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Pophecy of doom: Global warming will cause widespread conflict
2014-03-18 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Climate change will displace hundreds of millions of people by the end of this century, increasing the risk of violent conflict and wiping trillions of dollars off the global economy, a forthcoming UN report will warn. The second of three publications by the UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be made public at the end of this month, is the most comprehensive investigation into the impact of climate change ever undertaken. A draft of the final version seen by The Independent...
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In potential conflict with U.S. court, California court wants NSA phone records kept
2014-03-11 12:41:12| InfoWorld: Top News
A court in California has prohibited the destruction of phone records collected by the government until further orders, raising a potential conflict with an order last week by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C. Judge Jeffrey S. White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Monday the retention of the call details in two lawsuits that have challenged the U.S. National Security Agency's program for the collection of telephone metadata.
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UKRAINE: Adidas says no impact from Russia conflict in Ukraine
2014-03-06 16:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The CEO of Sporting goods giant Adidas says the company has seen no impact on its operations to date as a result of the escalating political situation in Russia and the Ukraine.
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Brent steadies over easing Ukraine conflict and weak demand
2014-03-06 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Brent futures steadied today as investors were encouraged by the news of easing geopolitical risk over the crisis in Ukraine, accompanied by weaker oil demand from the US, the worlds largest oil consumer.
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The UK government is playing both sides of the climate conflict
2014-03-03 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Most conflicts have their profiteers the black market traders exploiting shortages and arms dealers who play both sides for personal gain. If the latter don't actually create conflict by flooding a region with weapons, they'll readily perpetuate existing conflicts. History's most famous profiteer is probably the fictional, archetypal American capitalist Milo Minderbender, from Joseph Heller's acidic satire on world war two, Catch-22. He strikes deals with the Germans and, in search of financial...
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