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China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax, ratcheting up global dispute
( 06-Feb-2012 )

BEIJING _ China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change. The charges are aimed at curbing emissions of climate-changing gases but governments including China, t ....
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Forecast for Saudi mall: Snow planned for new Gulf winter 'village'
( 06-Feb-2012 )

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia _ Dubai's famed indoor ski slope is about to get some Gulf competition. Saudi developers say they plan a ``snow village'' inside a new mall in Riyadh. A statement on company websites Monday says the latest snow-in-the-desert attraction will be part of an entertain ....
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Too many kids exposed to secondhand smoke in cars; more restrictions needed, CDC study says
( 06-Feb-2012 )

CHICAGO _ Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In the first national estimate of its kind, a report from government researchers says more than 1 in 5 high school stu ....
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Mexican ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate, first for a major party
( 06-Feb-2012 )

MEXICO CITY _ A major political party in Mexico has chosen a female presidential candidate for the first time, as the ruling party bet that a charismatic former congresswoman will help it erode the lead held by its powerful rival. After easily winning the National Action Party's primary Sunda ....
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Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes central Philippines; kills 5, triggers landslides, tsunami alert
( 06-Feb-2012 )

MANILA, Philippines _ A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least five people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents. At least 29 people were missing. The 6.8-magnitude quake, in a narrow strait just off Negros ....
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Atlantic premiers headed to Atlanta to take part in trade mission
( 06-Feb-2012 )

HALIFAX _ The four Atlantic premiers and more than 20 business leaders head to Atlanta today to start a three-day trade mission David Alward, Darrell Dexter, Kathy Dunderdale and Robert Ghiz will try to enhance existing business ties and drum up new business in the southeastern United States. ....
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Saskatchewan court to rule on labour law challenge launched by union
( 06-Feb-2012 )

REGINA _ A Saskatchewan court will rule today on whether the province's labour laws infringe on the charter rights of workers. The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, representing about two dozen plaintiffs, is challenging the government's essential services legislation and the Trade Union ....
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Putin promises Russia's civil society a greater role in decision making
( 06-Feb-2012 )

MOSCOW _ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for a third term as president, is promising Russians a bigger say in politics. In an article published in the Kommersant daily on Monday, Putin said the government must turn around its institutions to accommodate the increasingly voca ....
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9 more people die of cold in Poland, part of bitter cold snap sweeping across Europe
( 06-Feb-2012 )

WARSAW, Poland _ The Interior Ministry says nine people have died of hypothermia in Poland over the past 24 hours in the cold snap that has swept across Europe. Thousands of Europeans were continuing to dig out from heavy snow that has fallen during a week of bitter cold in which hundreds of peop ....
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Report says 3 more people set themselves on fire in China to protest its Tibet policies
( 05-Feb-2012 )

BEIJING _ Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that already has seen ethnic violence this year, a media report and an activist group said. The report from the U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said Sunday the three ....
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