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UK review panel clears 'Climategate' research unit

LONDON — An independent review into the work at one of the world's leading climate research centers says it found no evidence of deliberate scientific malpractice at the British university unit.

The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit became embroiled in controversy last year when climate change skeptics, using more than 1,000 e-mails stolen from the center, charged that scientists had tampered with data to exaggerate the threat of global warming.

The inquiry followed a review of 11 scientific papers published by the center. It concluded Wednesday it found "absolutely no evidence of any impropriety."

The review did not analyze the correctness of the conclusions, but gave the scientific processes at Climatic Research Unit a "clean bill of health."

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