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 The New York Times 
Environmental Law Evolves
| Environmental law has expanded rapidly over the past four decades and now encompasses concerns ranging from air and water quality to the decontamination of hazardous waste sites and the protection o... (photo: Public Domain / Kalmthouts)
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
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 The New York Times 
A Push in Law Schools to Reform Copyright
| In July, a U.S. court in Boston rendered a six-figure judgment against Joel Tenenbaum, a 25-year-old Boston University doctoral student, for illegally downloading and distributing 30 songs over the ... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
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Sellers of rare shark fin hooked
Hong Kong has vowed to join international efforts to protect endangered species after a US study showed some shark fins on sale here came from populations under threat. | //--> Patsy Moy and Agence Fr... (photo: Public Domain / SieBot)

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A soldier from Golf Battery 4th 317 stands atop a vehicle as they prepare to go out on night patrol at Forward Operating Base Airborne, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009.  Deccan Chronicle 
Obama orders 30,000 more troops to Afghan
Obama orders 30,000 more troops to Afghan | Dec. 1: US President Obama issued orders to send about 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan as he prepared to address the nation on Tuesday nigh... (photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)

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Minaret of Fez mosques seen through the islamic shapped opening one of the entrances of Fez called The Blue Gate. August 2007. The Times
Minarets, religious tolerance and towers on the horizon
| Sir, Amid the debate about Swiss minarets (leading article, Nov 30, Thunderer, Dec 1, and letter, Dec 1), it is worth pausing to draw attention to the situation facing ... (photo: Creative Commons / Cassio Lopes & Alessandra Santo)

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Pedestrians make their way past the Reserve Bank of Australia building in central Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Australia's central bank slashed interest rates by 1 percentage point Tuesday in the latest bold move by the country's top finance officials to stave off a recession. The New York Times
Australia Raises Rates for a Third Time
| HONG KONG - Australia, whose economy has rebounded rapidly this year after the global financial turmoil, on Tuesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage p... (photo: AP / Mark Baker)

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Smoke from burning trash fires swirls around a Cambodian boy as he scavenges a dump on the outskirts of Phnom Penh Thursday, June 15, 2006. Countries that start battling global warming now won't have to wait generations to see the rewards: burning cleaner fuels can yield immediate health benefits that save lives and money, world health experts sai The Star
Most world leaders to attend U.N. climate summit
| COPENHAGEN/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Most world leaders plan to attend a climate summit in Copenhagen this month, boosting chances that a new U.N. deal to fight climate chan... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)

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Presumed former concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives at the court room for his trial in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Star
Court hears charges against Nazi camp suspect
| MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Prosecutors accused John Demjanjuk on Tuesday of knowingly herding thousands of Jews to their deaths in the Nazi-run Sobibor extermination c... (photo: AP / Matthias Schrader, Pool)

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