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China's New Freedom Fighters

Do No Evil – Countless thousands of people in China are blacklisted, harassed, intimidated and locked up merely for what they say or because of the job they do. Nineteen years after the Tiananmen massacre, six dissident voices…

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Biofuels Cause 75% Increase In Food Prices

News – You think biofuels are a good thing? Think again

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What the Scottish papers say

Women – Glasgow was in shock after two women were found murdered in just 24 hours, says the Daily Record. The Courier says a woman found murdered in a brutal attack at a city park was named by police.

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Meanwhile, sources close to the investigation revealed police…

Men – Officers targeted the men at a cafe in the Old Town Street area of Plymouth. One man was arrested and the other is described as "helping police". The operation is linked to Thursday's explosion in Exeter, for…

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A man arrested after a bomb explosion at an Exeter restaurant…

Men – Nicky Reilly, 22, from Plymouth, was injured when an explosive device detonated at the Giraffe restaurant last Thursday. He has finished treatment and is in custody in the Devon and Cornwall area.

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Indiana angers Russian communists

News – Members of the Russian Communist party have called for the new Indiana Jones film to be banned in the country because they say it distorts history.

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A strike by German dairy farmers over milk prices will soon...

News – A strike by German dairy farmers over milk prices will soon lead to shortages on supermarket shelves, Germany's main dairy federation (BDM) has said.

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Danish island powered entirely by green energy

Science – In this week's New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert wrote about the Danish isle of SamsÃ;¸, which over the past 10 years, has gone from exclusively using fossil fuel energy sources, to living exclusively off renewable…

Why Canada is the Best Haven From Climate Change
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Why Canada is the Best Haven From Climate Change

Science – Canada is the best place to move to if you want to be a climate change survivor in the decades ahead (although Britain is also a good place to be as a warming atmosphere takes hold).

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Tom Friedman Calls For Green Revolution

Science – The book's main argument is that the convergence of global warming, global flattening (the rise of middle classes all over the world), and global crowding (the population boom) is driving five key trends that will…

 UK's CO2 emissions higher than official figures, government…
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UK's CO2 emissions higher than official figures, government…

Science – Britain's greenhouse gas emissions are higher than official figures suggest the government has admitted.

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Flat Screen TVs:Greater Impact On Global Warming

Science – The rising demand for flat-screen televisions could have a greater impact on global warming than the world's largest coal-fired power stations, a leading environmental scientist warned.

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Osmonds' hospital 'miracle' visit

Health & Fitness – The Osmonds have visited the Children's Hospital for Wales as it became one of the first in the UK to join a charity the singing family helped to launch.

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Journalist Fionola Meredith takes a look at what is making…

News – The question of whether we will be getting an Environmental Protection Agency is lead story in the News Letter, and according to the paper, the answer is likely to be "no". Conservationists say we really need…

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Driver admits killing mother, 25

News – A driver has admitted running over and killing a mother on Mother's Day while he was being followed by a police car, before fleeing the scene.

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A man arrested after a bomb explosion at an Exeter

News – Nicky Reilly, 22, from Plymouth, was injured when an explosive device detonated at the Giraffe restaurant last Thursday.

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Car crash victim named by police

News – A woman who died following a car crash in Essex has been named. Jennifer Barclay, 30, of Southend, was driving on the A1245 near Chelmsford, early on Thursday morning, when she lost control of the car.

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EADS warns that orders will slow

News – European aerospace giant EADS has warned that orders are likely to slow as the aviation sector is hit by rising fuel costs and the weaker US dollar.

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Drone planes research hurricanes

Science – As the hurricane season takes off in the US so too will drone planes which will fly into the eye of the storms.

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Burmese murmurs of anger at junta

Health & Fitness – The Burma cyclone is unlike any disaster I have covered. It starts at the international airport in Rangoon. Usually, after a few days, an air bridge has been established and the skies are crowded with helicopters…

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Petition for jailed fan's release

News – A petition campaigning for the release of jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields has been presented to the European Parliament in Brussels.

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New father attacked on night out

Men – A new father out celebrating the birth of his first child in Bournemouth suffered a fractured cheekbone when he was struck by two men.

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Four accused of teenager's murder

News – Four people have been charged with the murder of a teenager found dead in a park in West Yorkshire.

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Officer killed when car hits tree

News – A serving officer with West Yorkshire Police was killed when his car crashed into a tree.

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Gang attack left MP unconscious

News – Police have launched an investigation after Labour MP Anne Moffat was attacked, BBC Scotland has learned.

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