Republican Congressman Trent Franks said, "It is disgracefully ironic that today's announcement comes only a week after announcing our abandonment of the European missile defense site which could have protected the homeland of the United States against Iranian long-range missiles."

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Furthermore, protected areas supply a range of ecosystem services to societies such as clean water, wild food and genetic material.

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It said its up-market range was protected from a sales squeeze suffered by Britain's biggest department store chain Marks and Spencer.

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These could range from an overhaul of the tax code to deregulation of farming and the opening up of protected areas of the economy, such as transport and energy, to foreign competition.

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