Mrs Merkel backed the idea of forming a scientific panel to collate and assess research on biodiversity loss, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses evidence on climatic indicators.

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The panel will consider issues of loss of earnings later on Tuesday.

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The Display Panel Business recorded an operating loss of 90 billion won on revenue of 7.08 trillion won, representing a decline in sales of 13 percent compared with the same period last year.

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Arena Pharmaceuticals gained 18.9% Friday after competitor Vivus saw its competing weight loss drug rejected by an FDA panel.

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In what most sane civilians will probably see as a depressing loss of protection, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that citizens can sue the United States for damages stemming from the use of information collected via wiretap, but not for the collection of information itself.

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On Wednesday, the same FDA panel will discuss whether to keep Meridia, an Abbott weight loss drug, on the market at all after data show it may cause heart attacks.

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In their arguments, Democrats on the panel supported the administration's Bosnia policy, and attributed the inconsistencies in testimony to memory loss.

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