Cyber summit signs training deal Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT A conference on cyber security ends with a university deal to train a new generation of experts in fighting criminal and terrorist IT attacks.  
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Salmon run helps shape ecosystems Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:51 PM PDT Pacific salmon plays an important role in providing nutrients to part of the world's largest old-growth temperate rainforest, a study shows.  
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Morocco teachers say beaten by police during rally Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PDT RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan police clashed with teachers demonstrating for better benefits Thursday, seriously injuring several people in the capital Rabat, participants said.  
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'Asleep' air controller suspended Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:38 AM PDT US aviation officials suspend an air traffic controller who was unavailable to help two jets land at a busy Washington DC airport.  
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Yemeni President Nears Deal to Resign Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:49 PM PDT Yemen's president and the country's top general are hashing out a settlement in which both would resign within days in favor of a civilian-led transitional government.  
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Records Show Troubled Plants High Rate of Problems Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:29 PM PDT The crippled Japanese power plant at the heart of the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter of a century has a history of mechanical and operational flaws, including a recent incident in which workers used the wrong plans to work on a reactor.  
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Turkey backs NATO command of Libya operations Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:16 PM PDT Foreign minister says command of military operations in Libya will be transferred from US to NATO within a day or two.  
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Tools Suggest Earlier Human Arrival in America Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT Researchers say the tools may be as old as 15,500 years, retiring a hypothesis that the so-called Clovis people arrived first.  
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China Issues Nationwide Restrictions on Smoking Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PDT New regulations set to take effect on May 1 will ban lighting up in hotels, restaurants and other indoor public spaces, but there are considerable loopholes.  
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City Population Barely Grew in the ’00s, Census Finds Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PDT The official number of New Yorkers, 8,175,133, is a census record, but only 166,000 more people than in 2000.  
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Badger cull legal advice sought Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PDT The Badger Trust says it is taking legal advice after assembly members decided to approve an order allowing a badger cull in parts of mid and west Wales.  
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U.S. still sees Libyan handover in days Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's spokesman expressed confidence on Thursday that the United States will be able to hand over control of the Libyan military operation within days.  
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Man 'drugged wife on honeymoon' Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:52 AM PDT A nurse whose estranged husband is accused of trying to murder her slept for 36 hours after having a drink he gave her on their honeymoon, a court hears.  
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Cheating claims hit French chess Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:49 AM PDT The French chess federation suspends three top players for violating sporting ethics at a chess olympiad in Siberia.  
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The Lede: Latest Updates on Libyan War and Mideast Protests Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:32 PM PDT On Thursday, The Lede is following the war in Libya and protest movements across North Africa and the Middle East.  
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China Issues Nationwide Restrictions on Smoking Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PDT New regulations set to take effect on May 1 will ban lighting up in hotels, restaurants and other indoor public spaces, but there are considerable loopholes.  
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BP Russian Arctic venture blocked Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:10 PM PDT Russian shareholders of oil joint venture TNK-BP succeed in blocking BP's Arctic exploration deal with state-owned Rosneft.  
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NATO clinches deal to take over Libya military operations Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:14 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO clinched agreement on Thursday to take over command of all allied military operations in Libya from the United States after days of sometimes heated wrangling with Muslim member Turkey.  
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Egypt protesters' torture claims Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PDT Egypt's authorities are asked to investigate claims women protesters were tortured and forced to take so-called virginity tests.  
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Tax cut 'shouldn't benefit banks' Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:15 AM PDT Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says NI banks should be denied any benefits from potential cuts in corporation tax.  
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