Seeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural ‘insurance policy’

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 File:Svalbard vault mountain cutaway.jpgArtist’s conception of the vault.Image: Global Crop Diversity Trust. File:Svalbard Global Seed Vault main entrance 1.jpgThe entrance to the vault.Image: Global Crop Diversity Trust. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a vault containing millions of seeds from all over the world, saw its first Continue Reading

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Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate

Saturday, January 29, 2011 Public domain image of Jim Hedges from the Partisan Prohibition Historical Society website U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate Jim Hedges of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania took some time to answer a few questions about the Prohibition Party and his 2012 presidential campaign. The Prohibition Party is the Continue Reading

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Residents of Leeds, England neighbourhood plagued with crime ask council for help

Sunday, October 10, 2010 Residents of a Leeds, England neighbourhood have requested help from a council because their neighbourhood is plagued by crime, overcrowding, and community tensions. Hyde Park, Leeds, England, where crime has increased by seven percent over the last year. Residents have written to the council asking for Continue Reading

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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg The ubiquitous plastic bag(Image missing from Commons: image; log) They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should Continue Reading

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