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David Blaine breaks world record for holding one's breath

News – David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a new breath-holding record. Oprah Winfrey, however, was anything but calm.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 30, 2008 07:46pm

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James Reynolds' China

News – The Chinese Communist Party has taken away my opening line. A month or two ago, when I thought about how I'd start this blog, this seemed like the best way to begin: "If you're reading these words, you're not in China." (a nice, pithy start that I was extremely proud of.) At the time, the Chinese government blocked access to this website - it had done so for years, for reasons that were never entirely explained.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 30, 2008 07:26pm

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Zimbabwe recount shows opposition ahead

News – The initial results made public in the days after the March 29 election gave the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) a majority, but the ZEC began recounting 23 voting districts last week after President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party complained of count irregularities.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 10:47am

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Police raid headquarters of opposition in Zimbabwe

News – Truckloads of heavily armed police officers rounded up scores of people at the headquarters of Zimbabwe's main opposition party Friday and descended upon independent monitors who kept watch on the disputed elections last month, opposition officials, witnesses and the police said.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 12:53am

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Beijing to hold talks with Dalai Lama's envoys

News – Under increasing pressure from Europe and elsewhere, the Chinese government announced Friday that it would meet with envoys of the Dalai Lama, an unexpected shift that comes as Tibetan unrest in western China has threatened to cast a pall over the Olympic Games in August.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 12:47am

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Earth Day Roundup: Cool Things You Can Do

News – Perhaps we are a bit blase about Earth Day; certainly most of the Earth Day stuff in the mainstream media is old hat to TreeHugger readers. Other green sites are making a point of ignoring it completely, which is perhaps better than their crapping all over it last year. Perhaps Jasmin is right, that Earth Day is the New Christmas, and that Corporate America has co-opted and monetized it.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 22, 2008 12:54pm

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Brad Pitt-backed initiative produces first house

News – One down, four homes, one 18-unit apartment complex, and one community center to go. Global Green USA's Holy Cross project successfully built its first green single-family home (shown in detail in the video above).

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Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 04:08pm

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Propeller Sustainability Series: "FOOD, Part 3"

News – Let's face it, for most of us trying to change our eating habits is really tough. If you're like me, you cave to the crave, which in my case means beer and chicken skin.

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Submitted and Voted for on March 24, 2008 02:02am

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Propeller Sustainability Series: "FOOD, Part 2"

News – Learn about eating local, and all the benefits that come with it.

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Submitted and Voted for on March 17, 2008 11:35pm

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Propeller Sustainability Series: "FOOD, Part 1"

News – Welcome to the second segment in the Propeller Sustainability Series. For the next few videos we're going to be talking about FOOD.

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Submitted and Voted for on March 04, 2008 04:20am

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Shaman Jones

Music – I use the word "perfect" about once a year. There just isn't that much these days that merits such an august description. For the last four weeks in Los Angeles, however, there has been.

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Submitted and Voted for on February 28, 2008 03:23am

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Serbia recalls ambassador from US

News – Serbia has recalled its ambassador from Washington in protest at US recognition of Kosovo's independence, saying the US has "violated international law".

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Submitted and Voted for on February 18, 2008 07:18pm

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Vote in Pakistan May Not Yield Clear Winner

News – Fearful of violence and deterred by confusion at polling stations, Pakistanis voted Monday in parliamentary elections that may fail to produce a clear winner and could result in protracted post-election political skirmishing.

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Submitted and Voted for on February 18, 2008 09:09am

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Mobile Delivery to Exceed Internet by 2010

Gadgets & Tech – Paris, France (February 7, 2008)--CISAC, the worldwide organization of copyright societies, has issued the key findings of a study on new business scenarios in the digital economy. It expects that, driven by the hypergrowth of audiovisual content delivery, especially in Southeast Asia and Latin America, mobile delivery will exceed traditional online delivery by 2010.

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Submitted and Voted for on February 07, 2008 01:32pm

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Benazir Bhutto Assassinated: US May Intervene In Investigation

News – Mr. Musharraf and his supporters in the Bush administration, meanwhile, were coming under increasing pressure, inside and outside Pakistan, to open up the inquiry. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, said Friday that the United States should call for an independent investigation.

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