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” Climate change is affecting the reindeer population on Russia’s border with Norway.”Must be read :” Climate change is affecting the reindeer population on Norway’s border with Russia ” as the article points , what a miracle , Norway and not Russia as the ” bad guy” !Paul Goble is silent !…The fact is that Sami’s were treated as nigg[censored]or yi[censored ] by the ” native Norwegians ” and their graves unearthed for ” scientifical studies ” .The article of course speaks of global warming but it should had speak also of the effect of NATO drills in the region .