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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Aluminum</title>
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		<title>A list of UN sanctions approved Thursday against North Korea over its weapons programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — A panel of the U.N. Security Council approved sanctions Thursday against North Korea that include travel bans and asset freezes against five individuals, four companies and one state agency. It also banned sales of two materials used in ballistic missiles.

The panel identified:
—General Bureau of Atomic Energy, based in Pyongyang. North Korea&#8217;s chief .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-list-of-un-sanctions-approved-thursday-against-north-korea-over-its-weapons-programs-111989/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil hovers near $60 in Asia as investors look to company earnings for crude demand signs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered just above $60 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors braced for a slew of company earnings reports next week that will provide clues on the strength of crude demand.

Benchmark crude for August delivery was down 9 cents at $60.32 a barrel by midday Singapore time in electronic trading on .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-hovers-near-60-in-asia-as-investors-look-to-company-earnings-for-crude-demand-signs-105185/">Oil hovers near $60 in Asia as investors look to company earnings for crude demand signs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China says Rio Tinto employees stole state secrets; Chinese steel executive detained</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China has proof four detained employees of miner Rio Tinto Ltd. stole state secrets for foreign countries, the government said Thursday, following their detention amid contentious iron ore price talks.

A foreign ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, confirmed those detained were employees of Rio&#8217;s Shanghai office and included an Australian citizen, Stern Hu.
&#8220;Hu is suspected  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-says-rio-tinto-employees-stole-state-secrets-chinese-steel-executive-detained-104049/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Milky Way&#8217;s &#8220;dark matter&#8221; mystery solved by astrophysicists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A team of astrophysicists has solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way galaxy was evidence of a form of undetectable &#8220;dark matter&#8221; believed to make up much of the mass of the universe.

In two separate scientific papers, the astrophysicists show .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/milky-ways-dark-matter-mystery-solved-by-astrophysicists-103766/">Milky Way&#8217;s &#8220;dark matter&#8221; mystery solved by astrophysicists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Aluminum giant Alcoa reports 2nd-quarter loss but beats expectations, sees some stability</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Lovering</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — In an unofficial opening to the earnings season, Alcoa Inc. reported another quarterly loss but beat Wall Street expectations and said some markets for the metal may be stabilizing.

The aluminum giant&#8217;s loss of $454 million was narrower than analysts expected, and company executives attributed that outcome to recent efforts to slash costs and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aluminum-giant-alcoa-reports-2nd-quarter-loss-but-beats-expectations-sees-some-stability-103735/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Aluminum giant Alcoa reports 2nd-quarter loss but beats expectations, sees some stability</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Alcoa reports 2nd-quarter loss of $454M as global recession continues to hammer demand, prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Lovering</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Alcoa Inc. unofficially opened the earnings season by posting a loss of $454 million, citing continued weak prices and demand for its aluminum products amid the global recession.

But the loss was narrower than expected and the stock moved higher in after-hours trading. Alcoa executives credited the results to the company&#8217;s efforts to slash .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/alcoa-reports-2nd-quarter-loss-of-454m-as-global-recession-continues-to-hammer-demand-prices-103494/">Alcoa reports 2nd-quarter loss of $454M as global recession continues to hammer demand, prices</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New testing facility to improve land mine detection equipment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines.

The unique automated system measures the response of individual electromagnetic induction sensors or arrays of sensors against land mines buried at many possible angles.
Electromagnetic induction sensors work by sending out magnetic .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-testing-facility-to-improve-land-mine-detection-equipment-62371/">Original source &nbsp;: New testing facility to improve land mine detection equipment</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Management 1st-qtr profit falls 36 pct, with trash, recycled business down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Singer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Waste Management Inc., the nation&#8217;s largest garbage collector, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit fell 36 percent as the recession hurt prices of recycled goods and lowered the amount of trash picked up.

The Houston-based company said in February it expected a weak first quarter. With building activity down sharply, construction companies are carting .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/waste-management-1st-qtr-profit-falls-36-pct-with-trash-recycled-business-down-43969/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Waste Management 1st-qtr profit falls 36 pct, with trash, recycled business down</a>.]]></description>
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