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Battlefield Earth
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?storyid=4146 By Jamais Cascio Posted January 2008 It may sound like science fiction, but it's only a matter of time before the world's militaries learn to wield the planet itself as a weapon. Preventing global warming ...
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The Climate in Bali and Washington
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Editorial http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/opinion/03mon1.html Published: December 3, 2007 So far, this has been an encouraging year for people who care about global warming. Governors have signed regional agreements to cap ...
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Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
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CELIA W. DUGGER Published: December 2, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/africa/02malawi.html?hp LILONGWE, Malawi — Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine. After a disastrous corn harvest in 2005, almost five million of its 13 million ...
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Stemming the blood behind the diamonds.
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FT REPORT WATCHES & JEWELLERY 2007 By MARIA DOULTON 10 November 2007 Surveys WJC1 Page 18 With a US embargo on Burmese diamonds, horror stories of "dirty gold" and the forthcoming film Blood Diamond , in which stones are the currency of war ...
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Greece and Turkey Open Gas Pipeline
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ANTHEE CARASSAVA Published: November 19, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/europe/19greece.html?ref=world  ;ATHENS Nov. 18 Greeceand Turkey opened a $300 million pipeline on Sunday, creating an energy corridor that connects the rich natural ...
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Brazil Discovers an Oil Field Can Be a Political Tool
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ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Published: November 19, 2007http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/americas/19braziloil.html?ref=w orld RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17 With the price of oil hovering near $100 a barrel, the discovery of the biggest deepwater oil field off the southeastern coast ...
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Nations share blame for Indonesia deforestation
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http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/24351 From: Reuters Published November 9, 2007 08:39 AM JAKARTA (Reuters) Foreign nations share the blame for the destruction of Indonesian forests and should pitch in to help restore them, Vice President ...
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Release- GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK (GEO4)
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http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/ The fourth Global Environment Outlook: environment for development (GEO4) assessment is a comprehensive and authoritative UN report on environment, development and human wellbeing, providing incisive analysis and information for decision making. Released October 25th, 2007 Human ...
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water, climate, population, unep, publicpolicy, resources
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Indonesia Seeks Allies for Pay-for-Forests Plan
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PETER GELLING Published: October 28, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/world/asia/28indo.html?ref=world JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 26 Determined to lead the discussion on climate changeamong developing nations, the Indonesian government spent much of the past week recruiting ...
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Ex-UN Boss Launches Forum for Climate Change Fight
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SWITZERLAND: October 18, 2007 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44881/story.htm GENEVA Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday launched a "Global Humanitarian Forum" which he said would focus on coordinating international efforts ...
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