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A NASA image shows Planet Earth in one of the most up-to-date images of the world to date. Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.
AFP - Tuesday, November 24

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday. More »

  • Profile of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, on trial in Phnom Penh for his part in killings during the hardline communist regime 30 years ago.

    KRouge trial prosecutors want Duch jailed

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - Prosecutors called Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial.

  • The KLM airplane which runs on biokerosene is seen at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam. A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.

    KLM flies world's first "passenger flight on biofuel"

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - - A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.

  • Scientists react as they stand in front of a screen at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) control center of the ATLAS detectors during the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva. Two circulating beams produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, three days after it was restarted, scientists announced.

    Success for Large Hadron Collider as first atom smashed

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    GENEVA (AFP) - - Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after its restart, scientists announced.

  • Gold prices soared to a record 1,174 dollars an ounce here on Monday as a sliding US currency and worries about a possible spike to inflation increased demand for the

    Gold hits record high 1,174 dollars

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - Gold prices soared to a record 1,174 dollars an ounce here on Monday as a sliding US currency and worries about a possible spike to inflation increased demand for the "safe-haven" metal, traders said.

  • Backdropped against the horizon of Earth, astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik (centre) are seen during the second space walk on November 21. Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis have ventured into open space on the third and final spacewalk of their mission to maintain and install more high-tech equipment on the International Space Station.

    Atlantis astronauts begin third and last spacewalk

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis ventured into open space early Monday on the third and final spacewalk of their mission to maintain and install more high-tech equipment on the International Space Station.

  • U2 to headline Glastonbury festival

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - Irish rockers U2 will headline Glastonbury Festival next year, making their first appearance at the event as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, organisers said Monday.

  • Backdropped against the horizon of Earth, astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik (centre) are seen during the second space walk on November 21. NASA said astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis began the third and final spacewalk of their mission.

    Atlantis astronauts begin final spacewalk

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis began the third and final spacewalk of their mission aimed at building the International Space Station, NASA reported on Monday.

  • French former co-president of European aerospace group EADS Noel Forgeard (left) arrives at a hearing in Paris. France's markets watchdog have begun hearings into claims 17 current and former EADS aerospace executives made huge profits with inside information about delays in the Airbus A380 project.

    Executives testify in Airbus insider trading probe

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    PARIS (AFP) - - France's markets watchdog began hearings on Monday into claims 17 current and former EADS aerospace executives made huge profits with inside information about delays in the Airbus A380 project.

  • People walk past a shop in central London in October. Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed, but the IMF warned that the recovery was

    OECD area shakes off recession with fragile rebound

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    PARIS (AFP) - - Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed Monday, but the IMF warned that the recovery was "vulnerable" and markets sent a similar message.

  • A handout photo from the Census of Marine Life shows a

    Murky ocean depths hide abundance of life

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Thousands of animal species thrive in the ocean depths beyond the reach of sunlight, between 200 to 5,000 meters below the surface, an international team of scientists has reported after nearly 10 years of research.

  • Labourers work on the main terminal of Berlin's new airport, the Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBI), in June. The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains

    IMF head says world economy 'highly vulnerable'

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn said here on Monday that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains "highly vulnerable."

  • A man checks his laptop in front of a stock index monitor in Taipei. Taiwan plans to restrict Chinese stock investment in strategic sectors, as it seeks to keep control of its economy amid rapidly growing ties with the mainland, local media said Monday.

    Taiwan to curb China investment: report

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan plans to restrict Chinese stock investment in strategic sectors, as it seeks to keep control of its economy amid rapidly growing ties with the mainland, local media said Monday.

  • Swimmer Ryan Lochte poses for photos on the red carpet during the 2009 USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggles Awards on November 22, 2009 at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year at the awards on Sunday.

    Lochte ends Phelps's reign as swimmer of year

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Ryan Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards.

  • British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh, pictured in January 2009, warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

    BA warns cabin crew over strike: report

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LONDON (AFP) - - British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

  • After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

    Harnessing the power of salt, Norway tries osmotic power

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    OSLO (AFP) - - After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

  • People walk through a pedestrian bridge while shopping at stores in a Brooklyn mall in October 2009 in New York City. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has voiced confidence that the US economy will make a strong recovery and poured cold water on talk of dropping the dollar as the key global currency.

    US economy will 'bounce back': Indian PM

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has voiced confidence that the US economy will make a strong recovery and poured cold water on talk of dropping the dollar as the key global currency.

  • The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008. The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.

    Antarctic ice loss vaster, faster than thought: study

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    PARIS (AFP) - - The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.