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![Cooling towers at a coal-fired power plant in the suburbs of Beijing. China. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cooling-towers-at-a-coal-fired-power-plant-in-the-suburbs-of-Beijing.-China.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Cooling towers at a coal-fired power plant in the suburbs of Beijing. China. [AFP]")
![The moon is 37 per cent obscured by the Earth's shadow during the partial lunar eclipse above Sydney on June 4, 2012. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-moon-is-37-per-cent-obscured-by-the-Earths-shadow-during-the-partial-lunar-eclipse-above-Sydney-on-June-4-2012.-AFP-230x105.jpg "The moon is 37 per cent obscured by the Earth's shadow during the partial lunar eclipse above Sydney on June 4, 2012. [AFP]")
![Tunisian protestors shout slogans outside the courthouse where Amina Sboui, the Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen, is being put on trial in Kairouan on May 30, 2013. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tunisian-protestors-shout-slogans-outside-the-courthouse-where-Amina-Sboui-the-Tunisian-member-of-the-Ukrainian-feminist-group-Femen-is-being-put-on-trial-in-Kairouan-on-May-30-2013.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Tunisian protestors shout slogans outside the courthouse where Amina Sboui, the Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen, is being put on trial in Kairouan on May 30, 2013. [AFP]")
![The Yahoo logo is displayed in front of the company's headquarters on July 17, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yahoo-Inc.-AFP-230x105.jpeg "The Yahoo logo is displayed in front of the company's headquarters on July 17, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. [AFP]")
![Foreign labourers work at a construction site in the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 10, 2013. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Foreign-labourers-work-at-a-construction-site-in-the-Saudi-capital-Riyadh-on-April-10-2013.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Foreign labourers work at a construction site in the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 10, 2013. [AFP]")
![TV chef Nigella Lawson during a photocall in Cannes on Oct. 9, 2012. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/TV-chef-Nigella-Lawson-during-a-photocall-in-Cannes-on-Oct.-9-2012.-AFP-230x105.jpg "TV chef Nigella Lawson during a photocall in Cannes on Oct. 9, 2012. [AFP]")
![Houses perch precariously as river banks collapse from the rising waters of a flooded river in the northern state of Uttarakhand, on June 17, 2013. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Houses-perch-precariously-as-river-banks-collapse-from-the-rising-waters-of-a-flooded-river-in-the-northern-state-of-Uttarakhand-on-June-17-2013.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Houses perch precariously as river banks collapse from the rising waters of a flooded river in the northern state of Uttarakhand, on June 17, 2013. [AFP]")
![A woman covers her face as she walks on Tiananmen Square in Beijing in heavily polluted weather on Feb. 28, 2013. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/A-woman-covers-her-face-as-she-walks-on-Tiananmen-Square-in-Beijing-in-heavily-polluted-weather-on-Feb.-28-2013.-AFP-230x105.jpg "A woman covers her face as she walks on Tiananmen Square in Beijing in heavily polluted weather on Feb. 28, 2013. [AFP]")
Ahmadinejad meets successor after election
Iran’s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met his successor Hassan Rowhani on Tuesday for the first time since the moderate conservative was elected, in talks centred on political and economic issues. Rowhani, a 64-year-old cleric who is scheduled to take office on August 3, won an outright victory in Friday’s presidential…
Turks invent new form of ‘standing’ protest to get around ban on gatherings
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as…
China launches national carbon trading program
China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, was set Tuesday to launch its first carbon trading scheme aimed at reducing emissions, state-media said. A platform allowing businesses in the southern city of Shenzhen to trade permits to emit carbon was established on Sunday, with trading due to start on Tuesday, China’s…
Australian researchers map 280 hidden craters on the Moon
Australian scientists Tuesday said they had identified a possible 280 additional craters on the Moon, a finding they said could shed light on the history of the Earth’s natural satellite. By combining gravity and topography data collected by satellites, the scientists from Curtin University in Western Australia were able to…
Femen activists in Tunisia set for appeals hearing on Friday
Three European activists with the women’s topless protest group Femen, jailed for four months for baring their breasts in Tunis, will appeal their sentence on Friday, their lawyer said. “The appeal hearing will take place on June 21,” Souheib Bahri told AFP on Tuesday. The three young women, two French…
Yahoo: U.S. made between 12,000 and 13,000 user data requests
Internet giant Yahoo! said in a letter to users that it has received up to 13,000 requests for information from U.S. law enforcement agencies in a six-month period ending May 31. The letter titled “Our Commitment to Our Users’ Privacy” was posted on the company’s Tumblr page late Monday, and…
Despite unrest, foreign investment in Arab states rises
The flow of foreign direct investment into Arab states, including those hit by uprisings, rose by 9.8 percent last year despite the unrest but remained well below their 2010 level, a report said on Tuesday. Arab states attracted FDI worth $47.1 billion in 2012 compared with $42.9 billion the previous…
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson’s husband cautioned by police
British art collector Charles Saatchi has accepted a police caution for assault following an incident with his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, outside a London restaurant. The Sunday People tabloid showed pictures of Saatchi, a wealthy 70-year-old former advertising executive, with his hand around Lawson’s neck as they sat at…
At least 60 feared dead as monsoon lashes northern India
Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in northern India, leaving at least 60 people feared dead and thousands stranded after the monsoon covered the country ahead of schedule, officials said Tuesday. Authorities have called in military helicopters to try to rescue marooned residents and pilgrims after homes and…
Increased air pollution doubles risk of pregnant women having autistic children
Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas, a US study said. According to experts at Harvard University, the research is the first large national study to examine links…
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