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Giant Hogweed

2013-02-01 22:42:56| PortlandOnline

Liberian Farmers Take on Indonesian Palm Oil Giant

2013-01-25 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Liberian farmers who survived a 15-year civil war are now fighting lucrative property deals with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil companies that threaten the land they live on, if not their sacred burial sites. Thirty hours by car from the capital Monrovia, the green and yellow flag of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), an Indonesian palm oil giant, floats over deforested hills in Sinoe County, southern Liberia. Local farmer Benedict Smarts looked at the scene, and said, "We are not against development,...

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'Giant' Irish turbines to power UK

2013-01-24 07:01:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

UK and Irish ministers will today sign an agreement that could see some of the world's largest wind turbines built across the Irish midlands.

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2013 Giant Award winners to be honored as leaders in Grand Rapids

2013-01-20 12:43:20| Furniture - Topix.net

Grand Rapids Community College will honor influential leaders in the black community at its annual Giants Awards program scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan.

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