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24.11.2008, 13:14
Consumer confidence in Britain could be crushed by European Union plans to inaugurate a ban on the refunds of damaged items.
04.12.2008, 14:34
Avian mortalities, blights on the landscape and noise pollution are just a few of the negative consequences of supposedly greener energy solutions. Gabrielle Pickard for RT asks if the actions of environmentalists are doing more harm than good in their qu
06.12.2008, 18:08
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The populations of popular farmland birds have plummeted to their lowest ever figures in Britain while at the same time the number of bumble bees is also in decline.
07.12.2008, 23:29
Manchester Prison has initiated a new project to help rehabilitate short-term offenders so they can lead crime-free lives outside of prison.
13.12.2008, 14:05
Kinetic energy from everyday movements like walking and dancing are being turned into electricity in a phenomenon known as “power harvesting”. Using energy provided by humans and turning it into new sources of power may
15.10.2010, 15:40
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What exactly is the Skolkovo innovation center and why is the world watching it so closely? Anatoly Aleksandrov, one of six co-founders of the center and the rector of Bauman University fills RT in with the details.
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18.10.2010, 23:04
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American food policy has resulted in increasing rates of obesity, particularly among lower-class and minority populations.
21.10.2010, 18:36
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Russia is considering becoming the world’s top supplier of fresh water as growing demand turns it into a strategic resource. That is if it can upgrade its own consumption to modern standards.
18.10.2010, 20:36
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Moscow police have received a complaint saying that the international collaborative project Wikipedia contains extremist materials, and are currently working to check it.
24.06.2010, 06:07
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On his first trip to California, Russian President and aficionado of hi-tech products Dmitry Medvedev was promoting Russia as a country whose priority is innovation.
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DNA tests have proved there were mass conversions of faith in Spain over six centuries ago, and that the country now has a prevalent Jewish and Muslim mix.
A Moor is a person from Mauretania, North Africa, one of the Muslim invaders. You are speaking, not of Moors conquering Spain, but of the Spanish Reconquista. These were your mixed-breed Spaniards, with a lot of Visigoth, under Their Most Catholic Majesties, Ferdinand and Isabella. Actually, I'm not surprised at all. I never figured that the mass of peasantry could afford to, would want to, or could imagine leaving "their" ground for a another place. Besides, my grandfather looked like a Moor, and my mother was often mistaken for Jewish in her middle age.