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29.04.2009, 09:18

Petroleum pushes polar bears aside at climate summit

Ministers from eight countries bordering the Arctic and climate change experts meet in Norway to discuss global warming and the disastrous impact of melting ice in mountainous regions worldwide.

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World Bank says Russian liquor and tobacco taxes should rise as poverty jumps

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China gas agreement to turn on the taps

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"Arctic will force rivals to cooperate"

Published: 29 April, 2009, 15:48

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Mutual cooperation of the countries in the Arctic region is the likely outcome, because natural disasters cannot be stood against alone, shares Lev Voronkov from the Moscow Institute of International Relations.

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29.04.2009, 15:27

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