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Warmer air caused ice shelf collapse off Antarctica

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-COMBO PHOTO- Aerial photographs taken in February and March 2002 of parts of the Larsen B shelf in ..

By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Warmer air triggered the collapse of a huge ice shelf off Antarctica in 2002, according to a report on Thursday that may help scientists predict future break-ups around the frozen continent. Antarctica is a key to sea level rise, which threatens coastal areas around the world.. It has enough ice to raise seas by 57 metres (190 feet) if it ever all melted, meaning that even a tiny thaw at the fringes is a concern. …

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Bipasha: Looking good all about health, happiness

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Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Actress Bipasha Basu has been appreciated for her looks in her first Hollywood venture “The Lovers”. And she believes “looking good” is all about health and happiness.

War gives inspiration to Gaza’s artists

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In this Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 photo, Palestinian filmmaker Khalil Mozayen,second right, speaks with a crew member during a rehearsal for his new movie in Gaza City. The themes and reality of war impose themselves on Gaza's small but vibrant arts scene, and the latest war has been a powerful inspiration for its artists in their new work. The 50 days of fighting, which ended with an indefinite truce on Aug. 26, was the deadliest and most ruinous of three such conflicts between Israel and Gaza's Hamas militant rulers since late 2008. More than 2,143 Palestinians were killed and 100,000 left homeless. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian filmmaker Khalil Mozayen’s latest work was already complexly layered — a movie within a movie about a director and screenwriter producing a film about an honor killing in the Gaza Strip.