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One third of world's population benefits from effective tobacco control measure

At 2.3 billion, the number of people worldwide covered by at least one life-saving measure to limit tobacco use has more than doubled in the last five years, according to the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2013....

Egyptian women's voices must be heard without threat of violence – UN official

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Egyptians protesting in Cairo in January 2011.

Fin whale meat ship successfully stopped in Hamburg

"As long as the Government does not stop the transit of whale meat, it is a partner in crime in the hunt for endangered fin whales. An appeal by the German Government to all ports to voluntarily ban whale meat is not enoug...

First-of-its-kind Liquefied Natural Gas Export Facility Threatens Chesapeake Bay, Worsens Climate Change

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Tropical storm Hanna over Chesapeake Bay in 2008.