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CLIMATE CHANGE - A series of reports examining the impact of climate change in 23 countries has been launched on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Durban. South Africa. The reports looke...

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CLIMATE CHANGE - The worlds three biggest polluters - China, the United States and India – have refused to move towards a news legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions, increasing the ri...

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CLIMATE SUMMIT - Emerging economies China, South Africa and Brazil have indicated their openness to legally-binding carbon emission reduction targets from 2020 during the United Nations climate...

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CLIMATE CHANGE - While poor countries are jostling to ensure the lives of their people are protected in a deal on the changing climate being negotiated in Durban, various NGOs, agencies and res...

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HEALTH - The number of people dying from tuberculosis fell to its lowest level in a decade in 2010, but experts warn that a shortfall of US$1 billion for TB programmes in 2012, and the recent c...