Illegal logging is down in part because export countries are cracking down on the problem.

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"Some positive signals have appeared in the last weeks, including the evolution of the financial markets, improvement in business expectations and some real indicators, such as export data in Asia,pointing, all of them, to a stabilization of the economy in the second part of this year and a gradual recovering in 2010,".

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The controls governing America's export of satellites are part of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) and they are handled in the Department of State.

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"Export controls are an integral part of safeguarding U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, " said CEO Louis Chenevert.

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The pair had pleaded guilty at last year's pre-trial hearing to their part in the export of the waste out of Felixstowe and Tilbury.

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