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BREAKING NEWS EU-Asia ministers discuss environment issues LECCE, Italy (AFP) Oct 12, 2003 EU environment ministers and their counterparts from 10 Asian countries began meeting here Sunday on a range of issues affecting the future of the planet, Italian minister Altero Matteoli said. Heavy rains claim 11 lives in northwestern China BEIJING (AFP) Oct 12, 2003 Eleven people were killed when poorly built houses collapsed after heavy rains in northwestern China, state media said Sunday. |
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Douse of cold water brings "dead" Indian man back to life: report NEW DELHI (AFP) Oct 12, 2003 An 80 year-old Indian man, whose relatives thought he was dead, came "back to life" after being doused with cold water as part of the funeral preparations, a report said Sunday. Rainfall 11 times average in September in Tunis TUNIS (AFP) Oct 11, 2003 Rainfall was 11 times heavier in September than the average for the month, the national meteorological institute said Saturday in a report. Colder weather in north China unlikely to hamper first manned space flight BEIJING (AFP) Oct 11, 2003 Plunging temperatures and overcast skies are not expected to hamper China's first-ever manned space launched scheduled for next week, state press reported Saturday. Thousands march in bid to keep ban on genetically engineered food AUCKLAND (AFP) Oct 11, 2003 Thousands of protesters marched in New Zealand Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to urge the government to maintain a ban on the release of genetically engineered (GE) foods. 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. |
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. |
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