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Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks

New dress code issued to government employees as country endures blackouts of up 20 hours a day amid 40C temperaturesPakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal wit…

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Plague of deforestation sweeps across south-east Asia

Illegal logging and unchecked economic development are taking a devastating toll on forestsIn 1968, during the six-month siege of Khe Sanh — one of the most bitterly fought battles of the Vietnam War — a special U.S. Air Force outfit flew defoliati…

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Worst natural disasters of 2012 by numbers displaced – in pictures

Flooding, often during monsoons and sometimes accompanied by typhoons, displaced the most people last year

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Climate disasters displace millions of people worldwide

More than 32 million people fled their homes last year because of disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes

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Dog-meat mafia fuels Thai canine trade

Behind-the-scenes footage of the illegal live-export trade in dogs – from rounded-up strays to stolen pets – destined for human consumption

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Syngenta photography award 2013

Jan Brykczynski has been announced as winner of this year’s Syngenta photography award

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Rare crane egg given 24-hour guard

The first common crane egg laid in western Britain for more than 400 years has been given a round-the-clock guardThe first common crane egg laid in western Britain for more than 400 years has been given a round-the-clock guard, conservationists said.Th…

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Switching supplier isn’t enough – we need to talk about energy consumption | Katherine Portilla

Ed Davey needs to do more on cutting energy consumption than the green deal. Looking to Germany would be a startSo Ed Davey, climate secretary, wants to “want to turn the non-switchers into savvy switchers”, he said on Friday, talking about the importa…

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Discovery Channel’s North America – in pictures

North America’s diverse climate, geography and wildlife are the subject of an impressive new series on the Discovery Channel. It is narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor and spans the continent from the Canadian Rockies to the jungles of Belize

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The invisible beauty of flowers – in pictures

Artist Susumu Nishinaga has used a scanning electron microscope to delve deep into the fabric of petal, leaves and pollen

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