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Jobs, justice and climate: what the G20 must do to ensure global economic recovery
March 14, 2009As G20 finance ministers gather in the UK today (Friday) to agree the world's response to the economic crisis, the Put People First platform has released a blueprint charting a path out of global recession that...
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Kids’ cough medicines don’t work, warns drugs watchdog
March 2, 2009Parents have been warned that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines do not work on children under 12 and can even cause side effects such as hallucinations.
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Computer crashed by earthworm
February 25, 2009YEOVIL, England, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A British man said the worm that caused his computer to crash turned out not to be a form of computer virus but an actual 5-inch earthworm.
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Dumped in Africa: Britain’s toxic waste
February 21, 2009Tones of toxic waste collected from British municipal dumps is being sent illegally to Africa in flagrant breach of this country’s obligation to ensure its rapidly growing mountain of defunct televisions, computers and gadgets are disposed...
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No kissing here
February 17, 2009Rail bosses unveiled a No Kissing sign at a railway station on Monday, claiming that the move would cut delays.
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