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Biodiversity loss is Earth's 'immense and hidden' tragedy, Darwin's 'natural heir' warns

Problem of biodiversity loss has been 'eased off centre stage' by focus on climate change, according to Prof Edward Wilson, the ecologist described as 'Darwin's natural heir' The diversity of life on Earth is undergoing an...

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Climate change denial MEP attacks church

Roger Helmer says Anglican hierarchy has dropped the gospel in favour of 'the new religion of climate alarmism' A Tory MEP has accused the Church of England of having "abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new...

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UN condemns SA vineyard attacks

The UN has condemned attacks against Zimbabweans seeking work in South African vineyards, which it says have driven 3,000 people from their homes. Local farm workers accused the Zimbabweans near Cape Town of stealing their jobs...

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Children's rights 20th anniversary: Amnesty appeal to Albania to stop placing kids in orphanages...

On the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child today (20 November), Amnesty International calls on the Albanian authorities to ensure that children are not placed...

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The Carriage by Air (Revision of Limits of Liability under the Montreal Convention) Order 2009:...

This Order certifies the revised limits of liability established under the Montreal Convention 1999. The revision of the limits was accomplished under Article 24 of that Convention. Article 24 provides that the limits of...

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Fuelling Conflict: The Tar Sands and the Military Industrial Complex

Why the tar sands are important for anti-military campaigning The extraction of dirty oil from the Canadian tar sands is having an immense regional and global environmental impact and driving the planet towards catastrophic...

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Will Sudan's President go to Copenhagen?

If the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen is to be a success the world's rich and developing nations must overcome deep differences. Sudan has a significant role in the pre-Copenhagen diplomacy. Abdalmahmood Mohamed is...

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FAO Joe Blackburn

''What I'd say, I don't mess about with my girls'' When you're born, you're given a name and a football team. You only get to change one. Effort without talent is a depressing situation....but talent without effort is a...

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World › 6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

Saturday 21st November, 05:46 AM JST BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog...

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"Seize opportunity" for children, says UN chief

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday called on the international community to "seize the opportunity and build a world that is fit for children" at a time when children across the globe...

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