MADRID After a week of tough negotiations, a conference onprotecting the Antarctic from environmental exploitation reached asurprising breakthrough Monday.
The conference, attended by 300 delegates from 39 nations,agreed to back a 50-year ban on siphoning off mineral resources fromthe continent.
In 50 years, a two-thirds majority vote of the 26 nations thatsigned the Antarctic Treaty will be required to lift the ban.
The agreement still has to be …
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