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It is the world's biggest carbon emitter, it holds vast reserves of wealth but, although so far it has been shielded from the financial turmoil, orders for its various manufacturing centres are set to fall as a result of the slowing demand from the industrialised nations.
BBC: Low-carbon economy is not a luxury
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But although such claims are frightening, and the more so the more distant the memory of the disease, they should be subjected to the same rigorous scrutiny as any other apparent scientific discovery especially by the reviewers and editors of influential journals.
ECONOMIST: How to assess scary stories about vaccines
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The causes are in doubt (see article), but then, strictly speaking, so are the facts: although the broad picture is clear, some of the study's findings are debatable.
ECONOMIST: Cutting the cookie