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First cycling Tour de Congo begins
2013-06-19 17:33:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The first cycling tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo starts, but cyclists will not be riding to the volatile east of the vast country.
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Preserving the Congo basins trees
2013-06-01 14:35:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: A program called REDD could be the fastest, least expensive way to stall global warming. REDD is a scheme that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation by preserving trees. Award-winning correspondent Alex Chadwick and producer Christopher Johnson travel to the Congo Basin to investigate the high stakes of protecting the carbon-rich forest, the wildlife, and people who live there. Transcript ANNOUNCER: Support for Living on Earth comes from the National Science Foundation,...
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Forest certification body revokes Swiss logging company's certificate over alleged Congo abuses
2013-05-22 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a body that certifies forest management practices, has revoked all certificates granted to the Danzer Group, a multinational logging company, over alleged human rights abuses by one of its former subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reports Bloomberg. According to a complaint filed by Greenpeace, the subsidiary, Siforco, provided financial and logistical support to Congolese police and military forces in a May 2011 attack against a community...
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SF Man Accused Of $1.6M Fraud, Claimed To Be Congo President's Son
2013-04-27 02:15:09| Real Estate - Topix.net
A San Francisco man who claimed to be the son of the president of the Congo has been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly bilking a Marin County real estate agent and his girlfriend of $1.6 million.
Chevron subsidiary to perform Moho Nord joint development, offshore Congo
2013-03-26 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Chevron Overseas (Congo), a subsidiary of US-based multinational energy company Chevron, will undertake joint development of the Moho Bilondo "Phase 1 bis" and Moho Nord projects, offshore of the Republic of the Congo.
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