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By Björn-Stefan Schmiederer. Thursday, 7. June 2007, 22:50:06
Earthtimes.orgThe year of the elephantEconomist - 1 hour agoFOR anybody who cares about animals, the biggest fixture on the diplomatic calendar is a bunfight that happens every three years to review the working of a convention on the international trade in endangered species, known as CITES.Ill
Philadelphia Daily NewsChina offers a plan in wake of poisoned-food scandalsChristian Science Monitor - 1 hour agoBy Peter Ford | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. Beijing - Battered by a wave of poisoned-food scandals around the world, China this week unveiled a new plan to improv
Earthtimes.orgMugabe Could Lose More HonorsVoice of America - 4 hours agoBy Tendai Maphosa. The University of Edinburgh's decision to strip Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe of an honorary degree could be followed by other universities.$20m Zim spruce-up for 2010 Finance24Beijing growing war
Earthtimes.orgUPDATE 4-G8 revives hopes for UN deal, but goals vagueReuters.uk - 2 hours agoBy Jeff Mason and Alister Doyle. HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 7 (Reuters) - World leaders revived hopes for a long-term UN deal to fight climate change on Thursday but experts branded their targets for cu
Turkish PressItalian, British Police Arrest 4 Tunisian Terror SuspectsVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy Sabina Castelfranco. Italian police in Milan have arrested three Tunisians on suspicion they provided financial and logistical support for a North African Islamic militant group linked to al-Q
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