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Activists gather outside business secretary's London home in 'act of solidarity' for 625 workers set to lose their jobs at the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of WightProtesters against the closure of a wind turbine factory chained themselves to Lord Mandelson's home today as the business secretary jetted back from Corfu to take control of the day-to-day business of government.Members of the Climate Rush campaign group gathered outside Mandelson's two-storey property in Regent's Park, north London, in an 'act of solidarity' with 625 workers who are set to lose their jobs at the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight.Ellie Robson, 21, a history undergraduate at Cambridge University, said she wanted to expose the government's hypocrisy over climate change as she chained herself to railings outside the business secretary's house.She said: 'Less than two weeks after announcing the government's plans for a low-carbon Britain, Vestas shut down because there's no demand for wind tur

Typhoons striking the Asian region had claimed at least 29 lives as of Monday, with the death toll feared to rise further as rescue workers searched destroyed homes and buildings for hundreds of missing persons. Latest figures released by officials g...

In Bojonegoro, Indonesia, development of a large oil field is likely to get the economy pumping. Oil production could start to flow from the huge Cepu field straddling East and Central Java later this month and eventually add millions of dollars to the coffers of local governments, as well as an influx of workers and a wave of new expectations.