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December 11, 2014

In Lebanon, a garden blooms on former 'trash mountain'
Sidon, Lebanon (AFP) Dec 11, 2014
Lebanon's southern city of Sidon is best known for its Crusader castle and ancient market, but a more modern landmark has marred its Mediterranean shoreline for decades - a towering "mountain" of trash. In the summer, reeking fumes hung over the city, and fires broke out at the dump. Rubbish washed out to sea reaching Cyprus, 260 kilometres (160 miles) away in the Mediterranean, and was pushed across the city by winter storms. But now an ambitious project is putting an end to the towering night ... read more

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Sheep flock to Eiffel Tower as French farmers cry wolf

Polyethylene mulch creates optimal conditions for soil solarization

Boosts in crop productivity modifying NH carbon dioxide cycle

Grasshoppers signal slow recovery of post-agricultural woodlands

Sao Paulo drought issue for global concern

In first, Ontario may regulate bee-killing pesticides

Cambodian capital's only working elephant to retire in jungle

Bee populations decline as they lose favorite pollinating plants

Decreasing the knowledge gap between men and women in Uganda

"Green Revolution" changes breathing of the biosphere

'Aquatic osteoporosis' jellifying lakes

Wave of child deaths in Pakistan desert

Dutch cull ducks amid bird flu fears in poultry heartland

Cocoa crunch: The worldwide chocolate shortage

From hurricanes to drought, LatAm's volatile climate

Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotic shaped seed

Nicaragua $50 bn canal construction to start in December

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