India is under pressure to commit to binding targets to reduce its carbon footprint. But with more and more people upgrading from two wheels to four, there is concern about an increase in emissions. The WHO estimates that nearly 120,000 Indians die each year from polluted air, out of two million...
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Modern artists including Tracey Emin have been dealing with the theme of climate change for a special exhibition at London’s Royal Academy. With the science sometimes threatening to overwhelm some members of the public, organisers hope a more artistic approach will help keep visitors sensitive t...
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The land is being eaten away on all sides — by rising sea levels but also because of dams on a river which have changed the flow of fresh water into the lagoon. Authorities have simply given up the fight to save the little that remains. Kopieu Gouganou, Committee for lagoon management sayi...
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A play where both the actors and their audience are patients is being organised at Cuba’s biggest psychiatric hospital… A crazy project for some, but it all makes perfect sense to director Serge Sandor. There are theatre scenes that are extraordinary in this play, scenes of comedy which are real...
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A few thousand people have refused to leave their homes but nature may well decide for them. In another decade, even these vestiges will have completed disappeared and the land they love so much will be swept away by the sea.
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The Afghan government on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama’s new strategy ordering an extra 30,000 troops into the country in a bid to forge a quick end to the war against the Taliban. Kabul has long called for the deployment of more than the 112,000 NATO and US troops currently in Afg...
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"When I used this method, it was against the occupation. I did not use it against a compatriot," Zaidi complained. "I always knew the occupier and his lackeys would stop at nothing to get to me." Following the commotion, the news conference continued with Zaidi taking questions about his famous ...
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US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to "seize the initiative" to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011. His much-anticipated announcement at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, marked his biggest test...
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