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Cubans now allowed to buy new cars

2014-01-03 18:38:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Cuba lifts restrictions on people buying foreign-made new and used cars for the first time since the revolution in 1959.

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Global public water alliance must not be allowed to evaporate

2013-12-30 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Over the past 30 years, there has been an almost religious commitment to the privatisation of water on the part of the World Bank, international donors, and many UN agencies. Millions are spent each year by these institutions on pro-privatisation conferences, workshops and publications, not to mention loans and grants to make it happen. It is refreshing, therefore, to know that there is at least one UN institution committed to improving public water provision. Founded by UN-Habitat in 2009, the...

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Should Fresh Beef From Brazil Be Allowed In The U.S.?

2013-12-26 20:17:26| Beef

Last week, USDA announced it plans to allow the importation of fresh Brazilian beef into the U.S. Currently, only thermally processed (cooked) beef from Brazil is allowed in the U.S. due to longstanding concerns about foot-and-mouth disease. This week’s online poll question is: “Should fresh beef from Brazil be allowed into the U.S.?” Leave your thoughts in the comments section after voting. Yes. If we want free trade, we need to abide by trade rules. No. Its too risky. Dont know.

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Fracking Could Be Allowed under Homes in Britain w/out Owners' Knowledge

2013-12-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Fracking could take place under thousands of homes without their owners' knowledge after ministers said companies would no longer have to notify people directly about potential gas drilling in their areas. Nick Boles, the planning minister, said the law would be changed to allow gas companies to put in fracking applications without sending out letters to tell people about possible drilling beneath their properties. Instead, companies will be required to publish a notice in a local newspaper and...

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