The $2.4 billion figure approved by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis is $350 million less than last year's amount, which was set before the full effects of the world economic slump were known.

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Buying the necessary copper could prove equally difficult, since analysts estimate global exchange stocks amount to only 140, 000 tonnes, of which the LME holds 65, 000.

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The key point is that the amount of global warming depends on which emission path we choose.

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The world is on track to generate more data traffic associated with hydrocarbon production than the total amount of global consumer Internet traffic of just a few years ago.

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