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Credit crunch hits NI motor market
Falling sales and redundancies are now the reality for Northern Ireland's motor industry.
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New warning over French inflation
Inflation will continue to rise in France, economists warn, after figures show an above-forecast rise in May.
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Spanish hauliers on fuel strike
Tens of thousands of Spanish lorry drivers are on strike to protest against the soaring price of diesel.
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Time to leave the comfort zone
Civic leaders must be willing to make tough choices if we are going to live in green cities.
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Burma diary - the relief effort
Save the Children's Burma director, Andrew Kirkwood, sends his diary of the days following Cyclone Nargis.
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Green movement forgets its politics
Why climate campaigners should stop trying to persuade people into lifestyle changes and start dealing with the politics.
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China cracks down on protest news
China has been aggressively censoring international media in an attempt to lock down information about the violent demonstrations in Tibet's capital, Lhasa.
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'Greenwash' is losing its shine
Time is running out for advertisers who are a lighter shade of green, as eco-cliches fall out of fashion.
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Society depends on more for less
If the world is to end the threat from climate change, we need to be able to produce more with less energy.
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Food costs add to price pressures
Annual price inflation of goods leaving UK factories hit 5% - driven by fuel and food costs, official figures show.
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Violence threatens Kenya's economy
The violence that has erupted across Kenya could hurt the country's tourist and export-dependent economy.
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Subsidised fuel weighs on India's budget
India will not let higher oil prices to filter down to consumers. Some says soaring subsidy bills could threaten overall economic prosperity.
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Firms look to drive green sports agenda
Sport and its sponsors are starting to realise the industry must find ways to become more carbon-friendly.
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School finds green fuel solution
With diesel costing more than £1 a litre, could cooking oil be the answer for cash-strapped motorists?
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Humanity is the greatest challenge
It is time to take radical action to curb rising population and consumption levels, or face "unspeakable consequences".
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How to run your car on chip oil
Why more and more people are turning to home-made biofuel to run their family cars.
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Tax rise fuels petrol price fears
Analysts fear record high prices at the pumps after a 2p rise in fuel duty comes into effect.
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Burma's cyber-dissidents
A growing band of bloggers are using the internet to slip beneath Burma's repressive curtain of media control, says the BBC's Stephanie Holmes.
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Asia's brown clouds 'warm planet'
Air pollution over Asia is warming the lower atmosphere as much as greenhouse gas emissions, a study suggests.
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Foam targets heavy metal clean-up
A rigid foam-like material can be used to soak up heavy metals from water, Science journal reports.
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