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BREAKING NEWS Exotic animal fur smugglers busted in Tibet BEIJING (AFP) Oct 11, 2003 Chinese customs officials and police have cracked the biggest case of animal fur smuggling in the mountainous Himalayan region of Tibet, recovering the furs of several endangered species, including tigers and leopards, state press said Saturday. Protests aim to persuade NZ to keep ban on genetically engineered food AUCKLAND (AFP) Oct 10, 2003 Organisers of protests around New Zealand Saturday hope Prime Minister Helen Clark's government will be convinced by the strength of public opinion to maintain a ban on the release of genetically engineered (GE) organisms. |
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EU farmers face 13.5 bln euro bill from scorching summer: farm groups BRUSSELS Oct 10 (AFP) - (AFP) Oct 10, 2003 Drought and fires in the summer cost European Union farmers 13.5 billion euros (16 billion dollars), EU agriculture lobby groups said Friday. Last native crested ibis dies in Japan TOKYO (AFP) Oct 10, 2003 The last wild crested ibis born in Japan died of suspected old age on Friday, officials said. Chinese scientists capture endangered Yangtze River sturgeon BEIJING (AFP) Oct 10, 2003 Chinese scientists have caught three highly endangered Yangtze River sturgeons and hope to breed and study the reproductive habits of the species to ensure its survival following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, reports said Friday. Plan to keep ships off Australia's Great Barrier Reef under fire BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) Oct 10, 2003 A plan to protect almost one-third of Australia's Great Barrier Reef by banning recreational fishing and shipping came under fire Friday on economic grounds. EU fails to agree on criminal penalties for ship pollution LUXEMBOURG (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 The EU's executive arm and transport ministers were at loggerheads Thursday after failing to agree on how to impose criminal penalties on individuals and companies found guilty of polluting the sea. EU says it regrets Croatian decision to set up fisheries zone BRUSSELS (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 The European Union said Thursday it regretted the decision by Croatia to create a marine conservation zone off its Adriatic coast over which it would exercise fishing rights. |
Fire-ravaged Portugal creates secretary of state for forests LISBON (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 Portugal on Thursday created the new post of secretary of state for forests in the wake of a wave of summer wildfires which destroyed a record amount of land and killed 20 people, a spokesman for the prime minister said. EU to release fire relief funds for Portugal BRUSSELS Oct 9 (AFP) - (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 The European Parliament approved Thursday the release 48.5 million euros (57 million dollars) to help Portugal recover from a series of devastating forest fires which killed 20 people in the summer. Heatwave causes mollusc baby boom -- 100 billion oysters BORDEAUX (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 The August heatwave kindled the love light in the beds of southwest France. Oyster beds that is, and the result is an unprecedented baby boom of 100 billion larvae. Man killed, five hurt as storms topple minaret in Turkey ISTANBUL (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 A man who was performing his morning prayers in a mosque in northwest Bursa was killed when a minaret was toppled by strong winds blowing across parts of Turkey, the Anatolia news agency said Thursday. Trade in wildlife increasing at alarming rate in Vietnam: TRAFFIC HANOI (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 Illegal trade in wildlife in Vietnam is increasing at an alarming rate, with law enforcement agencies ill-equipped to combat the phenomenon, conservationists said Thursday. China bans coal-fire power plants in major cities BEIJING (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 China has banned coal-fire power plants in the capital Beijing and other major cities -- a long-awaited move expected to reduce chronic air pollution and acid rain, state press reported Thursday. |
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