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ECOLOGY Saviour pest European green crab is one of most hated invasive species. But it has helped save critically damaged Cape Cod marshes in the US by driving down the population of purple marsh crab, a native species that has multiplied out of control.

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ECOLOGY Heat is on

Chinese suplex

Companies that mine rare earth elements, which power mobile phones and car batteries, keenly await the outcome of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Japan in mid-November. The two countries are likely to reach an agreement that would facilitate setting up of a rare earth-processing plant in India by Japanese auto giant Toyota Tsusho. This could open a new business chapter for both the countries.

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HEALTH SCIENCES Diesel fuelling obesity

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Technology Instant repair

Tapping into the source

‘Energy conservation is a moving target’

What is the mandate of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (bee) set up under the Energy Conservation Act? Interviewee:  Ajay Mathur

Timo Makela on E-Waste

Timo Makela, European Commission Director of International Affairs, explains how e-waste is not waste, but an important resource.

The lords voice

Twenty-five-year-old Sacdiyo Sheeq loved listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone. But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, Sheeq has had to give up her favourite pastime. Al Shabaab wants our ringtones to be only a Muslim cleric reading the Hadith or Koranic verse, she told Reuters.

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