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Windows Azure challenges Amazon cloud with Windows, Linux, kitchen sink
2013-04-19 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Competition in the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) market ratcheted up a few degrees this week as
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Brazilian slaughterhouses sued for Amazon destruction
2013-04-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Life is about to get a whole lot harder for the slaughterhouses in Brazil who are still tied to a business model based on forest destruction and violation of indigenous and labor rights. IBAMA, the Ministry of Labor, the Federal Public Ministry in the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Rondônia, and the Federal Prosecutor in Amazonas and Rondônia sued 26 slaughterhouses for buying cattle from farms involved in illegalities. The fines for the slaughterhouses total US$ 280 million. Brazilian slaughterhouse...
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Brazil threatens $282m in fines for beef linked to Amazon deforestation
2013-04-18 01:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Federal prosecutors in Brazil are threatening to fine 26 beef producers $282 million for buying cattle raised in illegally deforested areas and on Indian reservations, reports Reuters. The fines are based on Brazilian laws that prohibit beef producers from buying cattle from ranches that rely on slave labor, recently deforested areas in the Amazon, and indigenous reservations. The fines are calculated using the number of animals allegedly raised in illegal conditions. According to prosecutors, the...
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Judge halts military-backed dam assessment in Brazil's Amazon
2013-04-17 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A federal court in Brazil has suspended the use of military and police personnel during technical research on the controversial So Luíz do Tapajós Dam in the Brazilian Amazon. The military and police were brought in to stamp down protests from indigenous people living along the Tapajós River, but the judge decreed that impacted indigenous groups must give free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) before any furter studies can be done on the proposed dam. However, the decision is expected to be appealed....
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Amazon eyes anonymous mobile payments system
2013-04-17 15:34:46| CNET News.com
A freshly-published patent application describes a potential payments system in which buyers don't have to reveal any personal details to the retailer. [Read more]
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