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Nigerian militants say Shell pipeline destroyed

LAGOS (AFP) - The main militant group in southern Nigeria -- the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger

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FDA issues rules for genetically modified animals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetically engineered animals moved closer to the dinner table on Thursday as the U.S. Food and

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UN chief appoints two new envoys on climate change

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed two new special envoys on climate change, one of

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SKorea to set up first carbon trading company

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will set up its first carbon trading company to help regulate greenhouse gas emissions,

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Global warming unprecedented in 1,300 years

WASHINGTON — A new scientific study adds evidence that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere fluctuated a bit over time,

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World’s Number of starving hits 925 million

GLOBAL numbers afflicted by acute hunger rose from 850 million to 925 million by the start of 2008 because

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Water shortage cripples Palestinian farming

BARDALA, West Bank (Reuters) - In the plains around the village of Bardala, the Israeli-Palestinian tug-of-war over land and

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Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, a researcher

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Canada’s Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away

OTTAWA (AFP) - Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third

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Norway pledges up to US$1B for Amazon preservation

BRASILIA, Brazil - Norway will give Brazil US$1 billion by 2015 to preserve the Amazon rain forest, as long

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