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BULLETIN FROM THE BBC:  Climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, a study suggests.  It challenges previous assumptions that environmental disasters, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, had played a part in triggering unrest.  Instead, it says, traditional factors - such as poverty and social tensions - were often the main factors behind the outbreak of conflicts.

Al Gore is reported in seclusion.

September 7, 2010