EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

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EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

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Scientists to review climate body

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The UN Secretary-General asks the world’s leading science academies to review the UN’s climate science body.

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Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize

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The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

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Ancient eggshell yields its DNA

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The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.

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Mobile phone allows boss to snoop

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Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.

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Facebook calls for ‘iconic games’

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Facebook calls on game designers to make an iconic title, such as Mario or Halo, specifically for the social network.

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File-sharing sanctions ‘unfair’

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Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.

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Ring may be giant ‘impact crater’

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Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.

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Collider to shut for year to fix faults

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The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.

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Third of EU emissions ‘imported’

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Research shows some EU countries “import” about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.

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Facebook death ‘lessons to learn’

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The home secretary says internet safety lessons must be learned after a convicted sex offender contacts and kills a teenager.

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Porn domain name plan resurrected

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A plan to create a net domain for adult content will be revisited three years after it was rejected by net regulators.

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Hard drive evolution could hit XP

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Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users.

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Skynet satellite system extended

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Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

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