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High-powered hairdryers under threat
2014-09-01 01:01:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
High-powered hairdryers are on a list of household electrical items the EU is considering banning in an attempt to curb energy consumption.
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Retailers face increasing threat from cybercriminals
2014-08-31 07:04:13| Wireless - Topix.net
Target, eBay , Michaels Stores, Neiman Marcus, P.F. Chang's and SuperValu - the parent of Shoppers Food & Pharmacy .
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Rising sea levels pose salt threat in Vietnam
2014-08-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Straits Times: Pham Thi Ly buys fresh water every 10 days from a well operator in another commune during the dry season. To ensure her children have clean drinking water, she has to buy the bottled stuff. The dry season typically runs for four months and this buying of water puts a dent into whatever she earns from fishing. But Mrs Ly has no choice - there is no fresh water to be had as the groundwater under the Thua Duc Commune in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province has become too salty for daily use. Mr Tran...
QinetiQ Secures Second DSTL Contract to Support Implementing a Systems Approach to Defeat Small Boat Threat
2014-08-29 12:01:00| Naval Technology
QinetiQ has been awarded a contract by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to carry out additional research into generating quality situational awareness to enable the coordination of the defence of a vessel against the surface threa
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Climate change poses growing health threat
2014-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned on Wednesday, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and spread disease. "Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue," said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, head of the climate change team at the World Health Organisation (WHO). The UN agency on Wednesday began a three-day conference at its Geneva base, folding together climate and health issues. The goal is to put health in the...
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