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(Photo: Creative Commons / ASDFGHJ)Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India
Kunming (pronounced /knm/; Chinese: ; pinyin: Knmng; Wade-Giles: K'un-ming, pronounced [knm]; UN/LOCODE: CNKMG) is a prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province, in southwestern China. Because of its year-round temperate climate, Kunming is often called the "Spring City" or "City of Eternal Spring" ()....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Andre Penner)EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams...Full Story

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Suburban doctor visits Haitian orphanage
| Dr. Mona Khanna, an Oakbrook Terrace physician and Northwestern University journalism graduate, is in Haiti working on relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake there. | Khanna, 44, is working with a team from AMURT, an international volunteer disaster-relief group...Full Story
Ask Tom: your travel dilemmas answered
| Lonely Planet's Tom Hall answers your questions on worldwide travel. This week: is Colombia really a safe destination and can you do Cairo in a day? | for help planning your next trip | Fresh grounds ... a Colombian coffee plantation, near Armenia. The interior has op...Full Story
The ecological case for ebooks
| Should you be getting an e-reader for the planet's sake? I'd always thought not, but a new study has made me think again | A paper mill in Pangkalan Kerinci, Sumatra. Photograph: Sebastien Blanc/AFP | The recent announcement that is further proof (as if any were neede...Full Story
Taipei's elegant new boutique art hotel - Hotel Eclat
| Discreetly located in a quiet part of Taipei’s most fashionable district, Da-An, is Hotel Eclat, an eclectic, elegant new boutique art hotel which is the first new luxury hotel to open in the city for many years. | The French word “Eclat” literally m...Full Story
Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India
| WASHINGTON -- China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas em...Full Story
Seminar on natural resources and environment in October 2010
SOIL, WATER and vegetation are the three basic natural resources. The survival of God’s creation depends upon them and nature has provided them as assets to human beings. The management of natural resources to meet people’s requirements has been practiced si...Full Story
The people's king
| The young Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus rules with heart and humility. | startwo@thestar.com.my | DURING the oil crisis in 1975, the then reigning Norwegian King Olav V, at the grand old age of 80, was photographed paying for a ticket to ride the tram with his ...Full Story
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Wed 10 Mar 2010
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Daily Star Lebanon | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Pete Harrison | Reuters | BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environm...
China and India Join Climate Accord
The New York Times | WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources o...
INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
The Star | OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or bilateral channels, Norway said on Tuesday. People walk on the street with a huge gl...
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Grand Hotels of San Francisco: Fairmont
The Examiner | Majestic San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel has been at the center of history since 1907 courtesy of Fairmont Hotel   Related articles Putting on the ritz in San Francisco's Nob Hill Grand Hotels of San Francisco: The Huntington Time for Tea in Sa...
Vendors in Piura, Peru blame mayor for starting riots which resulted in six deaths
The Examiner | Vendors in Peru are outraged as they believe the mayor brought in pundits to start the violence. Nancy Sathre-Vogel If you like this ... Carnaval de Guaranda concludes with high-energy extravaganza The largest outdoor market in Ecuador: Otavalo A v...
Eastern Oregon’s unique Thomas Condon Paleontology Center
The Examiner | John Day Fossil Beds National Monument signs greet you and welcome families to explore & exercise photo by Dave Sandersfeld If you like this ... Applaud John Day, Oregon politics Digging pacific northwest's past Ontario Oregon's Thundereggs Let's M...
Weekend US film releases: Damon in 'Green Zone,' Stiller in 'Greenberg' and Pattinson in a ...
The Independent | Robert Pattinson takes leave of the vampire world for a tense romantic drama, Damon goes to war, Stiller stars in a dark comedy, plus a couple other comedies. | Green Zone | Starring Matt Damon who worked with director Paul Greengrass in the Bourne...
Reportlinker Adds Global Palm Oil Industry
PR Newswire | NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: | Global Palm Oil Industry | http://www.reportlinker.com/p0181064/Global-Palm-Oil-Industry.html | This report analyzes the...
Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary; Move Boosts Efforts to Give Eight Sharks International Trade Protections at CITES
PR Newswire | WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group, the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark sanctuary free from all shark fish...
Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary; Move Boosts Efforts to Give Eight Sharks International ...
Yahoo Daily News | WASHINGTON, March 9 – WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group, the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark sanctu...
More provinces warned of wildfires
The Saigon Times HCMC – The number of provinces in danger of wildfires in the country has since last week doubled to 22 as scorching heat has shown no signs of abating, according to the Forest Protection Department. | Satellite images last night showed there were 1...
Environment groups sue EU over biofuel documents
m&c | Brussels - A coalition of environmental groups announced Tuesday that they are suing the European Union's executive, the European Commission, alleging that it has refused to hand over documents on the environmental impact of plant-based biofuels. |...
Hailing the arrival of alien predators
BBC News | It has been estimated that to manage Japanese knotweed in the UK, without successful biological control, would leave farmers, gardeners and local councils facing a bill of at least £13.5bn ($20.4bn; 15bn euros) by the end of the century. | Th...
For another view of Australia, explore the rainforests and waterfalls
m&c | Coffs Harbour, Australia - Red earth and the shimmering heat coming off the sandstone cliffs: This is a typical image of Australia. | But 'down under' can also be something quite different - for example, in the northern part of New South Wales. | T...
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