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Offshore Turbine Services Hails Benefits of Composite Vessels

2013-04-09 11:54:00| Ship Technology

The success of composite support vessels in today's cost-conscious offshore wind market cannot be ignored, and Hereford-based Offshore Turbine Services is just one example of a company that has benefited from opting for composite over aluminium craft

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United Kingdom: Ban hails Thatcher the forgotten climate warrior

2013-04-09 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday lauded a little-remembered act in Margaret Thatcher's welter of political firsts -- when she urged action on global warming. Ban "pays tribute to her contribution to addressing climate change, having been one of the first world leaders to issue a warning about its effects by calling for action at the UN General Assembly already in 1989," said the UN spokesman Martin Nesirky. Thatcher, who died Monday at the age of 87, gave a speech to the United Nations in 1989...

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Claudia Lawrence's father hails law change

2013-03-07 12:51:32| Agriculture - Topix.net

THE father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has welcomed backing from the House of Lords for new legislation making it easier for people to settle the affairs of a relative who is missing, presumed dead.

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