where all human beings originate; the later distribution of people has an... |
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Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says |
...A recent study on human happiness reveals that our adaptation to major life events is not the only factor to influence our well-being. Those who will have their life run in a more balanced way are predominantly inclined to feel happy long before the fortunate occurrence in their life.
Latest psychological studies have found that the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's l... |
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Search Information Will Go Private |
...rmation Center, thinks that this decision would bring a disaster into Internet.
According to Mr. Rotenberg, the 24 months' period is too long; but because Google is the main search engine for the majority, other search engines could adopt this policy too and produce the same effect as Google will.
On the other hand, Ari Schwartz, deputy director at the Group Center for Democracy and Technology, was more optimistic.... |
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Appointees are said to weaken the tobacco case |
...t case, Mrs. Eubanks reported to the Post.
Sharon Eubanks is a 22-year veteran of the Justice Department, retired in December 2005. She said that her current reports about this case were caused by a major politicization, which was seen last year, when eight U.S. attorneys were fired.... |
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Additional Iraq Funding Bill Approved Today by the U.S. House |
...in the U.S. House approved additional fundings for Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, as well as other projects
The results of the vote was 218-212, where two members of the Republican party joined the majority and 14 Democrats voted against this measure. Thus the measure will be directed to the Senate.
The current law is meant to distribute funds among various projects where the most important are considered: additional I... |
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Google's List of Class-Action Lawsuits |
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Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies |
...action lasted almost 5 months. According to Mr. Sohn, it was rather successful, as it drove many millions of searches and Microsoft didn't pay much for that, relatively much.
Experts think that the major mistake Microsoft makes in trying to attract more visitors to its search engine is that it tries to get all of them at once, rather then waiting for them to come one by one. My personal opinion is that losing the ads, a... |
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Now one blood group fits everyone |
...s. The study conducted by experts from University of Copenhagen published their results in Nature Biotechnology journal, where it is stated that O blood group can be a source for all the other blood types (A, B and AB).
If earlier the mistake of giving wrong blood group could lead to hazardous reactions from the immune system and in severe cases result in death, now all blood groups can be converted into one O group ... |
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One dollar salary for Google's founders |
...07 the owner of MTV, Viacom, announced a lawsuit against Google asking the company to pay $1 billion for "massive intentional copyright infringement."
By receiving their nominal salaries, Google's major trio complemented the list of those executives that linked their income to their companies' performances. Among other executives in this list there are Steve Jobs and Terry Semel, Yahoo's boss.
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