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This time, it's personal: Government spying hits Google where it hurts
2013-11-08 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Silicon Valley's reaction to Edward Snowden and his leaks about government surveillance has taken on an indignant tone that was previously missing. All it took for the worm to turn was for the snooping to get personal.
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New German government would put moratorium on fracking- party officials
2013-11-08 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to retain a moratorium on fracking for gas and cut incentives for wind power in areas where it is abundant, if they form a new coalition government. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), emerged as the largest force from the September 22 election but they need a partner. They are making progress in talks with the centre-left SPD to form a government...
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INDIA: Government readies support for cotton prices
2013-11-07 15:34:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Indian government is finalising its preparations to intervene in the cotton market as prices begin to touch MSP (minimum support price) levels in some areas.
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Libya warns companies against buying oil, government to stop paying local militias
2013-11-07 09:37:11| IT Services - Topix.net
Libya's militias will no longer receive payments from the government after December 31st unless they enroll in the country's official security forces Libya's government announced Wednesday that it will stop paying armed groups from the 2011 uprisings and urged oil companies not to enter deals with terminals controlled by militia in the east of the ... (more)
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The pollution in China is so bad its keeping government from spying on people
2013-11-06 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Chinese government is trying to keep tabs on its citizens with at least 20 million cameras, installed across the country to watch people`s every move. Only problem with that plan: The smog in many Chinese cities is so thick that it`s keeping government agents from actually seeing what`s going on in front of the cameras` eyes. Quartz reports: [T]he haze is not simply fog, says Yang Aiping, a digital imaging expert Our preliminary research shows that the smog particles are quite different...
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