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Barroso considers ban on speculation with sovereign debt
EURACTIV 10/03/2010The European Commission said on 9 March it will consider banning 'naked' selling of derivatives contracts and Greece said curbs on speculators would be examined by the G20 powers....
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EU comes up with exit strategy for climate talks
EURACTIV 10/03/2010The EU's new commissioner for climate action wants Europe to continue leading global negotiations and pursue deeper emission cuts, even if the current pledge of 20% reductions by 2020 was not matched by other developed countries. ...
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China promises 'national treatment' for foreign firms
EURACTIV 10/03/2010Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has committed Beijing to treating foreign companies equally to local firms, much to the relief of EU business leaders, who had expressed growing concern about the business climate in China....
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Banking tax will pay for deficits and aid, says Sachs
EURACTIV 10/03/2010The EU should impose a financial transactions tax (FTT) as soon as possible, with or without the US, economist Jeffrey Sachs told EurActiv in an interview. Faced with huge budget deficits and public anger, both the US and the EU will have t...
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West worries about Russia turning to coal
EURACTIV 10/03/2010European efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions could be undermined by Russian plans to dramatically increase energy production from coal, Western experts said in Brussels yesterday (9 March)....
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Collider to shut for year to fix faults
BBC News | Science & Environment 10/03/2010The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned....
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Ring may be giant 'impact crater'
BBC News | Science & Environment 10/03/2010Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists....
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Ancient eggshell yields its DNA
BBC News | Science & Environment 10/03/2010The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say....
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More orthodontics visits for kids whose first teeth are slow to erupt?
EUROPA 10/03/2010Writing in the open-access journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Genetics, British and Finnish geneticists pinpointed five genes linked with the time the first milk tooth emerges from a baby's gums. Although this tooth is temporary, the ...
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EU to table nuclear waste treatment law
EURACTIV 09/03/2010The European Commission will table legislative proposals on the treatment of nuclear waste by the year's end, its president José Manuel Barroso announced yesterday (8 March) during a major OECD-hosted conference on civil nuclear power i...
