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Uttarakhand Forest

Forests Absorb One-Third of Fossil Fuel Emissions: Study

Forests do a much better job absorbing carbon dioxide than scientists thought, a study in the journal Science shows. The world's forests absorb 2.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually -- about one-third of the carbon dioxide released through burning fossil fuels each year.

Debt Deal Likely to Hinge on Tea Party Compromise

President Barack Obama, D-Ill. with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio
Debt deal talks, Day 6: Unless the Tea Party compromises, a U.S. Government default is likely. For many voters, the Tea Party stance appears extreme, irresponsible, even irrational. But for Tea Party supporters, it’s a logical and necessary stance, when any compromise with a Democratic president is viewed as a defeat.
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

McConnell Plan: A Way Out of Debt Deal Crisis?

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he may have a way out of the debt deal crisis -- a sort of last-chance option that would permit President Barack Obama to increase the debt limit, even if Democrats and Republicans can't immediately agree regarding how to cut the budget deficit. But will Conservative Republicans support it?
Heatwave

La Niña Causing Heat Wave, But What is it Exactly?

The heat wave and debilitating drought affecting more than a dozen states has people asking a common question in this season of extreme weather: why? The answer is likely a weather phenomenon called La Niña.
People react as they meet the survivors from the Bulgaria tourist boat, which sank on the Volga river, at the port of Kazan

Nearly 40 Children Die in Russia’s Volga River

Divers searching for victims in a sunken tourist boat in Russia’s Volga River have found approximately 40 children, the highest death toll for children in Russia since a 2004 terrorist attack.

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