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Germany's Merkel pledges millions to save forests

Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday pledged 500 million euros ($786.2 million) by 2012 to help protect the world's forests, a move activists said could give impetus to U.N. talks on preserving the earth's biodiversity. Merkel, who won praise from environmentalists for helping to push through EU and Group of Eight deals to help fight climate change last year, made her comments to a U.N. conference as it entered its decisive phase. "We need a turning point on the ... Read »
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