In a remarkable comeback, Dharug now breathes again.

The sounds of a lost language echo across a packed classroom in suburban Sydney as high school children help to revive an ancient part of Australia's rich indigenous culture...

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Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Welcome to E-Cycle Washington!

E-Cycle Washington is a new program that provides responsible recycling of computers, monitors and TVs in our state. As of January 2009, electronics manufacturers in Washington will take responsibility for recycling these products.

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Source: www.ecyclewashington.org

Grim reality tarnishes glitter

Land is often cleared and vegetated areas dug up to create open pit mines in the rushed search for diamond deposits, leaving them unsuitable for other farming activities. Informal mining in hilly areas also leads to erosion – and, in turn, flooding...


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Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Seniors Get Fit, Learn Self-Defense With 'Cane-Fu'

"You don't think about carrying it (a cane) other than for somebody who needs help," said 63-year-old Joan Kirkman, a nurse from Zephyrhills. "But after taking this class, you realize you could do so much more with it."


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Source: www.foxnews.com

Fecal fuel is, if you'll pardon the expression, green:

In addition to being carbon neutral, it emits 78 percent less nitrogen oxide and 98 percent fewer fine particles—two causes of respiratory illnesses—and is 92 percent less noisy. ... "If our entire fleet switched to biomethane, carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by around 30,000 tonnes per year," according to [an Oslo official].


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Source: slate.com

China’s trade with Latin America has grown quickly this decade, making it the region’s second largest trading partner

“This is how the balance of power shifts quietly during times of crisis,” said David Rothkopf, a former Commerce Department official in the Clinton administration. “The loans are an example of the checkbook power in the world moving to new places, with the Chinese becoming more active.”

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Source: www.nytimes.com

Mr Obama said that his draft $3.6tn (£2.5tn) budget, which will be tested in Congress this week, would build a stronger economy.

"We're going to stay with it as long as I'm in this office... Four years from now, I think, hopefully, people will judge that body of work and say: 'This is a big ocean liner. It's not a speedboat. It doesn't turn around immediately. But we're in a better place because of the decisions that we made'."

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Source: news.bbc.co.uk