Ambassadors worked Thursday on a revised Syria resolution, as bartering focused on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to step down.
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Diplomats at U.N. Work on Revisions to Syria Resolution
Ryanair reports a net profit of 14.9m euros ($19.6m; £12.5m) in the last three months of 2011, thanks to higher fares and better weather conditions.
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Ryanair reports 14.9m euro profit
For the first time since the Iranian nuclear threat emerged, the conditions for an Israeli assault have been met.
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Will Israel Attack Iran?
If you’re enjoying your Monday morning cup of coffee, take a moment to appreciate it for its deliciousness and the good it may be doing your body. As I wrote in the “ Eat, Drink and Be Healthy ” column a couple of weeks ago, recent research has found that coffee’s potential health benefits may outweigh any health risks it might pose. Coffee consumption may help ward off Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and a score of other conditions. Read full article > >
Volunteers at a medical tent and on a sanitation team are trying to combat the conditions at Zuccotti Park, which have left Occupy Wall Street demonstrators susceptible to viruses.
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For Occupy Wall Street, Health Is a Growing Concern
Company refuses rescue due to weather conditions.
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Stroke Victim Stranded at South Pole
Six birds found dead recently in Southern California’s Tehachapi Mountains were majestic golden eagles. But some bird watchers say that in an area where dozens of wind turbines slice the air they were also sitting ducks. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating to determine what killed the big raptors, and declined to divulge the conditions of the remains. But the likely cause of death is no mystery to wildlife biologists who say they were probably clipped by the blades of some of the 80 wind turbines at the three-year-old Pine Tree Wind Farm Project , operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Read full article > >
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Wind farms under fire for bird kills
El Niño weather conditions cause torrential downpours and crop-killing droughts in the United States, but a study released Wednesday theorizes that this hot-climate cycle can contribute to far deadlier outcomes in parts of the developing world. The study published in the journal Nature said the probability that new civil wars will break out in 90 tropical countries such as Burma and Colombia doubles in years when El Niño Southern Oscillation arms the climate, compared with cooler La Niña years. The study “raises potent questions” about the impact of weather cycles as the climate warms, the authors said. Read full article > >
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Study links El Niño weather events with civil wars in tropical countries
Winter snows piled up on mountain ranges throughout the West will now melt — mildly if weather conditions are just right, catastrophically if they are not.
For a brief moment, December’s WikiLeaks scandal caused us to remember the forgotten Private Bradley Manning who was arrested in June 2010 and to this very day languishes in a perpetually lit white box, forbidden virtually all sentient stimulation or social contact. In February, Manning’s lawyer announced that his client’s condition was “deteriorating” and this past weekend a few small groups gathered to protest the conditions of his confinement. read more
Talks over pay and other conditions between NFL team owners and players have broken down, threatening the 2011 season.
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NFL season in doubt as talks fail
The collection of Proenza Schouler provides the clearest example yet of how to satisfy all the conditions that make for exciting 21st-century fashion.
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New York Fashion Week: Fashion Review: Tech Pushes Tradition Into the 21st Century
It took decades for the conditions for revolt to ripen in Egypt. A range of widely noted books offer clues to the country’s accumulated discontents and thwarted desires.
Study links El Niño weather events with civil wars in tropical countries
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