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• ANSA: Spesa: 4,2 mld tagli, Bondi commissario
• ANSA: Microsoft entra nel mercato tablet
• ANSA: Borsa, Tokyo apre in calo dello 0,95%
• Aljazeera: Obama sees 'clear path' to end Afghan mission
• ANSA: Napolitano: 'Imperativo crescita per i giovani'
• Aljazeera: Bolivia nationalises electrical grid
• Aljazeera: Gay Romney aide quits over sexuality backlash
• Aljazeera: Israel closes file on Gaza family killing
• Financial Times: Tarullo calls for looser liquidity rules
• Financial Times: Chesapeake eyes $14bn disposals
• Huffington Post: George McKenzie Stomps On Hawk, Attacks Animal With Candlestick, Log, Police Claim
• Huffington Post: Jim Stanek, BART Agent, Fired After Giving Unused Tickets To Needy Teen (VIDEO)
• Huffington Post: Plants' Reactions To Climate Change Examined In New Study
• Huffington Post: Connecticut To Become 49th State To Sell Alcohol On Sunday
• Financial Times: Eleven killed in Cairo election clash
• Financial Times: RIM stands by its keyboard phones

ANSA: Spesa: 4,2 mld tagli, Bondi commissario Posted: 30 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT Le decisioni adottate dal Consiglio dei Ministri

ANSA: Microsoft entra nel mercato tablet Posted: 30 Apr 2012 05:35 PM PDT Il colosso dell'informatica investe nell'e-reader Nook

ANSA: Borsa, Tokyo apre in calo dello 0,95% Posted: 30 Apr 2012 06:28 PM PDT Il Nikkei perde 90 punti e scende a quota 9.530 nei primi scambi

Aljazeera: Obama sees 'clear path' to end Afghan mission Posted: 02 May 2012 02:12 AM PDT In surprise Afghanistan visit on anniversary of bin Laden's death, US president says US forces are destroying al-Qaeda.

ANSA: Napolitano: 'Imperativo crescita per i giovani' Posted: 02 May 2012 02:36 AM PDT Fornero: 'Non è un bel Primo Maggio, ora agire' L'Aquila, operaio cade da impalcatura e muore

Aljazeera: Bolivia nationalises electrical grid Posted: 02 May 2012 03:00 AM PDT President Evo Morales announces final push in nationalising power sector by taking over Spanish-owned company.

Aljazeera: Gay Romney aide quits over sexuality backlash Posted: 02 May 2012 04:29 AM PDT Foreign policy aide to US presidential candidate resigns after "hyperpartisan discussion of personal issues".

Aljazeera: Israel closes file on Gaza family killing Posted: 02 May 2012 05:58 AM PDT Military probe into 2009 killing of 21 members of the Samouni family says accusations of war crimes are "groundless".

Financial Times: Tarullo calls for looser liquidity rules Posted: 02 May 2012 06:28 AM PDT The Federal Reserve governor has called for change to international bank liquidity rules, warning they might exacerbate stress and 'liquidity hoarding'

Financial Times: Chesapeake eyes $14bn disposals Posted: 02 May 2012 10:43 AM PDT The natural gas producer told investors it needs to raise funds from asset sales to fund its investment plans

Huffington Post: George McKenzie Stomps On Hawk, Attacks Animal With Candlestick, Log, Police Claim Posted: 02 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT Cops in Springfield, Mass., claim they watched a man surprise-attack a hawk on Tuesday, stomping the bird with his boot and continuing his assault with random objects. At about 7 a.m., police said they slowed their cruiser to take a picture of a hawk feeding on a pigeon near the side of the road, WFSB reported. While they watched, a man came onto the sidewalk and threw a log at the hawk. The officers reported seeing an explosion of feathers. Read More... More on Video

Huffington Post: Jim Stanek, BART Agent, Fired After Giving Unused Tickets To Needy Teen (VIDEO) Posted: 02 May 2012 11:06 AM PDT A BART station agent was fired for giving unused train tickets to a 16-year-old boy in need to help him pay for his commute to school, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Jim Stanek, 66, received a letter from BART informing him of his termination after he was caught supplying the teen with $300 worth of tickets to get to school. (SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO) Read More...

Huffington Post: Plants' Reactions To Climate Change Examined In New Study Posted: 02 May 2012 11:07 AM PDT * Plants flowering 8.5 times faster than predicted * Changes have knock-on effect for food chain, ecosystems By Nina Chestney LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a significant impact on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some breeding, migration and feeding patterns, scientists say. Increased carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels can affect how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and variable rainfall patterns can change their behaviour. "Predicting species' response to climate change is a major challenge in ecology," said researchers at the University of California San Diego and several other U.S. institutions. They said plants had been the focus of study because their response to climate change could affect food chains and ecosystem services such as pollination, nutrient cycles and water supply. The study, published on the Nature website, draws on evidence from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and growing leaves by 4 times. "Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the magnitude of the advance - for both leafing and flowering - that results from temperature increases," the study said. The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said. Plants are essential to life on Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They expel oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism which inhabits the planet. Scientists estimate the world's average temperature has risen by about 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1900, and nearly 0.2 degrees per decade since 1979. So far, efforts to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as sufficient to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2 degrees C this century - a threshold scientists say risks an unstable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels. The study can be viewed at http://www.nature.com/nature (Reporting by Nina Chestney; Editing by Janet Lawrence) Read More... More on Climate Change

Huffington Post: Connecticut To Become 49th State To Sell Alcohol On Sunday Posted: 02 May 2012 11:07 AM PDT By Mary Ellen Godin HARTFORD, Conn, May 1 (Reuters) - Connecticut took a major step toward becoming the 49th state to allow Sunday alcohol sales when the Senate voted on Tuesday to allow liquor stores to sell beer, wine and spirits any day of the week. Governor Dannel Malloy pledged to sign the bill that passed the Senate on a 28-6 vote following similar approval by the House. He said such sales would help Connecticut hang onto dollars that had been flowing on Sundays to neighboring Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York. Malloy's signature will leave Indiana as the only state in the country to ban all alcohol sales on Sunday, said Frank Coleman, spokesman for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. "Our current laws have cost Connecticut businesses millions of dollars as consumers have flocked over our borders in search of more convenient hours and lower prices," Malloy said in a statement. (Writing by Barbara Goldberg; ; Editing by Sandra Maler) Read More... More on Video

Financial Times: Eleven killed in Cairo election clash Posted: 02 May 2012 11:29 AM PDT More than 160 people were injured after thugs, some armed with guns, attacked supporters of Islamist candidate banned from presidential poll

Financial Times: RIM stands by its keyboard phones Posted: 02 May 2012 11:30 AM PDT BlackBerry manufacturer dispels speculation that it may abandon its physical keypad after unveiling a touchscreen prototype phone earlier this week

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