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Countries that fail to sign the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming should be taxed on goods they export to Europe, members of the European Parliament said last week in a resolution on climate change. The idea is to negate the commercial advantages enjoyed by countries that do not invest in preventing warming.
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Cholesterol-lowering statins may have an unexpected benefit. Besides reducing the risk of heart disease and strokes, statins also appear to halve the risk of developing colon, liver, breast, prostate, lung, pancreatic and oesophageal cancers, according to the results of a…
