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	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Theo Fennell reviews expansion plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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In a sign that even the most well-heeled consumer is feeling the pinch, Theo Fennell, the up-market jeweller, on Monday reported a half year loss and said it was reviewing expansion plans.
EDITOR’S CHOICE
FT Alphaville: Is Christie’s around to come under the hammer? - Dec-22
Worst festive retail outlook for 30 years - Dec-21
Luxury shops try discreet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold snap causes more transport woes in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A sudden drop in temperatures and heavy snow across parts of northern China has caused roads to close and ferries to be canceled, and the cold is expected to head further south later in the week, state media said on Monday.
Snow shut highways in the Shandong and Hebei provinces while ferries across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change could one day doom &#8220;white Christmas&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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By Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN (Reuters) - The odds of a &#8220;white Christmas&#8221; in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere have diminished in the last century due to climate change and will likely decline further by 2100, climate and meteorology specialists said.
Even though heavy snow this year will guarantee a white Christmas in many parts of Asia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green alternative to plastics: liquid wood</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/green-alternative-to-plastics-liquid-wood-17634/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A greener alternative to plastics: liquid wood
Search for substitute to petroleum-based products led to innovation
Sex slavery: Living the American nightmare  Where&#8217;d the bailout money go? Shh, it&#8217;s a secretSecret tapes helped build graft cases in IllinoisPigeon poop blamed for awning collapseFirefighter: Miracle no one died in Denver crashMost viewed on msnbc.comSecret tapes helped build graft cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bowel cancer link to stem cells</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/bowel-cancer-link-to-stem-cells-17633/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Stem cell damage may lead to bowel cancer
Researchers may be narrowing down the hunt for the cells which are the source of bowel cancer.
When genetic damage was inflicted on stem cells from the intestines of mice, the result was a speedy transformation into fast-growing tumours.
UK and Dutch researchers believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm oil woes</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/palm-oil-woes-17631/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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For Afro-Colombians evicted from their land in north-western Colombia and along the Pacific coast, the loss of familiar surroundings of lush jungle and rugged mountains can be devastating.
      Many families have faced eviction from their land
Take Yajaira, a slender 18-year-old, one of four children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shared genes</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/shared-genes-17625/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      Hundreds of Lebanese watched The Rise of the Phoenix musical
On the brightly lit stage dancers in colourful costumes twist and swirl in dizzying moves.
Beirut&#8217;s main theatre is packed: Lebanese have come in hundreds for the premiere of a play that explores parallels between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon ally</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Deforestation of the Amazon is as much an issue now as in the late 1980s  
Twenty years ago Amazon environmentalist Chico Mendes was shot dead in front of his home in the remote Brazilian state of Acre. he&#8217;d campaigned for years to stop the slashing and burning of the rainforest.
Brazil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasmanian Devils at risk after &#8217;saviour&#8217; Cedric gets cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Tasmanian Devils could be extinct in the wild within 20 years
A Tasmanian Devil which specialists hoped strength save his species has contracted the deadly facial tumour that threatens the species with extinction.
Cedric was believed to have a natural immunity to the viral disease which he could pass on to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope praises astronomer Galileo, once denounced as a heretic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Pope Benedict had been accused of condoning the heresy charge
Pope Benedict XVI has paid tribute to 17th-Century astronomer Galileo Galilei, whose scientific theories once drew the wrath of the Catholic Church.
The Pope was speaking at events marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo&#8217;s earliest observations with a telescope.
He said an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Illegal threat&#8217; to hen harriers</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/illegal-threat-to-hen-harriers-17614/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Natural England is considering siting the birds in lowland areas
Hen harriers are nearing extinction in England owing to illegal persecution in areas managed for rearing game birds, Natural England has said.
The conservation watchdog said the birds of prey were persecuted at communal winter roosts.
In a 12-month period it found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers sniff out prion secret</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/researchers-sniff-out-prion-secret-17612/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Prions are thought to cause severe brain diseases
The brain protein which has a hand, when defective, in the lethal disease CJD may also be involved in aiding our sense of smell.
Mice bred to lack the prion protein couldn&#8217;t find buried food or choose between smells.
Columbia University researchers said some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plea for help spotting bat killer</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/plea-for-help-spotting-bat-killer-17610/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Affected bats in the US. Picture by Alan Hicks/Bat Conservation Trust  
Bat groups and cavers across the UK have been asked to report suspected cases of an illness that has killed bats in the US.
White nose syndrome makes it appear as if the animals&#8217; noses have been dipped in powdered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil remembers slain activist</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/brazil-remembers-slain-activist-17608/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Chico Mendes became an icon of the environmental movement
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to lead tributes to the Amazon rubber-tapper Chico Mendes on the 20th anniversary of his murder.
Mr Mendes is seen as a pioneer of the environmental movement who mobilised local forest communities to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny clues to collision in space</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/tiny-clues-to-collision-in-space-17605/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Falling meteors may have triggered tidal waves
Evidence that a massive meteorite shower had an impact on Earth on a global scale 470 million years ago have been found on a Highlands beach.
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen uncovered tiny remnants of meteorites, smaller than a grain of sand, within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene disease &#8216;recreated in lab&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/gene-disease-recreated-in-lab-17603/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[      The use of embyronic stem cells is highly controversial
US researchers say they can now watch genetic diseases unfolding in the laboratory after finding a way to make large numbers of affected cells.
The advance, reported in the journal Nature, used skin cells from a child with a devastating genetic condition.
These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Season looks grim for Carrefour</title>
		<link>http://arbota.com/season-looks-grim-for-carrefour-17601/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European retailers were in focus on Thursday as French supermarket group Carrefour warned it expected annual earnings growth to miss forecasts.
Carrefour reiterated its current earnings guidance only two months ago, and the new warning suggests there has been a significant deterioration in the retail climate in the run-up to Christmas.
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Carrefour leads European retailers lower [...]]]></description>
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