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FEATURE-Why the World Cup cannot save Brazil's tourism industry
ReutersBy Brad Haynes RECIFE, Brazil, June 15 (Reuters) - For soccer fans flocking to Confederations Cup matches in Brazil's tropical northeast next week, getting tickets to the stadium should be simple - but two in three will not find accommodations in the host...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Politics, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, International Travel
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INTERVIEW-Help us follow the dirty money, Guinea asks G8
ReutersBy Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Guinea, one of Africa's poorest nations despite abundant natural resources, has urged the G8 to back its battle with corruption by helping trace shell companies used to hide crooked deals and track...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Police Investigations, Guinea, Africa, Politics
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Help us follow the dirty money, Guinea asks G8
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Guinea, one of Africa's poorest nations despite abundant natural resources, has urged the G8 to back its battle with corruption by helping trace shell companies used to hide crooked deals and track dirty money flows. The resulting...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Police Investigations, Guinea, Africa, Politics
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Why the World Cup cannot save Brazil's tourism industry
ReutersRECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - For football fans flocking to Confederations Cup matches in Brazil's tropical northeast next week, getting tickets to the stadium should be simple - but two in three will not find accommodations in the host city Recife....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Politics, Festive Events, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Arts and Culture
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More aquatic plants seen as vital to helping Lake Apopka thrive again
Below the surface of the vast waters of Lake Apopka is a landscape akin to a desert. Only a hardy smattering of grasses, lily pads and other native plants cling to 1 percent of its lake bottom. As part of the vast, multimillion-dollar plan to restore...
Tags: Winter Garden, Lake Apopka, Polk County, Environmental Issues, Apopka
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For the record
American Dream's dark side: Because of a production error, some copies of the June 16 Calendar section were missing a photo from the movie "Spring Breakers" intended to accompany an article about movies that reflect a dark side to the American Dream....Tags: Social Security, Career and Workplace, Spring Breakers (movie), Wildfires, Retirement
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Native Americans decry eagle deaths tied to wind farms
ReutersBy Laura Zuckerman June 13 (Reuters) - A Native American tribe in Oklahoma on Thursday registered its opposition to a U.S. government plan that would allow a wind farm to kill as many as three bald eagles a year despite special federal protections...Tags: Government, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Politics
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Hartford Freezes Registrars' Spending
The Hartford CourantThe city warned its registrars of voters Thursday that they could spend no more money — including funds for payroll — for the remainder of the fiscal year because they are nearly $120,000 over-budget. The city had approved a 2012-13 budget...Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Work Relations, Primaries, Politics
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UPDATE 1-Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
Reuters* Kiribati uninhabitable in 30-60 years: President * Rising sea levels, population boom twin crises for tiny Pacific nation * Family planning viewed with scepticism in deeply religious Pacific * Radical solutions to house population being considered...Tags: Family Planning, Hospitals and Clinics, United Nations, Ecosystems, Pacific Ocean
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Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
ReutersSOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young...Tags: Family Planning, Hospitals and Clinics, United Nations, Ecosystems, Pacific Ocean
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Water study finds future water challenges
Staff WriterWhile water scarcity affects one in three people in the world, Imperial County is a desert with a reliable water source. But that reliability, which comes from the Colorado River, the lifeblood for some 40 million people across seven states, could be...Tags: Interior Policy, Natural Resources, Politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, Water Supply
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Missouri lawyer brings nuisance-suit strategy to Pennsylvania fracking case
Six Pennsylvania families who sued Chevron and other companies over hydraulic fracturing-related claims have turned to a Missouri lawyer who has used nuisance allegations to win cases against commercial animal feed operations. The Fayette County...Tags: Laws, Defendants, Breach of Contract, Natural Resources Defense Council, Energy
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