US accepts threat to polar bears

December 28th, 2006

It is the first time the US has made a direct link between global warming and the threat to a species.
President George Bush has steadfastly refused to back mandatory controls of emissions of carbon dioxide - believed the main gas behind global warming.
There are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears across the globe, [...]

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Harlem plans James Brown farewell

December 28th, 2006

The body of the late soul star James Brown is to be taken through New York’s Harlem in a horse-drawn carriage before lying in state at the Apollo Theater.
A close friend of Brown, civil rights leader Al Sharpton, described the occasion as “a royal day in Harlem”.
His casket will then travel to his hometown [...]

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