China and France signed a bilateral pact to fight against climate change together.
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Archive for the ‘europe’ Category
China and France to work together on climate change
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Swedes fight for topless rights
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Swedish women were fighting for their right to go topless.
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Report: UK media covers climate change better
Thursday, November 15th, 2007It was reported that UK newspapers report on climate change 3 times as much as the US, and they did it more accurately.
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Survey: Pot smokers better
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007A Swiss survey found that teenagers that smoke weed function better than teen tobacco-users, are more socially driven and have fewer psychosocial problems than those who do not use either substance. US doctors disagreed.
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British gov: Burma still holding 2,500 people
Saturday, October 20th, 2007The military regime in Burma is still holding up to 2,500 people in prisons and labour camps around the country, and continues to arrest suspected dissidents, the British government claimed yesterday.
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France: Brace for war with Iran
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007The Foreign Minister of France said the world should brace for a war with Iran.
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British army begins withdrawal from Iraq
Monday, September 3rd, 2007The British Army began withdrawing from its last base in Basra’s city center early Monday, a move that will leave Iraq’s second-largest city without foreign forces for the first time since the American-led invasion in 2003.
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Gaza in fifth day of blackouts
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a fifth day of power blackouts. The power outages began after the European Union suspended its funding of Gaza’s main electricity plant.
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Russia offers pregnancy rewards
Saturday, August 18th, 2007A region in Russia started offering it’s citizens prizes to procreate, such as money, and refrigerators.
[worth it]
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Congress cuts Europe defense budget
Saturday, July 28th, 2007A Congressional committee slashed the funding to Bush’s European missile defense system budget.
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Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch: Closer than you thought
Monday, July 23rd, 2007It was revealed that former Prime Minister Tony Blair talked to Rupert Murdoch alot, especially right before the outbreak of the Iraq war.
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Russia Suspends Arms Agreement Over US Shield
Sunday, July 15th, 2007President Vladimir V. Putin, angered by American plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe, formally notified NATO governments on Saturday that Russia will suspend its obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, a key cold war-era arms limitation agreement.
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Ikea opens ‘alternative hostel’
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Ikea opened the Ikea Hostel in Oslo, where customers can stay overnight if they haven’t finished their shopping.
[comfy]
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British judges to keep wigs
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Judges in Britain decided to keep wearing wigs.
[why not?]
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3 found guilty in London bomb plot
Monday, July 9th, 2007Three men accused of taking part in an extremist Muslim plot to carry out a series of suicide bombings on London’s transport system in July 2005 have been convicted of conspiracy to murder.
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BBC’s Alan Johnston is released
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity.
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Sweden turns illegal booze into alternative fuel source
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Sweden started using confiscated alcohol as biodiesel.
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Blair appointed special envoy for Mid. East
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Tony Blair today was appointed special envoy for the Middle East.
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Scientists: Law abiding majority is a myth
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007More than six out of 10 people in the UK regularly commit crimes against the government, their employers or businesses.
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UK: Intelligent design is religion, not theory
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The UK government announced that “creationism and intelligent design are not part of the science National Curriculum programmes of study and should not be taught as science. ”
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