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  • Global Soccer: A Risky Trip Outside The Protective Cocoon

    nytimes.com 40 minutes ago

    England's players will visit Auschwitz before the start of Euro 2012, but who knows how players will respond to what they see?

  • Global Carbon Market Value Hits Record $176 Billion

    yahoo.com 3 hours, 13 minutes ago

    COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Carbon market trading reached a record value of $176 billion in 2011, rising 11 percent spurred by secondary trading volumes which offset lower prices and slowing economies, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Companies and governments are turning to emissions trading as a tool for fighting climate change, with the European Union by far the most active since its cap-and-trade scheme began in 2005. ...

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Globalization refers to the process or processes of international integration. Human Interaction over long distances, such as the overland Silk Road that connected Asia, Africa and Europe, existed thousands of years ago. In the 15th century, Europeans made important advances in exploring the World Ocean and locating the "New World" of the Americas. Global movement of people, goods, and ideas expanded significantly in the early 19th century with development of new forms of transportation and telecommunications that seem to "compress" time and space. In the 20th century, road vehicles and airlines made transportation much faster. Electronic communications, most notably mobile phones and the Internet, connect billions of people in new ways.
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