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Antarctic rescue mission: Australian icebreaker forced back by blizzard
2013-12-30 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russian ship trapped for a week with 74 people on board, rescuers said on Monday. The Aurora Australis had to return to open waters about 18 nautical miles from the stranded Akademik Shokalskiy because of poor visibility, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which is co-ordinating the rescue, said. The Australian vessel reached as close as about 10 nautical miles from the trapped ship before turning back....
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Antarctic mission on ice as rescue ship is forced back
2013-12-27 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cape de la Motte, East Antarctica: the Xue Long appeared as a dot on the horizon, against a bright blue sky, to the starboard side of our ice-locked ship just after dinnertime on Friday evening, local time. After two days of intense blizzards, with biting cold that had forced us to spend all our time below decks, the break in the weather and the approaching rescue had put the crew and passengers of the MV Akademik Shokalskiy in good spirits. With temperatures at a pleasantly bearable -1C, some...
Elementary school in unaccredited district in Missouri is forced to close
2013-12-20 20:54:00| American School & University
Bel-Nor Elementary School's 333 students will be absorbed by Normandy district's 2 remaining elementary schools. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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China's largest bitcoin exchange forced to stop accepting deposits
2013-12-18 14:37:13| InfoWorld: Top News
China's recent clampdown on bitcoin appears to be forcing the nation's largest exchange to stop accepting deposits, dealing a major blow to the virtual currency in the nation. The exchange, BTC China, said on Wednesday it could no longer take deposits in Chinese yuan. On the same day, the exchange's third-party payment service notified BTC China that it would stop accepting its customers' deposits.
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HAITI: Factories forced to close amid wage protests
2013-12-17 13:34:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A number of garment factories in Haiti were forced to close last week following protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage.
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