You see, part of the genius of our Founders was the establishment of a federal system in which each of our states serves as a laboratory for our democracy.

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Today, the Mediterranean is being monitored by several national tsunami warning centres: this represents a major step towards the establishment of the tsunami early warning system in the region.

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This included encouraging carbon trading in pilot regions and the establishment of a national carbon-accounting system.

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