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(Photo: AP / Keystone, Martial Trezzini)Cern's giant collider aims for world record
This May 31, 2007 file photo, shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN (European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Keystone, Martial Trezzini)LHC to shut down for a year to address safety concerns
A view of the magnet core of the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet (CMS, Compact Muon Solenoid) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)'s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator, which is scheduled to be switched on in November, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, March 22, 2007. Some 2,000 scientists from 155 institutes in 36 countries are working together to build the CMS particle detec...Full Story

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Two Large Multinationals Pull Back From Iran
| Royal Dutch Shell and Ingersoll-Rand this week became the latest major corporations to announce that they would cease or cut back business operations in Iran. | The announcements came as the United States and its European allies step up their efforts to win a tough ne...Full Story
Mideast feels 'tricked' by nuclear arms treaty
GENEVA - Middle Eastern countries feel tricked by the 40-year-old nuclear non proliferation treaty, an Egyptian diplomat warned on Wednesday, less than two months before crucial talks on the arms control deal. | Egypt's ambassador to the UN in Geneva and the conference ...Full Story
David Kimche obituary
| Israeli spymaster with a key role in Africa and the Middle East | David Kimche berated Binyamin Netanyahu, left, for slowing the peace process. Photograph: David Rubinger/Getty Images | Known as "the man with the suitcase" and a master of disguise, the Briti...Full Story
A Look at Global Economic Developments
| Filed at 1:52 p.m. ET | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ------ | BEIJING -- China's exports surged in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chines...Full Story
A look at global economic developments
| The Associated Press | The Associated Press | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ,,, | BEIJING , China's exports surged in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials...Full Story
2010 World Cup profile: Switzerland - Soccer - SI.com
YES, I WILL TAKE THE SURVEY | MAYBE LATER | NO THANKS Hot Topics: Copyright © 2010 Time Inc. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. | under which this service is provided to you. Read our . ...Full Story
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Wed 10 Mar 2010
Atom smasher set for high speed bash by early April
Zeenews Geneva: The world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said on Wednesday. | "We hope to have collisions at 7.0 TeV (teraelectronvolts) at the end of Marc...
Egypt says nuclear treaty 'a trick'
Al Jazeera | Middle Eastern countries feel tricked by the 40-year-old nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), an Egyptian diplomat has warned.  | Hisham Badr, Egypt's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, said on Wednesday that there was widespread resentment to...
Large Hadron Collider will finally reach full power in 2013... eight years behind schedule
The Daily Mail | The Large Hadron Collider, which scientists hope will recreate the conditions just moments after the Big Bang, is to shut down for a whole year. | Scientists are set to run the particle-accelerating machine at half power for at least 18 months, sen...
Gaddafi-Switzerland Row Escalates, US Forced To Apologize To Libya Leader
Huffington Post | The U.S. State Department has been drawn into an international dispute between Libya and Switzerland after Muammar Gaddafi demanded an apology for disparaging remarks by a U.S. official. | The disagreement between Libya and Switzerland began in 200...
Commodities Rebound in February Despite Volatile Market Conditions, Demand Expected to Drive Continued Interest in the Space
PR Newswire | Download image | NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Despite recent volatility in global markets, commodities markets continue to react positively to signs of ongoing economic recovery. | (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20...
Czech repair of famed Charles Bridge faces protest
The Boston Globe | PRAGUE-Built like a mighty fortress, Charles Bridge has survived floods and fires over the past 650 years. But conservationists are warning that the storied span linking Prague's two oldest neighborhoods might succumb to a different threat -- renov...
Libya accepts US apology over diplomatic row
Zeenews Tripoli: Libya signaled the end of a diplomatic row with the United States Wednesday, saying it accepted an apology for acerbic comments made by a US official and wanted to deepen relations in all areas. | The Libyan foreign ministry "states that it ...
Cern's giant collider aims for world record
The Guardian | Scientists in Geneva expect to generate beams of particles with three times more energy than previously achieved | The giant machine designed to recreate conditions that existed moments after the big bang will attempt to run with enough energy to b...
Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN
Syracuse | (AP) - GENEVA - Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Wednesday that the strong earthquake in Chile last month will cost the insurance industry $4-7 billion, an estimate shared by its Germany-based rival Munich Re AG. | Swiss Re said it is common practice for...
Czech Repair Of Famed Charles Bridge Faces Protest
WPXI PRAGUE -- Built like a mighty fortress, Charles Bridge has survived floods and fires over the past 650 years. But conservationists are warning that the storied span linking Prague's two oldest neighborhoods might succumb to a different threat -- reno...
Kraft Foods' Greener Offices Show Small Changes Get Big Results
PR Newswire   Buildings, Technology Help Employees Reduce Environmental Impact and Change Behavior | Download image | NORTHFIELD, Ill., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From an early age, most of us learned the value of switching off the lights when leavi...
Sony Music Entertainment and FIFA Announce Superstar Charity Album Around Upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM)
PR Newswire | NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment has begun work on the official music album to be released in conjunction with the upcoming  2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.  | The album will be a charity driv...
UN rights council to slam Swiss minaret ban
Middle East Online GENEVA - Switzerland's Islamophobic ban on the construction of new minarets is to be condemned by the UN Human Rights Council, according to a draft resolution seen Wednesday. | The draft text, put forward by Muslim and African states for consultation...
Scientists Identify Driving Forces in Human Cell Division
redOrbit Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 08:10 CST | If you can imagine identical twin sisters at rest, their breath drawing them subtly together and apart, who somehow latch onto ropes that pull them to opposite sides of the bed—you can imagine what h...
Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN
Houston Chronicle | GENEVA - Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Wednesday that the strong earthquake in Chile last month will cost the insurance industry $4-7 billion, an estimate shared by its Germany-based rival Munich Re AG. | Swiss Re said it is common practice for proper...
Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN
Newsvine | GENEVA — Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Wednesday that the strong earthquake in Chile last month will cost the insurance industry $4-7 billion, an estimate shared by its Germany-based rival Munich Re AG. | Swiss Re said it is common practice for ...
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