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Maarten van Aalst, leading climate specialist for the Red Cross and Red Crescent, speaks about how climate change will affect people and assets during the presentation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report at a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in this April 11, 2007 file photo. Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday Nov. 18, 2011 for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" caused by global warming. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)
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The town of Minamisanriku is seen eight months after it was destroyed by the March 11 tsunami, in northeast Japan, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Offensive lineman Kory Lichtensteiger suffered extensive damage to his knee on Oct. 16, 2011, against the Philadelphia Eagles. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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People stand atop the traffic wall as greet people stuck in traffic as a combination of different protest groups converge on the Key Bridge in Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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People stand atop the traffic wall as greet people stuck in traffic as a combination of different protest groups converge on the Key Bridge in Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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People stand atop the traffic wall as greet people stuck in traffic as a combination of different protest groups converge on the Key Bridge in Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown will make his fourth start Saturday against Wake Forest. He has thrown for 490 yards with five touchdowns and four interceptions this season, and also has 387 yards on the ground with three scores. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Former Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu swears in before testifying Nov. 17, 2011, in Washington before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's investigations panel on the department's handling of federal loans to solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu testifies Nov. 17, 2011, in Washington before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's investigations panel on the department's handling of federal loans to solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Beazer Homes is building 36 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Willowsford in Aldie. The Ashford model, with 3,090 square feet, is priced from $589,990.
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Condoleezza Rice and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer are among luminaries who will be attending the three-day Project GoPink conference for Republican women, beginning Thursday. (Photo courtesy Project GoPink)
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Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray speaks to reporters after surveying the damage the Washington National Cathedral sustained from the August 23 earthquake, Washington, DC, Thursday, October 20, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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NASA "We need each other more than ever before," says NASA's Jim Green of the imperiled partnership with the European Space Agency.
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German fashion designer Anke Domaske (right) - with seamstress Tatjana Berthold at their studio in Hanover, Germany - is the designer of an award-winning new textile made entirely from milk that is environmentally friendly and soothing for people with skin allergies. Called "Qmilch," the fabric drapes and folds like silk but can be washed and dried like cotton. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** The Bushehr nuclear power plant, outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, is seen here on Aug. 20, 2010. (Associated Press)
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An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China, works Thursday to create a wreath using blocks of green and crystal clear ice. It's one of the many ice carvings in the "Merry Madagascar" show set to open Friday at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China, works on a wall of crystal clear ice as he and others carve out a huge ice slide, and as others on their team work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this year's “ICE!” show in Oxon Hill on Thursday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China works to create a wreath using blocks of green and crystal clear ice as he and others from his team work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this years ICE! show in Oxon Hill, Md, Thursday, November 9, 2011. 40 men from Harbin, China return here to create a frozen wonderland, complete with an ice slide and characters from the movie. These men are a part of the team which creates the famous Harbin Ice Festival in Harbin, China every year. Some of the sculptures are comprised of colored ice blocks, yielding brilliant tones and deep hues for highlights and accents. Others are illuminated internally by some of the exhibit's 1,400 specially designed LED tube lights, evoking the ice lanterns of old. Others are engineered to support the presence of thousands of visitors over the exhibit's lifespan. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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Artisan ice sculptors from Harbin, China work on the huge ice slide as they work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this years ICE! show in Oxon Hill, Md, Thursday, November 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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Patterns form in the crystal clear blocks of ice, as artisan ice sculptors from Harbin, China work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this years ICE! show in Oxon Hill, Md, Thursday, November 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
