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  Thousands of tons of nuclear wastes to travel across Russia

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  Fuel waste from nuclear power plants will be placed in the new storage facility - in the depths of Siberian mines. The plans to transport thousands of tons of waste from nuclear reactors have caused fierce protests from environmentalists. "Dry" storage is considered safer than "wet" one, when nuclear material is placed in a tank with water

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  Euro-2012 championship to cause $8 billion of losses to Ukraine

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  The European Soccer Championship to be held in Poland and Ukraine is only four months away. However, Ukraine is no longer excited about the long-awaited sports event. Ukraine along with Poland won the right to host the continental soccer championship in 2007, but the joy was short-lived.
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  Islamic banks never invest in pork, alcohol and tobacco

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  The Islamic system does not practice the use of the borrowing rate of interest. Nevertheless, Islamic banks make money as they receive some sort of a bonus from borrowers. However, Islamic banks are very scrupulous when it comes to choosing borrowers. Unlike in the rest of the world, Shariah financiers will not work with speculative securities

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  McDonald's to expose everything about its chemical food in Russia

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  Consumer rights' advocates filed a lawsuit against McDonald's fast food chain in Russia. The lawsuit was filed at Moscow's Tverskoy Court. The plaintiffs intend to oblige the company to indicate the complete list of ingredients on packaging, rather than the content of protein, fat and carbohydrates

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  Economic freedom worst in Russia, best in Hong Kong

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  The country with the freest economy on the planet is Hong Kong. The country, which until 1997 was a British colony, and then became a Special Administrative Region of China, has been taking the first place on the list of the freest economies in the world for the 18th consecutive year. The second place on the list is taken by Singapore

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