Aston Martin is a name that needs very little introduction. It is a brand that has always stood for high performance sports cars designed and produced by skilled craftsmen. The British automaker has recently brought to light its intent to be known for not only offering a lavish sports car, but a fuel efficient one as well. The new city cars will focus on the duties of transportation and not just getting from zero to 60 as quickly as possible. Originally, Aston Martin was known primarily in the racing circles. By the time the 1920′s had rolled around, the brand had made its first [...]

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US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton warned Beijing that its alleged attack on Google would have “consequences” and compared China’s current censorship of the internet to the days of eastern European communism and the Berlin Wall. In turn Chinese government officials criticised Mrs Clinton this week, accusing America of “information imperialism” in its critique of the country’s online restrictions to information. State-sponsored news The Chinese state-sponsored English-language newspaper the Global Times, said in a recent report that information from the [...]

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China has launched a stinging attack on the US, after Hilary Clinton criticised the country for its apparent censoring of the internet. Clinton, who is the US Secretary of State, spoke yesterday about China’s web habits and called for restrictions it has put on the internet in the country to be lifted. Respect the facts China has responded with its Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ma Zhaoxu, calling Clinton’s remarks as “information imperialism” and announced that the US should “respect the facts” and cease the “groundless accusations against China”. The [...]

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A recent study by the National Audubon Society has found that bird populations — even those of common, robust species such as grackles — have fallen drastically over the past 40 years. The populations of whiporwills and bobwhites have fallen by well over 80 percent, a drop so great that these once-common birds are now seldom seen or heard in the eastern US. Deforestation is partly to blame, as well as global warming, which appears to be affecting arctic birds especially hard. Because cold-climate birds must migrate farther north each year to reach their shrinking habitat, they rarely [...]

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