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Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, left, poses for a picture with Pope Benedict XVI, center, and Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the Park East Synagogue in New York, Friday, April 18, 2008
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 The News & Observer 
Pope to take tricky interfaith path to Assisi
Tue 25 Oct 2011
Email Print Order Reprint Share: Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By PETER MAYER - dpa By PETER MAYER | VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Benedict XVI departs from a seldom-used railway statio... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)
PERDIDO Key, Fla. - Thick, dark oil is being boomed by a Vessel of Opportunity (VOO) about four miles from Perdido Key, Saturday, June 12, 2010.  VOOs consist mainly of localy owned boats whose owners contract out to BP to aid in oil recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.  Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tasha Tully. (907218) ( )
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 The Examiner 
White House grants BP the right to drill in the gulf one year after oil disaster
Tue 25 Oct 2011
| The symbiotic relationship between the corporate world and the US government continues as the White House and the Obama administration has granted British Petroleum (BP) the rights to begin re-drill... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 1st Class Tasha Tully.)
GULF OF MEXICO -- Donnie Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Elastec Inc. American Marine, and U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Marine Science Technician Drew Jaeger, attached to Gulf Strike Team from Mobile, Alabama, monitor a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the controlled burn to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released. (852103) ( Controlled burn )  Jakarta Globe  Tue 25 Oct 2011
BP at 'turning point' 18 months after oil disaster
BP surged back into profit in the first nine months of the year, it said on Tuesday, declaring that it has now reached a "clear turning point" after the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in Apri... (photo: US Coastguard / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg.)
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Oiled duck  The Wichita Eagle  Tue 25 Oct 2011
Wichita oil company to pay fine for bird deaths
| BISMARCK, N.D. —A Wichita oil company has agreed to plead guilty and pay $12,000 for the death of migratory birds in North Dakota. | Slawson Exploration Co. Inc. was charged under the Migrato... (photo: GFDL / Mila Zinkova)
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Minister vows to settle environment cases Jakarta Post Tue 25 Oct 2011
Minister vows to settle environment cases
| SANUR: Balthasar Kambuaya, the new Environment Minister, said that he would complete 10 environment-related cases within the first 100 days. The number of cases on reco... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
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People from Shell Petrol Station - Istanbul Atlanta Journal Mon 24 Oct 2011
Groups appeal Shell air permit granted by EPA
| ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Native and environmental groups that hope to block oil drilling off Alaska's northern coasts next summer filed an appeal Monday challen... (photo: WN / akgunsemra)
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Indonesia - Bali - Travel - Tourism - Climate. September 2011 Ars Technica Mon 24 Oct 2011
Climate skeptics perform independent analysis, finally convinced Earth is getting warmer
| Last week, a project called Berkeley Earth released drafts of its findings. The project was started by a physicist, Richard Muller, who had previously expressed doubts ... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaves the Prosecutor General's Office in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Independent online Mon 24 Oct 2011
Ukraine revives case against ex PM
Kiev - Ukraine made fresh charges against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday as the Kiev leadership dug in its heels despite a Western outcry over her jaili... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
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Petron - Gasoline Station Treehugger Mon 24 Oct 2011
Americans Trapped By High Gas Prices
Science & Technology | /CC BY 2.0 | Conventional TreeHugger wisdom suggests that if gas prices go up, then people will drive less and switch to more fuel efficient cars. ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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A March 29 2005 file photo shows a car exhaust pipe in a street in Duesseldorf, Germany. Independent online Mon 24 Oct 2011
Car emits less CO2 per person than bus
Outside the city centre even a car containing only the driver outperforms a bus. | Official UK emissions data shows that buses outside of major city centres emit an avera... (photo: AP / Martin Meissner, File)
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Reusable Grocery Bags The State Mon 24 Oct 2011
'Green' reusable bags carry germs along with groceries
| SILVER SPRING, Md. - Reusable grocery bags may be good for the environment, but they could be making you sick. | With Montgomery County, Md., set to impose a tax on dis... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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