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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 24JAN13 - Gillian R. Tett, Assistant Editor, Financial Times, USA, gestures during the session 'Unconventional Energy- Sustaining Natural Resources' at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 24, 2013.Copyright by World Economic Forumswiss-image.ch/Photo Moritz Hager

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