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Climate linked to smaller birds
BBC News | Science & Environment 12/03/2010Songbirds on the US east coast are becoming smaller, a trend thought to be driven by climate changes....
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Italy's Eni wants rival gas pipelines to collaborate
EURACTIV 11/03/2010South Stream and Nabucco, the two competing gas pipeline projects supported by Russia and the EU respectively, should combine efforts in a joint cost-cutting drive, according to Eni, an Italian oil company with a stake in South Stream....
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EU confirms support for bluefin tuna trade ban
EURACTIV 11/03/2010European Union ambassadors agreed to propose protecting bluefin tuna as an endangered species on Wednesday (10 March), a move that would effectively ban international trade in the species....
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Kids do the math, the easy way
EUROPA 11/03/2010If a student ever says mathematics isn't fun, tell them they're wrong. Thanks to the ingenuity of a team of EU-funded researchers, an integrated theoretical framework on the use of digital media has been developed, representing mathematical...
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EU promises 'embarrassment' for countries ducking EU 2020 targets
EURACTIV 11/03/2010The official in charge of Europe's new ten-year economic strategy has said the European Commission will rely on scoreboards and public warnings to embarrass national governments into hitting targets on reform and research investment.&nb...
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UN launches review of criticised climate panel
EURACTIV 11/03/2010UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday (10 March) that a group of national science academies would review UN climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors....
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Yanukovich's ally Azarov to lead new Ukrainian government
EURACTIV 11/03/2010Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich secured a majority coalition in parliament today (11 March), which voted in a new government headed by his ally Mykola Azarov, a former finance minister....
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EU-US relations hurt by French spat over tanker jets
EURACTIV 11/03/2010French Prime Minister François Fillon denounced "serious incompliance" with US competition rules after a European-led consortium was forced to withdraw its bid for a 26-billion contract to build tanker jets, which US rival Boeing ...
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Japan protest over tuna ban plan
BBC News | Science & Environment 11/03/2010Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan. ...
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Half-cock chicken mystery solved
BBC News | Science & Environment 11/03/2010Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female....
