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Milan gives up cars on the Sabbath

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The Northern Italy city first imposed trial bans in 2007, the BBC reports, and is imposed whenever pollution breaks statutory limits for 12 consecutive days. The Italian city of Milan is to banish cars for 10 hours on Sunday in a bid to cut the city’s air pollution. Milan is one of Europe’s most polluted [.].

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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August, 2009 : Switzerland and Italy agreed in principle to redraw portions of the Swiss-Italian border, established in 1861, that had shifted due to the recession of glaciers in areas where the border is determined by the area’s watershed ( earlier post ). Reuters , 14/15 November 2009. [ Reuters UK, 15 November 2009. [

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