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Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic glacier
February 7th, 2012
Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never-before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, according to a source quoted Monday by Ria Novosti, a state-run Russian news agency.
Hundreds Rally Against Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline
February 7th, 2012
More than 600 protesters have taken to the streets of Prince Rupert, B.C., to oppose Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to Kitimat, a port on the northern B.C. coast.
Thousands still in danger from flooding
February 7th, 2012
THOUSANDS of people remain isolated on properties around Wee Waa in northern NSW and residents in the Queensland town of Charleville are not yet out of danger from flooding, as residents of other towns are being allowed to return to evacuated properties on both sides of the border.
The beginning of the end for automobility?
February 6th, 2012
Car travel is becoming a victim of its own success. If we in the West had only kept cars for ourselves, automobility could have survived much longer. But we shared them with the rest of the world, and now car travel is doomed.
Tourists to use cameras to help save Tasmanian devil
February 6th, 2012
Walkers are joining forces with conservationists to help bring the Tasmanian devil back from the brink of extinction. In a unique tourism experiment, guests on guided walks through Tasmania's remote Tarkine rainforest will help scientists track local populations of the Australian island state's most iconic creature.Winds down trees and power lines across city
February 6th, 2012
WINDS of up to 100 kilometres an hour caused injury and widespread damage throughout Melbourne yesterday, with fallen trees crushing cars and downed power lines cutting electricity to homes in the eastern suburbs.
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