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Thaw of polar regions may need new U.N. laws

                   
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07-Sep-2008
        
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By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - A new set of United Nations laws may be needed to regulate new Arctic industries such as shipping and oil exploration as climate change melts the ice around the North Pole, legal experts said on Sunday. They said existing laws governing everything from fish stocks to bio-prospecting by pharmaceutical companies were inadequate for the polar regions,... [read full story]                    

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