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08 February 2010 Transcript of interview with Tony Jones, Q and A The Prime Minister was a guest on the Q and A program with Tony Jones Prime Minister Transcript ... Prime Minister transcripts - 6:29 p.m. Saturday 6th February 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Amazon dam will have "unforseeable consequences": bishop spacer

A massive hydroelectric dam project in the heart of the Amazon would trigger "unforeseeable consequences" among the region's indigenous people, says the Bishop of Xingu in Brazil. CathNews - 8:13 a.m. Thursday 4th February 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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A controversial plan to build an immense dam in Brazil's rainforest endorsed this week has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting. The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines - 7:58 p.m. Wednesday 3rd February 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Environmentalists and indigenous groups have denounced a government plan to build the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in the Amazon river basin, which they claim will devastate the region. ABC News : World - noon Wednesday 3rd February 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Environmentalists and indigenous groups have denounced a government plan to build the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in the Amazon river basin. The Age : World Headlines - 11:51 a.m. Wednesday 3rd February 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rock star Sting has joined environmentalists and indigenous groups in a fight against plans to build the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. Sky News | World News - 9:56 p.m. Sunday 31st January 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 1 week ago

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A small South Australian company is preparing to take on Amazon and Sony with its indigenous "smartbook" and e-book reader, QuokkaPad. ProPrint - Australasia - 1:21 p.m. Thursday 7th January 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Ecuador has revoked the broadcast license for an indigenous radio station in the Amazon region over accusations it incited violence during protests in October. Yahoo! News: World News - 10:08 a.m. Thursday 24th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 months, 1 week ago

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Greens Senator Christine Milne and the IPA's Tim Wilson blog from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Leaders let us down Christine Milne - Day 12 So, at ... ABC Unleashed - 11 p.m. Wednesday 9th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 months, 1 week ago

'Landmark' legal opinion finds that indigenous Brazilian tribe in Amazon owns carbon rights spacer

A new legal opinion released today from one of the world's largest law firms has found that a vulnerable Brazilian tribe in the Amazon region owns carbon-trading rights in future ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 3 p.m. Tuesday 8th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Swine flu hits Yanomami Indians in the Amazon spacer

AP - Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected ... Yahoo! News: World News - 9 a.m. Thursday 5th November 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

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BRASILIA (AFP) - Indigenous tribesmen in the world's largest jungle have found at least nine survivors after a Brazilian military transport plane crash-landed on a river deep in the Amazon, ... The West : World - 7:31 a.m. Saturday 31st October 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

5 months ago

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BRAZIL'S indigenous Akuntsu tribe has been whittled down to five people after the group's oldest member, Ururu, died. News.com.au | World Breaking News - 7:43 a.m. Tuesday 20th October 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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John Liebhardt has kicked off a Global Voices special topic on The Future of ICT for Development : At first glance, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and the Internet seems ... Labor view from Bayside - 8:23 a.m. Wednesday 7th October 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Amazon projects threaten Indians spacer

Massive Amazon infrastructure projects threaten to hurt indigenous populations and local ecosystems. Bigpond environment - 10:09 a.m. Tuesday 6th October 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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