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Help us follow the dirty money, Guinea asks G8
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Guinea, one of Africa's poorest nations despite abundant natural resources, has urged the G8 to back its battle with corruption by helping trace shell companies used to hide crooked deals and track dirty money flows. The resulting...Tags: Metal and Mineral, University of Paris, Mining, Politics, Western Africa
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Why the World Cup cannot save Brazil's tourism industry
ReutersRECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - For football fans flocking to Confederations Cup matches in Brazil's tropical northeast next week, getting tickets to the stadium should be simple - but two in three will not find accommodations in the host city Recife....Tags: Sports, Travel, Politics, Interior Policy, Tourism and Leisure
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More aquatic plants seen as vital to helping Lake Apopka thrive again
Below the surface of the vast waters of Lake Apopka is a landscape akin to a desert. Only a hardy smattering of grasses, lily pads and other native plants cling to 1 percent of its lake bottom. As part of the vast, multimillion-dollar plan to restore...
Tags: Lake Apopka, Apopka, Wildlife, Lakes and Ponds, Winter Garden
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ACAT Global names controller, HR director
CHARLEVOIX -- Advanced Clean Air Technologies Global (ACAT Global) recently named James Lentz as the new controller for the Charlevoix-based company, and Cyndi Noirot as director of human resources. Lentz will be responsible for all accounting...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Western Michigan University, Employment Opportunities, Environmental Issues
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Lawmaker's bill would protect salmon from California sea lions
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., argued in a heated House subcommittee hearing Thursday that stepping up lethal means against predatory California sea lions could protect the Northwest salmon populations. The debate centered on a bill sponsored...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Zoology, John Fleming, Environmental Issues
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Hartford Freezes Registrars' Spending
The Hartford CourantThe city warned its registrars of voters Thursday that they could spend no more money — including funds for payroll — for the remainder of the fiscal year because they are nearly $120,000 over-budget. The city had approved a 2012-13 budget...Tags: Local Government, Primaries, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections
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UPDATE 1-Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
Reuters* Kiribati uninhabitable in 30-60 years: President * Rising sea levels, population boom twin crises for tiny Pacific nation * Family planning viewed with scepticism in deeply religious Pacific * Radical solutions to house population being considered...Tags: Global Change, New Zealand, Bodies of Water, Hospitals and Clinics, Petroleum Industry
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Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
ReutersSOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young...Tags: New Zealand, Global Change, Bodies of Water, Hospitals and Clinics, Petroleum Industry
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Hillary Clinton speaks at Clinton Global conference
The push to create more opportunities for women is the “great unfinished business of this century,” Hillary Clinton said Thursday, telling a Chicago audience that “when women participate in peacemaking and peacekeeping, we are safer...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, Social Media, Environmental Issues
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Missouri lawyer brings nuisance-suit strategy to Pennsylvania fracking case
Six Pennsylvania families who sued Chevron and other companies over hydraulic fracturing-related claims have turned to a Missouri lawyer who has used nuisance allegations to win cases against commercial animal feed operations. The Fayette County...Tags: Litigation, Energy, Breach of Contract, Corporate Crime, Petroleum Industry
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Penn State to host international conference on pollinator health
College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State UniversityWith populations of wild and domesticated pollinators, such as honeybees, in decline, some of the world's foremost scientists in the field will converge on Penn State this summer to discuss the latest research aimed at understanding and overcoming...Tags: Research, Zoology, Ecosystems, North Carolina State University, Science
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South Florida outdoors notebook
Bass tournament: The Everglades Bassmasters of South Florida has a One Largemouth Bass tournament from safe light-noon June 16 out of Lake Ida Park in Delray Beach. Entry fee is $20 per angler. Contact Tony Crowder at 954-254-9072 or tcrowder@yahoo.com....Tags: Aquaculture, Dania Beach, Wildlife, Ceremonies, Delray Beach
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