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VIDEO: Will Britain vote to leave the EU?

2013-01-23 06:24:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to promise an in/out referendum on the UK's future in the EU if the Conservatives win the next election.

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Britain urged to stop supporting the trade in dead polar bears

2013-01-20 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Environmentalists including Chris Packham and Bear Grylls have urged Britain to drop its support for polar bear trading claiming that the UK's opposition to a ban has contributed to thousands of the animals being hunted for rugs, trophies and body-parts. Although the polar bear's survival is threatened by the melting of its Arctic sea-ice habitat, it is still legal to hunt the animals in Canada. Wealthy tourists from as far afield as China pay up to $20,000 to track and hunt the endangered...

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Bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain may last for weeks

2013-01-19 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: As the hardest hit areas enjoy a respite from snow today, and ice becomes the main danger, experts say this wintry blast is the result of a phenomenon called sudden stratospheric warming -- and they warn that its effects could last for up to a month more. "This is a major event in the stratosphere, and it's driving the cold weather,' said Adam Scaife at the Met Office. "The lower stratosphere will be perturbed for weeks, and it's pushing the chances of further cold and easterly winds well into...

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