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US has leading a military exercise that involve dozens of countries. Now, some official say that's all this is, it's just an exercise. But some analysts say it could seen as a warning. Let's look at the map and see where this has happening, it's in t

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An American mining company has suspended work at the worlds largest gold mine in West Papua, New Guinea in a dispute with the Indonesian government. Indonesia wants changes to the mining company Freeport-McMoRans business. It also wants a majority ow

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The mining industry is ready to fight the Federal Government's plan for a nine-billion-dollar new tax. In a response to the Henry Tax Review, the Government says mining companies will be slugged with a new 40 percent so-called super profits tax. Amon

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Italian environmental officials are warning of an ecological disaster in Italy caused by an oil spill flowing down the Po River. They say water and bird species are at risk, as well as a fertile agricultural area. The say the oill spill has already c

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Fossils found at Weng'an in Guizhou Province are regarded as the oldest ones to be found in the country, if not the world. Recently, a group of paleontologists gathered at the site to call for more protection of animal fossils that could provide clue

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A Flood of Tourists to Perus Rainbow Mountain Tourists struggle for breath as they climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes. The mountain is 5,000 meters above sea level. The climbers are tired, but happy to see the be

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CNN 2010-04-09

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Amnesty International says police in Papua New Guinea have burnt down homes and illegally evicted people living near a mine owned by the world's largest gold mining company. In a new report Amnesty International calls on the government to investigate

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 28 February 2008 Democratic Republic of Congo's government says it will not publish results of a review of more than60 mining contracts but will work directly with the mining companies to renegotiate terms. The government has f

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