Love from above: Nature serves up a Valentine's treat with heart-shaped landscapes

Love is in the air. And apparently it's all over the Earth, too.

These spectacular aerial pictures show how giant hearts can be seen in the unlikeliest of places.

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Tonight, about 15 minutes after sunset, go outside and look west. You'll find an exquisitely-slender crescent Moon hovering just above the horizon.
Point your finger at the Moon and trace a line down, down, down--voila!

It's Jupiter and Venus.
The two brightest planets are converging for a conjunction deep in the glow of the setting sun.

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When they first took off, the drones were hailed as the latest weapon in the war against crime.

But after police celebrated their first arrest thanks to one of the miniature remote-controlled helicopters, it emerged it was not only a suspected car thief who was potentially breaking the law.

Merseyside Police has been forced to ground its drones for flying them without the appropriate licence.

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Riots came first...

Professor Shaw said: 'It's very chilling when two police officers are at your side with a copy of your book in their hands and one of them says, "I'm very concerned about some of things you wrote".

'If this had been China, that would be one thing. But this is Canada.'

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Seismologists say more, damaging aftershocks are likely and there's even a chance of another large quake following quickly after the initial catastrophe in the capital of 3 million people.

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"Sanctions are a long-term solution. But we see the issue in the shorter term because we are closer to the threat," he said.

U.S. officials said privately that they were unsure of al-Faisal's meaning and that they were certain Saudi Arabia was not opposed to new sanctions.
Asked if the U.S. was planning a military attack on Iran, Clinton said "no."

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