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New property curbs spark heated debates

2013-03-04 17:52:41| Real Estate - Topix.net

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock price information at a trading hall in Shanghai, east China, March 4, 2013.

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Manning confesses: I leaked to WikiLeaks to 'spark a debate'

2013-02-28 21:33:42| CNET News.com

Army soldier admits to being WikiLeaks' source for confidential government files and says he hoped leak "might cause society to reconsider" the U.S. government's antiterrorism efforts. [Read more]

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Rise in 1.5 degrees Celsius likely to spark massive greenhouse gas release from permafrost

2013-02-25 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: While nations around the world have committed to keeping temperatures from rising 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial era, new research published in Science suggests that the global climate could hit a tipping point at just 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.5 degrees Fahrenheit). Studying cave stalactites and stalagmites in Siberia, scientists found that at about 1.5 degrees Celsius the Siberian permafrost melts, potentially releasing a greenhouse gas bomb of 1,000 giga-tonnes,...

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