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Daily News Roundup – 25 July 2012

  Europe Recession in UK deepens Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that theUK’s economic output fell by 0.7% in Q2 this year.  This contraction is bigger than expected, and was at...
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WATCH: Holistic Planned Grazing: Is This the Solution to Climate Change?

Burning fossil fuels isn’t the only way to pour carbon into the atmosphere. In this TED talk, Zimbabwean ecologist Allan Savory explains how desertification – the process of land turning into desert – is an equal if not...
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Option 6: Eat Fewer Hamburgers

If you’re looking for a snapshot of where we’re at on climate change, take a look at this helpful and entertaining flowchart by ClimateDesk. Catering for presidents, mad scientists and individuals alike, it presents three s...
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Daily News Roundup – 9 October 2012

  North America US scientists aim to make human sperm from stem cells US researchers say they will redouble their efforts to create human  sperm from stem cells following the success of a Japanese study involving mice.  ...
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Daily News Roundup – 18 July 2012

  Europe Germany ordered to boosts benefits to asylum seekers Germany’s Constitutional Court has ordered the country’s government to pay a 50% rise in benefits to asylum seekers, who have for two decades received less ...
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Daily News Roundup – 27 August 2012

  Europe German leaders dismiss call for Greek euro exit Leading figures in Germany’s centre-right government have criticised a conservative politician for suggesting that Greece will soon have to leave the eurozone.  C...
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Daily News Roundup – 13 November 2012

  Asia North Korea ‘testing at rocket site’ Recent satellite images show that North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket launch site, says the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University in the USA.  The Institu...
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Daily News Roundup – 5 September 2012

  Europe Heathrow row escalates following British cabinet reshuffle London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for the British Government to permanently rule out building a third runway at Heathrow airport, as ministers gave as...
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Daily News Roundup – 30 October 2012

  Africa Somali poet killed by gunmen Popular Somali poet, playwright and songwriter Warsame Shire Awale has been killed in the country’s capital Mogadishu.  He was shot by unknown attackers near his home yesterday evening....
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