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In science news around the world this week, scientists are urging greater protection for the Arctic as ice recedes, Africa's first cervical cancer prevention program has been launched, French researchers are balking at limits on African travel, a group of Pacific Ocean island states has scored...

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Published in:Science
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2011
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.332.6030.646-b
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.332.6030.646-b
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Summary:In science news around the world this week, scientists are urging greater protection for the Arctic as ice recedes, Africa's first cervical cancer prevention program has been launched, French researchers are balking at limits on African travel, a group of Pacific Ocean island states has scored a victory in their battle to preserve the world's last major stocks of tuna, and a radiation safety expert has resigned his governmental advisory post in protest over standards for schoolchildren exposed to radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.