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Link verificato il 26 Maggio 2008 Beijing faces challenge to "civilize" population

[Reuters international] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 8:34

BEIJING (Reuters) - Spitting, pollution, dirty toilets, text messages advertising weapons and a nationalistic sports media -- Beijing officials admitted on Wednesday they had many problems to face some 500 days before the Olympics open.

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Link verificato il 27 Maggio 2008 Beijing faces challenge to "civilize" population

[Reuters international] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 8:34

BEIJING (Reuters) - Spitting, pollution, dirty toilets, text messages advertising weapons and a nationalistic sports media -- Beijing officials admitted on Wednesday they had many problems to face some 500 days before the Olympics open.

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Link verificato il 27 Maggio 2008 U.N.'s al-Hariri inquiry finds out more about bomber

[Reuters international] - 15. Marzo 2007 - 22:30

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri will take air samples from five Middle East nations after it found the suspected suicide bomber grew up in a polluted city.

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Link verificato il 30 Maggio 2008 River Nile under threat

[BBC World] - 20. Marzo 2007 - 1:23

Dams, shipping, pollution and climate change are among the threats to major rivers, a report concludes.

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Questa notizia anche in: Clima

Link verificato il 03 Giu 2008 Ban on plastic supermarket bags introduced

[Telegraph International] - 29. Marzo 2007 - 2:01

San Francisco is to introduce a ground-breaking ban on plastic supermarket bags in a bid to cut down on pollution.

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Link verificato il 04 Giu 2008 Saving Europe's Great River

[CBS news world] - 30. Marzo 2007 - 19:09

Environmental efforts are under way to save the Danube from becoming a "lost" river. Europe's 1,800-mile waterway is threatened by hideous pollution, and the European Union's continuing expansion could either save the river or kill what life remains.

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Link verificato il 05 Giu 2008 US 'must regulate car pollution'

[BBC World] - 2. Aprile 2007 - 21:40

The US Supreme Court rules the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate vehicle emissions.

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Link verificato il 05 Giu 2008 US 'must regulate car pollution'

[BBC Science] - 2. Aprile 2007 - 21:40

The US Supreme Court rules the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate vehicle emissions.

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Link verificato il 06 Giu 2008 Radiation risk 'like pollution'

[BBC Science] - 3. Aprile 2007 - 9:07

People's exposure to radiation carries a lower health risk than many imagine, a study suggests.

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Link verificato il 11 Giu 2008 Fish pollutants' link to diabetes

[BBC Science] - 12. Aprile 2007 - 9:55

Eating oily fish could increase the risk of diabetes because of the pollutants this food can contain, scientists suggest.

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Link verificato il 13 Giu 2008 Yangtze pollution 'irreversible'

[BBC Science] - 16. Aprile 2007 - 13:17

Pollution is now largely irreversible in parts of China's longest river, the Yangtze, a study finds.

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Questa notizia anche in: Cina

Link verificato il 17 Giu 2008 Makeover for Arctic mosque

[Times - World] - 17. Aprile 2007 - 0:00

Despite a congregation too tired and ill to worship, temperatures of minus 50C (-58F) and a situation on the edge of one of the world’s most polluted cities, the Nurd Kamal mosque in Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, is to be restored, its caretaker said. “There are many Muslims, but few come to the mosque,” said Mukum Sidikov. “Every second person is ill.” Repairs to the mosque will be paid for by its founder, who lives in Sochi, 2,500 miles (4,000km) away. (Reuters)

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Questa notizia anche in: Gran Bretagna, Russia

Link verificato il 14 Giu 2008 Olympics: Beijing smog worries

[BBC World] - 19. Aprile 2007 - 13:58

Olympic officials are worried about the air quality in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Games.

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Link verificato il 16 Giu 2008 Pollution 'hits China's farmland'

[BBC World] - 23. Aprile 2007 - 9:21

Some 10% of China's arable land is polluted, threatening food production, state media reports.

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Link verificato il 16 Giu 2008 Pollution 'hits China's farmland'

[BBC Science] - 23. Aprile 2007 - 9:21

Some 10% of China's arable land is polluted, threatening food production, state media reports.

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Link verificato il 16 Giu 2008 Indonesia pollution trial ending

[BBC World] - 23. Aprile 2007 - 21:31

The trial of a US mining executive accused of dumping toxic mining wastes into a bay in Indonesia concludes.

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Link verificato il 16 Giu 2008 US mine firm cleared of pollution

[BBC World] - 24. Aprile 2007 - 5:45

A US mining executive and his company, Newmont, are found not guilty of polluting an Indonesian bay.

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Link verificato il 17 Giu 2008 China to overtake US as polluter

[Guardian unlimited World] - 25. Aprile 2007 - 2:00

Tipping point for CO2 predicted in 2010 now this November.

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Link verificato il 18 Giu 2008 China admits 'grave need' to cut pollution

[Telegraph International] - 27. Aprile 2007 - 2:01

China's prime minister has taken personal charge of efforts to repair the country's disastrous environmental record, after they were repeatedly blocked by local government officials obsessed with economic growth.

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Questa notizia anche in: Cina

Link verificato il 18 Giu 2008 Economic boom, environmental gloom

[Telegraph International] - 27. Aprile 2007 - 2:01

• More than 70 per cent of major rivers, lakes and groundwater supplies to 90 per cent of China's cities are polluted.

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