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    • In this Feb. 29, 2008 file photo, the last element, weighing 100 tonnes, of the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment is lowered into the cave at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland. When launched to great fanfare nearly a year ago, some feared the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole that would destroy the world. The world's largest scientific machine, built at a cost of US dlrs 10 billion, has worked only nine days and has yet to smash an atom. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, said FridayAug. 7, 2009 it will restart the collider in November at half power under pressure from scientists eager to conduct experiments to unlock secrets of the universe. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, FILE)AP - When launched to great fanfare nearly a year ago, some feared the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole that would destroy the world. The world's largest scientific machine, built at a cost of $10 billion, has worked only nine days and has yet to smash an atom.


    Source:CERN: Damaged collider to restart at half energy (AP)

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    • Prime ministers Silvio Berlusconi of Italy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey follow their Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, not pictured, as they arrive for a signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Putin said Thursday a newly signed deal to build a gas pipeline through Turkish waters is vital to European energy security.( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Oil prices traded below $72 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors looked to U.S. monthly employment figures later in the day for signs the economy may be recovering.


    Source:Oil slips below $72 ahead of US unemployment data (AP)

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    • File photo of a nuclear power plant in Qinshan, on the outskirts of Hangzhou in southeast China's Zhejiang province. China's nuclear chief is the latest in a string of high-level officials snared in a crackdown on graft which saw the execution of the former head of the firm that owns Beijing airport.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's top nuclear power official is being investigated for allegedly squandering public funds and accepting bribes valued at up to 1.8 billion yuan (260 million dollars), state press said Friday.


    Source:China nuclear chief in graft probe: report (AFP)

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    • Two unemployed homeless men in Los Angeles. The US budget deficit reached 1.3 trillion dollars for the current fiscal year in July, official data showed, news set to fuel opposition to US President Barack Obama's ambitious health care and climate change proposals.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - The US budget deficit reached 1.3 trillion dollars for the current fiscal year in July, official data showed, news set to fuel opposition to US President Barack Obama's ambitious health care and climate change proposals.


    Source:US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars (AFP)

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    • Oil Minister Murli Deora attends the annual economic editor's conference in New Delhi November 26, 2008. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India will examine a uniform domestic price for natural gas, which is now sold at rates ranging from $1 to $5.73 per million British thermal units (mBtu) depending on source, Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Thursday.


    Source:Govt studying uniform domestic gas price - Deora (Reuters)

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