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IBM and European Union Join to Develop New Collaborative e-Business Model Extending Open Source and Cloud Technologies

*Aims for 40% cost reductions in the design, deployment and management of e-service blends*

HAIFA, Israel – 07 Jul: IBM today announced, in collaboration with the European Union, industry and academia, the launch of a research consortium which aims to help businesses more easily take advantage of Internet-based services – or “e-services” – to create collaborative business operations and achieve shared business goals.

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Amazon.com Books Editors Announce “Best Books of the Year… So Far”

Technology

SEATTLE, Jul 07 – Amazon.com today announced its picks for the annual Best Books of the Year… So Far list (www.amazon.com/bestbooks2010). This midyear retrospective highlights the best books that have been released in 2010 between January and June.

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Obama Earns Four Times More than His Russian Counterpart

General, Politics

US President makes $400,000 a year, which equates about 12 million rubles, or one million rubles a month.

The earnings of Russian top officials pale in comparison.

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Goooal! World Cup of Tech Competitors Score in Warsaw

Technology

*As their favorite soccer teams battle to win the World Cup in South Africa, students from across the globe are in Warsaw, Poland, to find out who will win the World Cup of technology.*

WARSAW, Poland – July 6, 2010 – Just weeks after catching a World Cup soccer game in their home country, two students from South Africa brought 40,000 football fans with them to Warsaw, Poland, for the “World Cup of technology.”

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‘Arctic Climate May be More Sensitive to Warming than Thought’

Environment

A new study shows the Arctic climate system may be more sensitive to greenhouse warming than previously thought, and that current levels of Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide may be high enough to bring about significant, irreversible shifts in Arctic ecosystems.

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Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia

Politics

The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.

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2 new frog species discovered in Panama’s fungal war zone

Nature

Trying to stay ahead of a deadly disease that has wiped out more than 100 species, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute continue to discover new frog species in Panama: Pristimantis educatoris, from Omar Torrijos National Park, and P. adnus from Darien Province near the Colombian border.

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Walnuts: Its Amazing Health Benefits

Health

Health benefits of walnuts have been known since time immemorial. Hippocrates and Avicenna mentioned them in the treatment of various diseases. In addition, the ancients thought that they stimulate mental activity. Anna Protsenko, a nutritionist, told MedPulse.ru.

“Walnuts contain a great deal of minerals,” the expert explains. “They include iron, copper, cobalt, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, and iodine. Many of them are antioxidants.

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