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Pensioner shoots himself at Greek Parliament, refuses to 'search for food in garbage' (PHOTOS)A 77-year-old Greek man has committed suicide in central Athens by the nation’s parliament, shooting himself with a handgun in apparent financial desperation. 1 Friends of Syria undermine peace process - LavrovThe actions of Friends of Syria group of states jeopardize realization of the UN peace plan for Syria, undermining international efforts to end violence in the country, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said. 2 ‘Not a country’: ICC blocks Palestine war crimes probeThe ICC has refused Palestine’s bid for an investigation into the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza strip on the basis that Palestine is not a recognized state. Human rights groups have strongly criticized the move, while Israel has praised it. 3 2,500 US marines in Australia ‘not a military base’The first rotation of about 200 US marines has arrived in Australia on a six-month training deployment. A total of 2,500 troops are expected to arrive over the next few years in Darwin to enhance the US’s military presence in the Asia-Pacific. 4 America’s dangerous game in YemenWashington has ramped up its efforts against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, launching dozens of air attacks targeting the terror group. However it risks getting drawn into another military operation abroad. 5

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16.06.2011, 12:24 2 comments “Skolkovo can be a success, but not a miracle” RT spoke with the Russian-born biophysicist Konstantin Agladze, professor at Kyoto University, who is launching a laboratory in Russia. He shared his impression on the planned boost of research in Russia and the Skolkovo project.		27.05.2011, 16:52 1 comment Mobile gurus to teach business of social networking in Moscow Leading media innovation experts will share their experience and future vision of mobile and social network-oriented businesses with a Russian audience.
06.04.2011, 19:40 11 comments Four-billion-year-old surprise from space A group of NASA scientists have discovered a new mineral of space origin in one of the most historically significant celestial objects – a meteorite found in Antarctica in 1969.		29.03.2011, 13:31 12 comments Bug munches plastic trash, possibly cleaning oceans Nature may have found a way to dispose of the huge amounts of plastic garbage, which has been increasingly accumulating in the oceans. A small bacteria feeding on it has been discovered. This may be a boon or a bane for the aquatic environment.
04.03.2011, 13:23 3 comments New cosmic ray data casts doubt on common theory Scientists studying data gathered by the cosmic ray detector PAMELA say the accepted theory on their origin may need to be corrected or completely eliminated.		18.02.2011, 19:06 11 comments Revolutionary railroad: atomic train being developed in Russia Russian Railways (RZhD) and the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) intend to create a nuclear-powered train, reports Interfax.
26.01.2011, 16:43 1 comment Carnivorous plant doubles as bat hotel A rare meat-eating pitcher plant has re-made its insect traps into night shelters for tiny bats to have their feces as reward.		26.01.2011, 14:43 8 comments Exterminate a species or two, save the planet Biologists have suggested a mathematical model, which will hopefully predict which species need to be eliminated from an unstable ecosystem, and in which order, to help it recover.
18.01.2011, 14:17 5 comments Hottest planet in galaxy spotted The hottest-ever planet found by scientists so far is WASP 33 b orbiting a star some 380 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.		11.01.2011, 10:44 2 comments Space observatory finds smallest exoplanet NASA’s orbital telescope Kepler has found the smallest-ever planet outside of the Solar System.

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