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Obama to Lay Out U.S. Climate Goals at Copenhagen

At the summit, Obama will propose to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a range of 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020,

Hadley CRU hacked with release of hundreds of docs and emails

I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline.

VIRALS: Thierry Henry's cheating hand suffers at the hands of Internet joke

The world has reacted with revulsion at Thierry Henry's handball that helped France make the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.

Finland: President and prime minister will not cut in H1N1 vaccine line

Both the president Tarja Halonen and prime minister Matti Vanhanen are going to wait for their turn with H1N1 vaccine. Both agree, that political elite has no moral justification to take the vaccine before pregnant, children nor sick personnel.

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Silence Hypponen - Twitter Banned F-Secure's Chief Research Officer

I used it to tell about things I saw while doing computer security research. This turned out to be quite popular. But then, two days ago, I got banned from Twitter.

Bird strike! The moment 200 starlings were sucked into passenger jet engine

'It was like a scene from the Hitchcock movie The Birds. One second all was clear, and the next thing you saw were these birds swarming over the plane,' said an onlooker.

Krugman: "I Was Kind Of Hoping Obama Might Be FDR, But Maybe Not" (VIDEO)

Listen the video to the end and find out, where Krugman thinks you have better chances.

Kalevala's moral guidance

I'm pretty sure, that my translation is anything but good...

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Support for Finnish Operations in Afghanistan Strong Despite Attacks

Fifty-five percent of Finns want the number of Finnish troops in the war-torn country to remain steady, whereas some 20 percent would like to see Finnish soldiers pulled out entirely. [...]

Pictured: Inside the masked ball that turned into an 'orgy' at 17th century

I was very worried for my staff and told them they could go home if they wanted, and two of them, who were only 19 years old, did so. 'I called the police but they said that as it was a private party there was nothing illegal about it.

It is not a crime to ride swimming moose

According to Finnish police, it is not a crime to ride on swimming moose. On the other hand, it may be possible, that moose has been scared. But police does not know, how to interview the moose, which has disappeared in the forest. Watch the moose riding video here.

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Suicide Bomber Targets Finnish Peacekeepers in Afghanistan

A group of six Finnish peacekeepers was driving from Mazar-i-Sharif airport back to base when a vehicle driving towards them. The oncoming vehicle's driver died in the blast.

Russian Human Rights Activist Allowed to Stay in Finland

Maria Kirbasova, an ailing Russian human rights activist, has won her battle to stay in Finland. The Finnish Immigration Service granted her a residence permit earlier this week. The agency's decision overturns an earlier deportation order. [...]

Finland: Police Unearth Last of Ransom Money

Police have found the last of the missing ransom money paid by the Herlin family to Juha Turunen to secure the release of their kidnapped family member.

Finland: Police Investigate Kidnapping Case

Police are investigating the kidnap case of a 26 year-old Helsinki woman, who was found unharmed on Friday. Chief inspector Kari Tolvanen says the motive appears to be money.

Campus Shooter Acted Alone

The Kauhajoki campus shooter Matti Saari planned and carried out last autumn's shooting spree alone, concludes a report by the National Bureau of Investigation.

Pandemic statistics and calculation

According to World Health Organization, Influenza A(H1N1) updates (29. April .2009 to 11. June 2009) there has been 28774 A(H1N1) infections with 144 deaths. During that time the death rate has declined from 3% to 0,5%.

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Israel Develops Military Robot Snake

Israeli defense researchers are working on a robot snake that can sneak through cracks and into buildings to send back sound and video of enemy movements — or even plant explosives.

Nobody wants to loose weight

Now during the recession, you may find out, that you'll have to cut your expenses. You may end up buying less clothes, houses, cars or even sex.

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Finland: Cold weather kills over 40% of young birds

Last days cold weather and rains have done massive destruction with young birds in Finland. Last nights lowest temperature was -4,4C at Alajärvi. Even the birdhouses have lost 40% of the young birds and situation is worse with open nests.

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Girls, Robots And Japan: Spelbots Tie For First In Robocup 2009

According to a Time magazine article, "The Male Minority," women make up almost 60 percent of undergraduate students nationwide. Science, technology and math are one of the few areas where men have superior numbers but the women are winning there too.

Moscow Militia Release Detained Finns

At least three Finns were detained after police in Moscow violently broke up a gay rights demonstration, according to YLE News. Two were released soon afterwards and the third later on Saturday afternoon.

Moscow to turn into Europe's gay capital for Eurovision 2009

Moscow's hosting of Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 will attract thousands of homosexual individuals to Russia from all over Europe.

I came out the closit on newsvine then was rightfully banned

I felt guilty about the deception and two days ago I decided to come clean and write an article to own up to my guilt and to point to the fact that I had not caused any trouble, supplied fairly good articles and had commented sensibly.

Wait, This Maneuver In Top Gun Was Real?

Now, I'm no physics genius (okay, I am, at least when it comes to things that, you know, could actually happen) but when I saw that scene as a 19 year old guy, I broke out laughing.

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