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Oct 27 2009

Ecuador wants money not to drill

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The proposal to save Yasuní has been extended, however, time is running out

Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country around $4 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve.

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Nasa ready to launch 'moon rocket'

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The US space agency Nasa is preparing for its first test launch of a new rocket it hopes will take astronauts back to the moon and beyond.

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Web addresses to go multilingual

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Rod Beckstrom said more than 1.6 billion users use language scripts not based on Latin [EPA]
The Internet will be more accessible to non-English speaking users with the introduction of domain names using Asian and Arabic scripts starting next year, a global regulator has said.

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UN nuclear team visits Iran site

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A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog has inspected a controversial Iranian uranium enrichment plant near the town of Qom.