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What climate change? Meltdown trumps fears at APEC - 
Countries on both sides of the Pacific have reason to be very afraid of climate change. Rising sea levels could swamp coastal farms, higher temperatures wipe out entire species and increasingly violent storms exact a widening human and financial toll.
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Rule change will allow telecom mergers in Brazil - 
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a change to Brazil's telecommunications law, allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of the country.
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Russia gives to APEC fund for climate change, disasters - 
Russia on Thursday signed an agreement to give 500,000 dollars to an Asia-Pacific fund to combat climate change and disasters.
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Africans to stick together in climate change talks - 
African countries have agreed to negotiate as a bloc in talks on a new global warming treaty, a move meant to give the continent highly threatened by climate change a greater say in the future pact.
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Africa, Europe 'seeking to harmonise climate-change demands' - 
Africa seeks a common position with the European Union going into climate-change negotiations next year, Algeria's environment minister said Thursday following pan-African agreement.
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President-elect promised change, picking insiders - 
President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change, but he has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.
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U.S. Governors Sign Climate-Change Accord Ahead of U.N. Summit - 
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. governors signed a climate-change agreement with representatives of five countries in an attempt to put pressure on international negotiators who convene next month to draft a global treaty to help stem the flow of greenhouse gases.
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Obama Climate-Change Plan Will Be Given to Senate, Boxer Says - 
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer said today she would introduce President-elect Barack Obama 's 10-year $150 billion plan to curb climate change early in the new Congress next year.
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Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants - 
Plants that range northward because of climate change may be better at defending themselves against local enemies than native plants. So concludes a team of scientists including a University of Florida geneticist.
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Rule change will allow telecom mergers in Brazil - 
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a change to Brazil's telecommunications law, allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of the country. Communications Minister Helio Costa says the president signed the decree authorizing...
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