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U.N. talks to save nature zero in on historic deal (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Reuters - Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of…

French strike to save ‘birthright’ of privileges (AP)

October 20th, 2010

AP - Battling for benefits is a tradition in the Gilly family, passed from generation to generation — as it is for families across the country. And that goes some…

US in last-ditch attempt to save Mideast talks (AP)

September 28th, 2010

Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of Palestinian militant, Awni Abd Al Hadi, in the family house during his funeral in Al Bureij refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Awni Abd Al Hadi and two other Palestinian militants were killed late Monday in a clash with Israeli soldiers. The Israelis said their forces fired at militants near the border of central Gaza as they were about to launch rockets at Israel. A small, al-Qaida-inspired group claimed responsibility on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Frustrated by a new impasse, the White House sent its Mideast envoy to the region Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the collapse of peace talks over…

Study: To save tigers, protect key breeding areas (AP)

September 14th, 2010

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, tigers recently confiscated from the residence of an Indonesian businessman sit inside a cage at Animal Rescue Center run by Indonesian Forestry Ministry and Animal Sanctuary Trust Indonesia (ASTI) in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP - Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big…

‘Unprecedented’ challenge to save Chilean miners (AP)

August 31st, 2010

In this photo released by Chile's government, men work on a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010.  Thirty-three men stuck far underground are now the longest-trapped miners in recent history as a huge drill begins digging a planned escape route. The miners have been trapped since Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Chilean Government)AP - The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means months of drilling, then a…

Australian PM asks independents to save government (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says no major party has won a majority of parliamentary seats in this weekend’s general elections and that she has started negotiating with independent…

Google scrambles to save Internet license in China (AP)

June 29th, 2010

FILE - In this April 12, 2006 file photo, Chinese poke their heads through a Google logo shortly after Google debuts its Chinese Language brand name in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing. Google Inc. said Tuesday, June 29, 2010, it will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site after Beijing said the company would lose its mainland Internet license if the tactic continued. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - China is threatening to revoke Google’s business license over the company’s decision to redirect Chinese traffic to computers in Hong Kong that are not governed by the communist…

Pope on EU debt crisis: Save human ‘capital’ (AP)

June 12th, 2010

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has some advice for European banking and development officials trying to help the continent get through its economic and financial crisis.

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Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur

June 8th, 2010

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Featuring songs by the iconic John Lennon newly recorded by some of today’s biggest as well as emerging artists, Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur is a major…

D-Day Pointe du Hoc site gets facelift to save it (AP)

June 5th, 2010

A US Air Force plane flies above  the Pointe du Hoc in france, as a giant crane is seen in background, as workers try to reinforce the cliff and the bunker built on it by the nazis,  Saturday June 5, 2010. The cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, the Normandy promontory where the Rangers stared down death, have eroded by 10 meters (33 feet) since June 6, 1944. Today, the job is to strengthen the cliffs, not conquer them, and keep the bunker used by the Nazis as an observation point from falling into the pounding sea.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - The Nazis thought the jagged cliffs were unassailable until the elite U.S. Rangers scaled them in a valiant D-Day assault. Now the rocks are undergoing major surgery to…