Inspired by Jules Verne’s world-famous classic, Ars Electronica, voestalpine and Linz09 are embarking on a round the-world journey on June 17.

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A Journey Around the World

is the title of this globe-spanning expedition underway until Sept 5, 2009.
But this won’t entail any physical travel; the mode of transportation will
be satellite hook-up and fiber optic cable, and the stops along the way
will be 20 locations, each one of which stands for a theme of crucial importance to our future.

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Bhutan’s suicide rate jumps

The BBC reports in a surprising drop in the country’s overall level of happiness — because after all, three suicides in the last week alone aren’t exactly a great indicator of things.

The news service adds: “The country’s main newspaper, Kuensel, says…

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Islampur Clothes Market

The biggest cloth market of Bangladesh is Islampur Cloth Market. This market started from British period with few shops. In Pakistan period this market expended step by step. After independence of Bangladesh this cloth market fully established as the biggest cloth market of the country.

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Bangshal Market

Bangshal is famous for bicycle. From here Bicycle supplied all over the countr. Bicycle spare parts shop also available here. Bike shops especially spare parts of bike shops are available here. This is another famous this of Bangshal. Retail and hole sellers of the country collect bicycle, bicycle spare parts, bikes spare parts from Bangshal Market. There are many importers and some famous electronics brand company’s show-room. Beside these stationary, grocery, vegetable, meat, steel shop, building materials shops are available here.

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China working on the ‘Three Gorges Dam’ of wind power

China’s not quite done with its massive energy building. Beyond the famed Three Gorges Dam and the North-South Water Diversion Scheme, the Middle Kingdom apparently is also working on a ginormous wind farm.

According to an account this past week in…

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Water remains key for African development

It’s no secret that we all need water to drink. It’s also no secret that every country needs water to do business at the most fundamental level.

In fact, a recent piece in Reuters says that agricultural and development-oriented investors could…

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