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Fifa sets up 2022 World Cup taskforce
2013-10-04 14:32:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fifa agrees to set up a taskforce to look into alternative dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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Let It Burn: Changing Firefighting Techniques for a Warming World
2013-10-04 11:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: We usually measure wildfires in acres burnt or the number of homes destroyed. But there`s a human toll to fires as well. So far this year 32 people have lost their lives fighting fires, the highest number in nearly 20 years--and the fire season isn`t done yet. More than half of those deaths occurred in a single incident, when all but one of a 20-man firefighting crew were killed during the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona in June. Those deaths were tragic and random, the result of an unpredictable...
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World of Concrete Registration is Now Open
2013-10-04 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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IEC, World Bank and UN Foundation Announce Rural Electrification Support for Developing Countries
2013-10-02 17:22:00| Transmission & Distribution World
To help bring electrical energy to some of the 1,3 billion people without access or with only limited energy access, the IEC, World Bank Group and United Nations Foundation have announced a new cooperative agreement to provide developing countries with access to important technical documents that support rural electrification, at a specially discounted price. read more
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Work halted on World Cup stadium
2013-10-02 14:19:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A Brazilian judge orders construction work to be halted on one of the football stadiums for the 2014 World Cup over concerns for workers' safety.
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