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2008 to witness cooler world, thanks to La Nina climate pattern
Jan 5 2008, Irani

While the rising temperatures and their consequences are increasingly getting worrisome across the world, the British weather experts have a good news for this year that would definitely chill down our nerves. They have predicted 2008 to experience a...

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