The Russian Fisheries Institute, whose interest in the Caspian dates back to Soviet times, says that a preliminary examination shows that the seals were suffering from salmonella poisoning and pasteurellosis, both caused by bacteria.

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The rub is that New Mexico is home to many Latinos whose roots in the United States go back since before there was a United States, hundreds of years in some cases.

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As we mentioned earlier, one of the XPS 12's closest competitors is the 13-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, whose screen folds all the way back so that if you're using it in tablet mode, the keyboard remains exposed on the back side.

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Sony has launched a three-part strategy to win back the trust of users whose data was compromised in a hacker intrusion that may have accessed as many as 77 million accounts: Apologize.

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This would be a chilling prospect for the American people whose taxes are currently scheduled to go up on January 1st because of arrangements that were made back in 2001 and 2003 under the Bush tax cuts.

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