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First women inducted into the Hockey Hall of FameTorontonian Angela James and American Cammi Granato have become the first two women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, announced the Hall yesterday. The ceremony will take place this November. |
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Penalties promised for illegal wood salesAustralia - AGRICULTURE Minister Tony Burke yesterday promised that the government would make it a criminal offence to sell illegally logged timber. |
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EPA Rejects Claims of Flawed Climate ScienceThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, and threatens human health and the environment. |
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India set to ratify international convention on child labourNew Delhi: Accelerating its fight against child labour, India is now preparing a roadmap for ratification of an international convention that prohibits child labour in hazardous occupations. |
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Obama confirms plan for US troop withdrawal from IraqUS President Barack Obama has confirmed the end of all combat operations in Iraq by 31 August. |
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Greece To Invest 12 Billion Euro In “Green Growth” By 2015Greece said on Wednesday it will invest 12 billion euros ($15.59 billion) on environmental and energy projects over the next five years to boost its ailing economy and create new jobs. |
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Iran ready for nuclear talks without conditions-reportIran is ready to return to negotiations on a nuclear fuel swap without conditions, its envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported. |
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Senate Panel Backs More Electric Cars, SolarMillions of electric-powered vehicles that would slash America's dependence on foreign oil and cut its carbon emissions would be put on the road under legislation approved by a Senate committee on Wednesday. |
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Obama signs historic finance reform billPresident Barack Obama Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping reform of the US finance industry since the 1930s, promising US taxpayers would no longer get the bill for Wall Street excess. |
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U.S. financial overhaul bill clears SenateThe United States Senate has passed sweeping legislation to overhaul financial regulation in that country, moving the administration "a big step forward" in its pledge for economic reform, a top official said Thursday. |
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human rights
- End child labour, Bangladesh court tells government
- Female candidates in upcoming Tanzanian polls to receive UN election training
- Southern Sudan to Purge Child Soldiers From Army
- Ghana strengthens child labour monitoring
- India Rejects Mining Project to Protect Indigenous Tribal Land
- Obama throws support behind controversial Islamic center
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