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File photo of a journalist testing the the new iPhone 5S Touch ID fingerprint recognition feature in Beijing
A journalist tests the the new iPhone 5S Touch ID fingerprint recognition feature at Apple Inc's announcement event in Beijing in this September 11, 2013 file photo. Hackers the world over are raring to put the fingerprint-reader on the new iPhone 5S that comes out Friday, betting they can slip past the layers of protection that Aple Inc has erected around the device's most-publicized high-tech feature. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files (CHINA - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
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Journalists arrive at a mock-up of a container in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne
Journalists arrive at a mock-up of a container in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne, Western Switzerland, September 19, 2013. The Mont Terri Project, run by the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo), is an international research project on the hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characterisation of a clay formation (Opalinus Clay). Clay formations are being considered in various countries for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and is the only host rock being proposed in Switzerland. The rock laboratory is dedicated solely to research, as such no radioactive waste is disposed here. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
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Leuin of NAGRA gives details to journalists in front of the entrance tunnel of a full scale storage experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne
Olivier Leupin of National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA) (R) gives details to journalists in front of the entrance tunnel of a full scale storage experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne, western Switzerland, September 19, 2013. The Mont Terri Project, run by the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo), is an international research project on the hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characterisation of a clay formation (Opalinus Clay). Clay formations are being considered in various countries for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and is the only host rock being proposed in Switzerland. The rock laboratory is dedicated solely to research, as such no radioactive waste is disposed here. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
A journalist takes a picture of the entrance tunnel of a full scale storage experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne
A journalist takes a picture of the entrance tunnel of a full scale storage experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne, Western Switzerland, September 19, 2013. The Mont Terri Project, run by the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo), is an international research project on the hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characterisation of a clay formation (Opalinus Clay). Clay formations are being considered in various countries for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and is the only host rock being proposed in Switzerland. The rock laboratory is dedicated solely to research, as such no radioactive waste is disposed here. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
A journalist walks in the entrance tunnel of a full scale storage experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne
A journalist walks in the entrance tunnel of a full scale storage experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne, western Switzerland, September 19, 2013. The Mont Terri Project, run by the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo), is an international research project on the hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characterisation of a clay formation (Opalinus Clay). Clay formations are being considered in various countries for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and is the only host rock being proposed in Switzerland. The rock laboratory is dedicated solely to research, as such no radioactive waste is disposed here. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)