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Only Diplomatic Means Are Allowed to Solve the Iranian Nuclear Issue |
 ...ficial meeting, Putin stated that the same diplomatic means should be also used in resolving other conflicts, like the ones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and any other case. According to Mr. Putin the current meeting proved that the governments of the two countries share their views on solving conflicts, including an unacceptable use of force..
Romano Prodi has acknowledged everything said by Mr. Putin, and added that t... |
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World's First Center to Treat Nail Biting Habit |
 ...ities but at the same time it prevents nail biting. In addition it gives nail biting lovers extensive therapy as well as counseling to make the bad habit stop.
Van Abbe stated that the Netherlands currently has about 2 million people who love to bite their nails. According to statistics about 15 percent of adults, 33 percent of children and 45 percent of adolescents have this habit.
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2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing Officially Opened |
 ...ames. The opening took place at the national stadium, dubbed Bird's Nets due to its steel net construction.
The head of the International Olympic Committee, Jacque Rogge, outlined that he hoped the current summer Olympic Games would help create a bilateral understanding between China and the rest of the world.
The weather was expected to be rainy and foggy. The organizers did not manage to clear the smog, despite the a... |
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Georgia Crisis: Genocide or War for Integrity? |
 ...not attack the convoy.
The UN also blamed Russia of not willing to talk to the Georgian president after he called Russian president Dmitry Medvedev but the latter refused to talk. In response the current Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, named Georgia the world record breaker for increasing the military budget, which for the last years went up 30 times. "Now we u... |
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Google's New Purchase Called Adscape |
 ...d by Red Herring, a technology site which cited in a report made on Thursday the sources that are familiar with the matter. However, the spokesman of Google did not leave any comment stating that the current policy of the company is not to respond to "rumor or speculation".
The in-game advertising market is currently on its way up and, as analysts say, if the acquisition will take place it will provide a great boost to... |
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European Union is Angry on Microsoft |
 ... information.
Mr. Todd mentioned that there was not one company that has signed up for Microsoft. This is because it was too expensive.
Neelie Kroes, the European Commission Commissioner, said that currently the EC does not see any significant innovation in Microsoft's protocols. This is why she had to take formal measures in order to be sure that the software corporation complies with its obligations.
Now Microsoft h... |
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Scientific contribution in Iraq war undermined |
 ...st point. This could only be compared with the World War II concentration of researchers. Whereas their participation was acknowledged and more than 100 of Dstl scientists were awarded with medals, a current situation may not have a bright outlook.
There is still a significant difference between what Britain funded in scientific programs for Iraq (0.18 percent of GDP) and the US investments that equal to 0,46 percent o... |
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Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade |
 ...uation with emissions in the US as unacceptable, as the continuous growing of this index is a clear evidence of the global warming risk.
The figures indicated in this year's report show that the current policy of Bush's administration could result in a further growth of greenhouse gases emissions, i.e. an 11% growth from 2002 to 2012. Previous decade showed an 11.6% growth (data provided by the Environmental Protecti... |
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IBM and Cisco: Attempt to Unite the Communication Software Developers |
| ...s and collaboration.
The idea of this project is to provide the developers of different communication services with one single platform, rather then a series of them and from different vendors. The current platform will be based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative), as stated by the representatives of IBM and Cisco. The new offspring of the two companies will be called UC2, which stands for Unified Com... |
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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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Wikipedia to Verify the Contributors' Credentials |
 ...he community would be in charge of checking the documents.
Mr. Wales was quite optimistic in his speech. He said that some of his ideas would be implemented "in a week".
However, Florence Devouard, current head of Wikimedia Foundation, expressed certain doubts about the ideas of her predecessor. The main thing in Wikipedia, according to Mrs. Devouard, is the quality of the provided content and not the quality of the cre... |
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
 ... The warming that takes place on the poles is much different from the warming on the equator. Huge amounts of ice that turn into water will alter the sea level with no way back. The succession of the events may be quite dramatic: the first to be affected will be the wildlife on the North Pole and then humans irrevocably.
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A Trojan-horse strategy selected to fight bacteria |
 ...e and more resistant to antibiotics. The medicine cannot provide an effective drug to kill all the chronic infections occurring in wounds or in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis.
This way the current study is directed at finding a new approach in fighting upper mentioned bacteria; and a result has been already found. This time scientists didn't spend their time finding substances that were capable of defeating a c... |
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Russia questions further existence of the CIS post-soviet organization |
 ...t the term 'post-soviet country' should not be used anymore, and he also implied to a soon decay of the CIS.
He said that there were times when this organization has played a great role, however the current conditions have made this role much smaller. He mentioned the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) in this context and said that it complies with all the conditions of the present political and economical environment... |
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