News tagged with talks
Polluting countries talk climate control in Rome
(AP) -- Climate change talks among some of the world's most polluting nations are continuing for a second day in Rome.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Negotiators debate new climate treaty in Bonn
(AP) -- Top negotiators at United Nations climate talks in Bonn have presented a new draft text to get closer to a possible deal to fight global warming.
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Int'l conference to save forests opens in Oslo
(AP) -- Last December, an international conference on climate change approved global plans prevent deforestation. But those plans have not been implemented, and now a smaller meeting of nations in Oslo will try Thursday ...
May 27, 2010 |
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TED Talks take to TV
Thought-sparking TED talks that have won legions of followers on the Internet are spreading to television stations around the world.
May 06, 2010 |
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Meaningful conversation may be key to happiness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Outgoing, gregarious people who fill their lives with deep, meaningful conversations may have found at least one key to a happier life, suggests research from Washington University in St. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Driver safety Web site from Car Talk, U of Utah
NPR's Car Talk guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, may be a couple of motor mouths, but they always put a lid on using cell phones behind the wheel. The perennial jokesters confirm their serious commitment to addressing ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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British scientist in climate row admits 'awful' emails
A British climate researcher at the centre of a row over global warming science has admitted he wrote some "pretty awful" emails to sceptics when he was refusing their requests for data.
Mar 02, 2010 |
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'Coffee Talk' Disappearing In Native New Yorkers
In the early 1990s, comedian Mike Myers regularly dressed up in a giant wig, gaudy fake nails and gigantic sunglasses to become Linda Richman -- a stereotypical New Yorker who had fits of feeling "verklempt" ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change
(AP) -- Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Developing countries end boycott at climate talks
(AP) -- Poor countries ended a boycott of U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to soften their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts
(AP) -- Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them - or at least cut them in half - by 2050 under ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Climate talks ending with rich-poor rift wide open
Two weeks of crucial UN climate talks were due to conclude Friday after exposing huge rifts between rich and poor nations, just weeks ahead of the deadline for sealing a planet-saving global deal.
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Gmail drops 'beta' label to woo business customers
(AP) -- After more than five years officially in testing mode, Gmail is finally graduating from "beta."
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Last P-I printed, Seattle becomes a journalism lab
(AP) -- Patrick Sheldon has been a loyal reader of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer since 1965, when his dad started buying it because he preferred its sports coverage to that of rival Seattle Times.
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Catalonian researchers design smart room
A room with 85 microphones and eight cameras that act as the eyes and ears of a projected talking head that is capable of recognizing speakers and turning towards their position. The project by these UPC researchers ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 04, 2009 |
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