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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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Indonesian President vows to dedicate himself to forest preservationPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, during the last three years of his presidency, he would dedicate himself to efforts to preserve the country’s forests. |
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Activists worldwide push for leaving the fossil fuel age behind
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California legislature approves shark fin banShark fin soup would be off the menu in California, under a bill headed for the governor's desk following its approval by the state Senate on Tuesday. |
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Peru approves ‘historic’ indigenous rights lawOn Tuesday night, Peru’s Congress unanimously approved a ‘historic’ new law that guarantees indigenous people’s right to free, prior and informed consent to any projects affecting them and their lands. |
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Huntsman calls on US Republicans to accept scienceRepublican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman took a swipe at his rivals and warned his party against rejecting science in an interview that will air Sunday. |
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U.S. Bans Rights Abusers, Strengthens Effort Against AtrocitiesTo help 'ensure that the United States does not become a safe haven for serious violators of human rights,' U.S. President Barack Obama today issued a proclamation barring the entry of individuals said to be involved in systematic violence, war crimes, and other severe rights violations. |
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Fuel efficiency: US and car makers agree to new standardMajor carmakers have agreed new fuel efficiency standards proposed by the Obama administration in an effort to end the dominance of gas guzzlers. |
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Chile Bans Shark Finning: Congress UnanimousIn a move that has made the country a new leader in shark protection, Chile yesterday banned the practice of shark finning from its national waters. |
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Palm oil labeling bill passes in Australia’s SenateA bill recently rejected by the Senate Community Affairs Committee was passed by the Australian Senate. The bill called the Amended Truth in Labeling requires all products containing palm oil to be explicitly labeled as such. The bill was originally the incentive of Independent senator Nick Xenophon, as a means for Australian consumers to be aware of products containing palm oil. |
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Leading world politicians urge ‘paradigm shift’ on drugs policyFormer presidents, prime ministers, eminent economists and leading members of the business community will unite behind a call for a shift in global drug policy. The Global Commission on Drug Policy will host a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York to launch a report that describes the drug war as a failure and calls for a "paradigm shift" in approaching the issue. |
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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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