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 | Climate change spurs shipping to steer cleaner course
Deutsche Welle Transporting goods around the world contributes hugely to global carbon emissions. In turn, climate change has thrown global shipping patterns into disarray. The cargo industry is responding by trying... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) | |
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 Stocks follow global rally
Canberra Times Australian stocks closed stronger, pushing above one per cent during the day but eased to around half a per cent higher by the finish. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 28.2 points, or 0.5 per... (photo: WN/Patricia) |
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 Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court
Al Jazeera Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history. The complaint, filed on Friday... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Justin Stumberg) |
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 China angles for Arctic power as ice melts
Al Jazeera Ice is melting away at a record-breaking rate in the Arctic, exposing valuable natural resources and opening up new shipping routes. Measurements taken last August found... (photo: NOAA / Mike Dunn, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences) |
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 US navy launches carrier-borne drone
Al Jazeera A drone the size of a fighter jet has taken off from the deck of an US aircraft carrier for the first time in a test flight that could eventually open the way for... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Tony D. Curtis) |
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 Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years
Jakarta Post The dollar soared above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years Friday, driven by improved U.S. economic figures and Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing that aims... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) |
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 Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise
The New York Times Here are two useful articles assessing the latest thinking on the pace at which Greenland ice loss could raise sea levels and the implications of the recent plateau in... (photo: Creative Commons / Hannes Grobe, AWI) |
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 Libya: Security versus democracy
Al Jazeera Whenever a bomb explodes in Libya, so do the arguments amongst those who profess to be the guardians of democracy despite their differing discourses on what constitutes... (photo: AP / Abdul Majeed Forjani) |
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 STOCKS NEWS MALAYSIA-Affin cuts 2013 palm oil price forecast to 2,600 ringgit
CNBC Affin Investment Bank cut its average selling price forecast on Malaysian crude palm oil this year to 2,600 ringgit per tonne from 2,800 ringgit, citing a sluggish price... (photo: WN / deniseyong) |
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 Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga
Al Jazeera This month, Al Jazeera aired a special four-part series on the hidden history of the western oil giants known as the Seven Sisters, and their role in defining the... (photo: UN / V Bibic) |
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