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In France, Dam Is the Catalyst for a Flood of Young Peoples Anger
2014-11-01 20:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The protests began a year ago in this quiet corner of southwestern France, as a small and peaceful gathering of hippies, environmental activists and utopians of all types set up tents to oppose the construction of a nearby dam. In August, after local authorities sent diggers and then crushing machines to level the soil and destroy trees, clashes erupted between protesters and the police, turning this vast stretch of woodland into what many here called a war zone. More than a hundred protesters,...
UN report: Climate change has permanently ruined farmland the size of France
2014-10-31 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: There may be those who feel the apocalyptic plot of the new Hollywood film Interstellar seems a bit far-fetched, with humans forced to look for an alternative planet because this world can no longer feed them. But it has been given credence by a new United Nations report that has found that the destruction of the environment has left an area of farmland the size of France useless for growing crops. Batman director Christopher Nolans latest film may ultimately prove implausible Matthew McConaughey...
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Agence France Presse: Thailand to 'allow' second DNA test for British murder accused
2014-10-30 01:52:07| IT Services - Topix.net
Thailand's premier said on October 29 that police will allow two Myanmar men accused of killing a pair of British tourists on a Thai island to have another DNA test, as questions mount over the murder probe. Thai police hailed a breakthrough in their investigation of the double murders after claiming DNA from the accused migrant workers matched samples taken from the body of one of the victims and that the men had confessed.
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Air France results hit by record pilots' strike
2014-10-29 13:50:20| Airlines - Topix.net
Air France on Wednesday said its third quarter results had taken a bashing due to a record pilots' strike, with turnover falling by 416 million euros . The Air France-KLM group, Europe's second-biggest airline, was already in difficulty when the pilots went on strike between September 15 and 28 in protest at the group's plans to expand its low-cost subsidiary Transavia France.
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Pilot strike hits Air France profits
2014-10-29 08:30:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Air France-KLM has said last month's pilots' strike cost it 416m (328m) in lost revenues as it reported operating profit fell by more than half in the three months to the end of October.
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