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June 16, 2015

Indigenous Panamanians seize highway to protest dam
Panama City (AFP) June 15, 2015
Panamanian indigenous protesters and farmers blocked the Pan-American Highway Monday to demand the government abandon a European-funded hydroelectric dam they say will swallow their land and damage the environment. Some 200 protesters invaded the transcontinental highway and shut down traffic at the entrance to the German- and Dutch-funded Barro Blanco dam project, witnesses said. "We will stay here until President Juan Carlos Varela comes and says the Barro Blanco project is cancelled," said pr ... read more

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France bans sale of Monsanto herbicide Roundup in nurseries French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced Sunday a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carcinogenic. ... more		Travertine reveals ancient Roman aqueduct supply For hundreds of years, the Anio Novus aqueduct carried water 87 km (54 miles) from the Aniene River of the Apennine Mountains down into Rome. Built between AD 38 and 52, scholars continue to struggl ... more		Weathering and river discharge surprisingly constant during Ice Age cycles Over geologic time, the work of rain and other processes that chemically dissolve rocks into constituent molecules that wash out to sea can diminish mountains and reshape continents. Scientists are ... more
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Blueprint for a thirsty world from Down Under

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Chinese dominance worries Nigeria's textile traders

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Develop models to forecast unseasonal rains

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