Baby no more times
July 29, 2008 at 10:00 am
stop children
In China, you’ve only been supposed to have one since a law was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979.

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On your bike
July 21, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Velib
Free bicycle hire for all might seem like a utopian pipedream, but it’s already happening in Paris and could be a reality in London as early as next summer.

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And so it came to pass…
July 17, 2008 at 3:35 pm
And so ...
If you’re that blase sort of person of the opinion that global warming will only make the summers hotter and at worst drown Norwich, then think again. Global Warming could be coming for you. Or so scientists at the University of Texas are telling us.

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G8 still beating around the Bush
July 10, 2008 at 8:33 am
G8 still beating around the Bush
George Bush finally caught up with the rest of the right-thinking world by acknowledging the threat of climate change at this year’s G8 summit. The talking shop of rich white nations agreed to “share” the “vision” of a 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050.

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