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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Australia to give more free carbon permits: report

CANBERRA | Mon May 4, 2009 2:08am EDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia plans to hand out more free carbon-emission permits to heavy-polluting industries under changes to the government's plans to cut emissions and introduce carbon trade, the West Australian newspaper said on Monday.

The newspaper said on its online edition that it understood the heaviest-polluting exporters would get 95 percent of their emission permits free, up from 90 percent, while the next tier of exporters would get 70 percent free, up from 60 percent.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will hold a media conference in Canberra at 0240 GMT (12:40 p.m. local time), his office said on Monday, amid reports the government was set to announce a 12-month delay to carbon trading and other changes.

(Reporting by James Grubel; Editing by Mark Bendeich)
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