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Posted by Xander in Headlines on 26. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
ontheway
Before Its News
November 26, 2009
What’s worse than getting swine flu? Getting it twice, within two months.
Here’s an update from Recombinomics—the flu blog.
Debra Parsons, a pediatrician at Kid Care West in Cross Lanes, first came down with the virus, complete with all the telltale symptoms, in August.
Her son became ill at the same time with the [...]
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 26. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
Svetlana Kovalyova
Reuters
November 26, 2009
Rising sea levels, ocean warming, cyclones and droughts caused by climate change is set to hit hard food security in the Pacific islands, the United Nations’ food agency said, urging governments to take immediate actions.
Climate change is expected to act as a “threat multiplier” in the Pacific region, home to 14 Pacific [...]
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Ian Woods
Sky News
November 26, 2009
Australian politics is in turmoil because MPs and senators are refusing to back action on global warming – on the eve of the Copenhagen Climate Change summit.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd regularly says his hot, dry country would be among the first, and the worst affected, by rising temperatures.
But he is meeting [...]
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Jonathan Weisman
The Wall Street Journal
November 26, 2009
White House energy and environment czar Carol Browner tried Wednesday to shrug off the swirling controversy over purloined British emails suggesting collusion on the part of climate scientists trying to stoke up fears of global warming. She hadn’t read them, she said, and besides, only a few have come [...]
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The Copenhagen Post
November 26, 2009
Prisons prepare for an influx of detainees during the UN Climate Change Conference happening in two weeks
Overcrowding in the country’s prisons means protestors arrested during the climate conference will be held in uncomfortable conditions.
Climate activists are gearing up for the UN Climate Change Conference in two weeks, but face harsh jail [...]
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JENALIA MORENO
Houston Chronicle
November 26, 2009
Houston is on the world map — the World Bank map, that is.
The city was chosen as the site for a World Bank Group post that will open in January.
The bank provides loans, credits and grants to developing countries for investments in education, health, infrastructure, development and other projects across the [...]