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Kids with claws: Lithuanian woman shelters, cares for three pumas
A female zoo volunteer in Lithuania was not going to let three puma cubs suffer after their mother abandoned them, so she took them home. Four months later, the cubs are eating a lot of chicken and getting along with her shepherd dog.
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Putin and Merkel set for a prickly Russian-German summit?
The Russian and German leaders are set to meet Sunday. But while business between the two nations is good, Germans are concerned over the Kremlin's domestic crackdown.
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Top Picks: Showtime's special on Dick Cheney, Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, and more
Cruisereader.com recommends books, movies and music based on your travel destination, the Oscar-winning short "Paperman" is a charming tale of love and missed connections, and more top picks.
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Sardines in India latest indicator of how your food is on the move
Mumbai’s new sardine bounty is an example of how warmer temperatures may be redrawing the world’s geographic distribution of food with potential implications for what and how we eat.
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Focus A Russian island encircled by Europe: Kaliningrad's dual existence
Once the Prussian city of Königsberg but now separated from the rest of Russia by Lithuania and Poland, Kaliningrad occupies a peculiar space in Europe both geographically and psychologically.
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Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption
In 1992, Rostock was tarnished by the worst racist rioting in Germany since the days of Hitler. But current Rostockers, including African immigrants, are trying to change that.
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Eastern Europeans resourceful in face of record cold snap
Eastern Europe's cold snap has brought temperatures to 100-year lows in some places, but in many places, the buses are still running and people have plenty of canned goods.
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Pakistan cuts supply lines, but US has options
The US military had begun shifting its Afghanistan logistics network away from Pakistan and toward Central Asia even before the latest tensions between Washington and Islamabad.
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Nord Stream pipeline gives Russia edge in European gas wars
Russia's Nord Stream pipeline bypasses Ukraine, which transports about 80 percent of Russian gas exports to Europe, and could give Moscow greater political leverage in dealing with Kiev.
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Estonians commemorate independence to the tune of a 25,000-strong chorus
Estonia's Singing Festival, which happens every five years, has become a symbol of the country's triumph over domination, oppression, and hardship.
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Germany's trouble with abandoning nuclear power
Now that Germany is turning away from nuclear power, it is more reliant on renewable and traditional energy sources – both of which comes with problems of their own.
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Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II
British historian Michael Burleigh offers a sweeping assessment of the ethical dilemmas posed by World War II, faced by everyone from world leaders to soldiers in foxholes.
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Baltic Sea letter in a bottle finally found
Baltic Sea letter in a bottle: A 13-year-old boy found a 24-year-old letter in a bottle on a beach by the Baltic Sea and traced the letter back to it's surprised author.
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Paris airport traffic latest to be snarled by Europe snow
Strikes at a French deicing fluid factory led to a shortage that grounded planes at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport as the rest of Europe's transportation system slowly dug out of snow drifts.
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Belarus risks alienating both Russia, EU in wake of political crackdown
Police in Belarus arrested more than 600 activists protesting Sunday's election that handed President Alexander Lukashenko a fourth term. He told opponents Monday, 'You are messing with the wrong guy.'
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In Pictures: Frozen forms
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 12/02
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In Pictures: European snow storm
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How a jellyfish sneaks up on its prey
The stealthy predator Mnemiopsis leidyi uses tiny hairs to render itself hydrodynamically invisible as it closes in on its next meal.
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Offshore wind farms: How much is renewable energy worth?
Britain unveils the world's largest windmill farm. The windmills cost five times more per megawatt generated than a gas-powered plant, but cost virtually nothing to maintain (in contrast to ongoing gas purchases). When will they pay themselves off? Are there less-quantifiable benefits to renewable energy?
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Gallery: Dead zones
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/23
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Why do so many oil spills happen?
The science and history behind oil spills.
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