U.N.: Glaciers shrinking at record rate

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• Glaciers are shrinking at record rates, according to U.N. Environment Program
  
• Scientists say 30 glaciers around the world showed record ice loss in 2006
  
• UNEP warns ice loss could have dramatic consequences particularly in India
  
• Glaciers lost an average of about a foot of ice a year between 1980 and 1999
  
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