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Australians rally over future of Tasmania forest

2014-06-14 02:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Thousands of Australians rallied Saturday against the proposed logging of protected forests in rugged Tasmania ahead of a UNESCO World Heritage meeting where the issue will be discussed. The conservative government has asked UNESCO to revoke its World Heritage listing for 74,000 hectares (183,000 acres) of forest, claiming it was not pristine, and open it up to the timber industry. The annual World Heritage Committee meeting starts Sunday in Doha, with up to 5,000 people protesting the move...

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Europe's Cab Drivers Rally Against Uber

2014-06-11 21:25:37| TechNewsWorld

Cab drivers throughout Europe clogged city streets as they protested the rise of Uber in their locales. Thousands of drivers blocked roads and participated in rallies to decry the service, which links users to drivers through a smartphone application. Residents in London, Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Milan and Madrid all faced a day when regular cabs were not making pickups due to the drivers' strike.

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Seoul: Stocks rebound, Samsung units rally after profit-taking

2014-06-10 08:05:50| Chemicals - Topix.net

Plans for an initial public offering by Samsung Everland, the group's de facto holding company have been a dominant factor in the South Korean market for days, fuelling rallies in Samsung unit shares before Monday's profit-taking.

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Dow Jones ekes out another record high, inching toward 17,000: Small caps rally

2014-06-10 06:54:05| Food - Topix.net

Tyson Foods won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands Co with an all-cash offer that values the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages at $8.55 billion and would be the biggest deal yet for the global meat business.

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