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Support wanes in US Congress for anti-piracy billEight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws, after 'blackout' protests on thousands of internet sites.
"There are better ways to address piracy than to ask US companies to censor the internet. The foreign rogue sites are in it for the money, and we believe the best way to shut them down is to cut off their sources of funding."
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Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for nowThe Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review. |
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Burma joy as freed prisoners head homeWhen Ko Ko Gyi arrived at Rangoon airport the crowd had been waiting several hours and rushed to greet him. Ko Ko Gyi is one of the best known of the 88 generation of student leaders, along with Min Ko Naing, the most famous. |
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Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
via TED Talks |
Fri January 06, 2012 |
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European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off2012 started with some good news. On Sunday, the European Union began charging all airlines flying into and out of Europe for their carbon emissions. Covering a third of all global flights, this new scheme is one of the widest-reaching measures adopted lately by any country or regional bloc to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. |
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No more corporate personhood in LA, UnanimousThanks to ground work by the U.S. Green Party, the wave of Occupy Wall Street empowerment and Human Rights Aler, Los Angeles became the first major U.S. city to vote against corporate personhood and call for a Constitutional Amendment asserting corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights and that money is not free speech. |
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‘The protester’ named Time’s person of year'The protester' was named Time magazine's person of the year Wednesday, a tribute to those bringing change across the Arab world as well as anti-corporate greed demonstrations in the US and Europe. |
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Australian carbon tax passes into lawAustralia's carbon tax has finally received approval from the country's Senate after years of bitter political wrangling. The Australian prime minister Julia Gillard called it one of the most important environmental and economic reforms in Australia's history. |
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Obama Administration bows to pressure, delays tar sands pipelineIn what can only be described as a major victory for green activists, the Obama Administration has announced it will delay a decision on TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline for 12-18 months. |
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Australia Advances Cigarette Bill, Defying Threats From ‘Big Tobacco’
via Voice of America |
Sat November 12, 2011 |
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‘Historic’ deal to halt hazardous waste export to southLeading world economies will no longer be able to export hazardous waste to poorer nations unless they obtain the latter's consent, a spokesman from the UN environment agency said Tuesday. |
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Tunisia counts votes in historic free electionTunisian election officials are counting votes after Sunday's election, the first free poll of the Arab Spring. |
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Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highwayBolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was scrapping a hugely controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests. |
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Colombian president: no oil drilling in award-winning Seaflower marine reserveColombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced over the weekend that there will be no oil exploration in the award-winning Seaflower Biosphere Reserve and Marine Protected Area (MPA). |
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Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers, reports say. |
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World good news
- A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris’ Poorest
- Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
- Swedish Cities Close to Building a Bicycle Superhighway
- Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region
- Support wanes in US Congress for anti-piracy bill
- Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now
- Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia
- Burma joy as freed prisoners head home
- Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin
- Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
- European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off
- MIT to offer free education, online courses to all
- Mayan timekeeper says world WON’T end in 2012… as it’s only a calendar change
- News measure to stop violence against children
- Insecticide-treated bed-nets ‘working’ in fight against malaria
- Egypt court stops virginity tests in military prisons
- No more corporate personhood in LA, Unanimous
- ‘The protester’ named Time’s person of year
- Volcano and cloud forests conserved in Ecuador
- Massive roof farm planned for Berlin
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