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Emulating the US Opposed by the US
2015-12-14 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The US once led the post-war global effort against hunger and food insecurity, but corporate influence on government trade negotiators now seek to prevent other countries from using some of the very measures it pioneered. Seven decades ago, the US led international initiatives to eradicate hunger. This was the intention of the Roosevelts when they initiated the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as World War Two drew to a close. Three decades later, the same...
The spirits category in 2015 - just-drinks' Review of the Year, Part III
2015-12-14 10:55:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
With 2015 drawing to a close, just-drinks looks back at the stories that have made the headlines across the global drinks industry. Here, deputy editor Lucy Britner picks out the highs and lows for the spirits category.
Bidding war for GE; corporations call the shots
2015-12-13 17:35:47| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
For the past six months, GE has played fawning states against each other over which can offer the sweetest tax breaks and assurances of fiscal stability. The bidding war for the conglomerate is now expected to come down to Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.
The one word that almost sank the climate talks
2015-12-13 07:08:26| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: After years of preparation and two weeks of tireless negotiations, after all the speeches and backroom compromising, one misplaced word brought the momentum toward a historic global deal on climate change to a halt Saturday for at least a few hours. Obama administration lawyers discovered early in the day that the latest draft text had a potentially deal-killing tweak: Deep into the document, in Article 4, was a line declaring that wealthier countries "shall" set economy-wide targets for cutting...
Stranded Auckland school group sleeps in Wellington Airport as AC/DC fans hog all the hotels
2015-12-13 00:08:13| Airlines - Topix.net
A primary school orchestra busked at Wellington Airport after they were forced to sleep there following a Jetstar flight cancellation. Around 50 students from Cornwall Park District School in Auckland, as well as around 20 parents and teachers, were in stranded in Wellington overnight.
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