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nt.link[0]="http://resourceinvestingnews.com/30776-bgs-supply-risk-list-why-platinum-is-on-it.html";
nt.text[0]="BGS Supply Risk List: Why Platinum Is On It (Resource Investing News)";
nt.title[0]="View article at Resource Investing News";
nt.link[1]="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shock-after-quake-strikes-with-more-tremors-predicted-3001813.html";
nt.text[1]="Shock after quake strikes ... with more tremors predicted (Independent.ie)";
nt.title[1]="View article at Independent.ie";
nt.link[2]="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328493.900-frack-responsibly-and-risks--and-quakes--are-small.html";
nt.text[2]="Frack responsibly and risks - and quakes - are small (New Scientist)";
nt.title[2]="View article at New Scientist";
nt.link[3]="http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/minor-earthquake-recorded-in-donegal-537345.html";
nt.text[3]="Minor earthquake recorded in Donegal (Irish Examiner)";
nt.title[3]="View article at Irish Examiner";
nt.link[4]="http://leapingintosuds.eventbrite.co.uk/?ebtv=F";
nt.text[4]="SOLD OUT Leaping into Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) (Eventbrite)";
nt.title[4]="View article at Eventbrite";
nt.link[5]="http://geovertical.co.uk/2012/01/24/the-church-inside-the-volcano/";
nt.text[5]="The church inside the volcano (Geovertical blog)";
nt.title[5]="View article at Geovertical blog";
nt.link[6]="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/shortcuts/2012/jan/24/seeing-northern-lights-in-britain";
nt.text[6]="Is there still a chance of seeing the northern lights in Britain? (Guardian)";
nt.title[6]="View article at Guardian";
nt.link[7]="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/commodities/9023223/Potash-developer-Sirius-signs-up-Lord-Hutton-to-board.html";
nt.text[7]="Potash developer Sirius signs up Lord Hutton to board (Telegraph)";
nt.title[7]="View article at Telegraph";
nt.link[8]="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9019598/British-scientists-find-lost-Charles-Darwin-fossils.html";
nt.text[8]="British scientists find 'lost' Charles Darwin fossils (Telegraph)";
nt.title[8]="View article at Telegraph";
nt.link[9]="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2087622/Darwins-lost-fossils-Treasure-trove-chance-dusty-cabinet.html";
nt.text[9]="Darwin's lost fossils: Treasures that helped shape theory of evolution found by chance in dusty cabinet (Daily Mail)";
nt.title[9]="View article at Daily Mail";


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