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Bachman Wins Middle School Geography Bee (East Aurora Advertiser)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:23:18 GMT
East Aurora Middle School fifth-grader Benjamin Bachman was the winner of the school’s 2010 National Geography Bee. The runner-up was Tanner Reese, an eighth-grader.

Joe Dymond: More than geography - a teacher, a mentor (The GW Hatchet)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:42:54 GMT
Geography professor Joe Dymond walks into the room wearing brown corduroys, a horizontally striped sweater and a watch on his left wrist. He quickly pulls down the projection screen, apologizes to the class for being four minutes late and immediately delves into a 100-slide lecture.

Bester Elementary School holds geography bee (The Herald-Mail)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:23:15 GMT
Bester Elementary School held its geography bee Jan. 14.

Teacher turns geography travels into lesson (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:42:30 GMT
Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary sound like names of famous cartoon characters. While they may be well-known names, it is not for talent as animated personalities.

MISC keeps finger in the Middle East pulse (The Malaysian Insider)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:39:49 GMT
DUBAI, Feb 9 — Malaysian shipping company MISC Bhd has established a regional office in Dubai as the company seeks to further boost its role as a leading transportation partner for the Middle East region. MISC president and chief executive, Amir Hamzah Azizan, said the move was based on geography and the company’s long-term business plan for its liner services. It also fits in with MISC’s ...

MISC opens regional office in Dubai (Business Times (Malaysia))
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:34 GMT
DUBAI: Malaysian shipping company MISC Bhd has established a regional office in Dubai as the company seeks to further boost its role as a leading transportation partner for the Middle East region. MISC president and chief executive, Amir Hamzah Azizan, said the move was based on geography and the company's long-term business plan for its liner services. It also fits in with MISC's strategy to ...

Bee winner (The Advertiser-News)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:35 GMT
Alison Masson was the winner of the 2009/2010 National Geographic Geography Bee at the Sussex Middle School and has recently taken the written test to compete at the state level.

Copan School Board elections to be held Tuesday (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:44:31 GMT
School Board elections will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Please get out and vote! Copan elementary held their annual Geography Bee on Jan. 22. Students from grades 4-8 participated.

Steedley mapping out his future (The Salisbury Post)
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:43:05 GMT
By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com That geography degree from Charlotte could come in handy down the road, but East Rowan graduate Spencer Ste ...

UB students help efforts in Haiti (WIVB Buffalo)
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:08:16 GMT
In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort.

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Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel (AP)
APworldTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:23:40 GMT
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's atomic agency Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 that Iran, which is set to start enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File) AP - The head of Iran's atomic agency said the Islamic Republic would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor.
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Reports: Ukraine's Tymoshenko to challenge vote (AP)
APworldTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:09:23 GMT
Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Tymoshenko's impassioned leadership of the 2004 Orange protests against a rigged presidential ballot made her an international celebrity, and she fought hard in recent weeks to rekindle the heady emotions of those days, at one point debating an empty lectern to dramatize her opponent's refusal to meet her head-to-head.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede the presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and plans to legally challenge the results, Ukrainian and Russian media reported Tuesday.
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Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strands 1,500 (AP)
APworldTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:29:21 GMT
AP - At least 28 people are dead and another 1,500 are stranded following multiple avalanches in Afghanistan.
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TV show fined in Australia for killing, eating rat (AP)
APworldTue, 09 Feb 2010 09:56:11 GMT
AP - A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia.
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Iran's uranium enrichment: 'a really bad development' (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy NewspapersworldMon, 08 Feb 2010 23:55:00 GMT
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran. Iran said it has formally notified the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of sanctions against the defiant Islamic republic.(AFP/Atta Kenare) McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Iran told the United Nations' nuclear watchdog Monday that it will begin producing purer uranium, a step that experts said could bring Tehran significantly closer to having the fuel for a nuclear weapon.
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A Year After Fires, Australia Debates What Went Wrong (Time.com)
Time.comworldSun, 07 Feb 2010 16:55:00 GMT
Time.com - On Feb. 7, Australia will mark the one-year anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, the worst natural disaster in the continent's recorded history
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