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When the World Rests on Your Shoulders, by British artist John Holcroft, 2000. Credit: Photo Stock
"When the World Rests on Your Shoulders", by British artist John Holcroft, 2000. Credit: Photo Stock
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By Haider Rizvi

Time to Look for Another Planet
NGOs complain that there were more setbacks than progress at the third preparatory meeting for the Rio+10 Summit, which concluded last week in New York, and warn that there are no concrete commitments on the table for driving sustainable development.

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Nuclear Reactor Heats Up Debate in Argentina
Some see Argentina's construction of a nuclear reactor for Australia as an extraordinary technological achievement, while others claim it is a step towards engaging in the dangerous business of atomic waste.

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Biodiversity
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the Earth's greatest wealth. Billions of years ago began the evolutionary process that created the variety of life on the planet today, the conservation of which is one of humanity's biggest challenges

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Colombian Indians using bean trees once again... Demand for protection of Latin American children from environmental threats... Peru works to prevent earthquake-caused disasters... Dengue alert in northern Argentina... An Ecuadorian indigenous group at war against oil industry.

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