And while the FAO admits that some developing countries will be able to expand their arable land by as much as 12 percent, the downside is that a "considerable part" of this extra farmland will be a direct result of deforestation.

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But the government said it expected 19, 700 jobs to be created as a direct result of the stations in Leeds, Sheffield and Toton.

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More importantly, though, we've got a trusted source of our own who's now saying that the tide has turned and this appears to be happening at Capital Markets Day -- and that one of Nokia's existing platforms will be dropped as a direct result.

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"If there are job losses as a result of this decision it won't be the direct consequence of Thales failing to win this contract, it will be the result of their reorganisation of their business across the United Kingdom, " added Mr Hoon.

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But will there be pressure, whether direct or indirect, on them to produce a certain kind of result and that as human beings will their process be influenced by that.

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So we should not, while that process is underway, essentially blow it up by permitting the sequester to take effect, the result of which would be hundreds of thousands of people potentially losing jobs and a direct hit to the American economy at a time that we shouldn't be letting Washington do such a thing.

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