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BREAKING NEWS Smoky haze returns over Indonesia's Borneo after two weeks without rain JAKARTA (AFP) May 26, 2003 Thick haze from burning vegetation is again blanketing parts of the Indonesian island of Borneo, smarting eyes and reducing visibility after two weeks without rain, an official said Monday. SARS antibodies found in wild animal traders in southern China GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) May 25, 2003 Researchers in southern China who traced the virus that causes SARS to the endangered civet cat said SARS antibodies were found in traders of wild animals who did not develop symptoms of the disease, according to press reports seen Sunday. French minister hints the country's energy future is nuclear PARIS (AFP) May 24, 2003 A French government minister dropped a heavy hint Saturday that the country would stick with its pro-nuclear energy policy, saying a choice had to be made between the dangers of nuclear power and those of climate change. |
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Italy donates 15 million euros to China for SARS, environment protection BEIJING (AFP) May 24, 2003 Italy is to donate 15 million euros (17.7 million US dollars) to Beijing to purchase environmental and medical equipment to battle Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, state media reported Saturday. Civet cats, Canada new SARS focus as Asian hotspots record fewer infections HONG KONG (AFP) May 24, 2003 An all-out campaign launched Saturday against trade in the endangered civet cat was the latest phase in China's battle against SARS as fears surged in Canada that new life has been breathed back into the virus. Kenya's environment minister suspends wildlife chief NAIROBI (AFP) May 24, 2003 Kenya's environment minister Saturday suspended the director of the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) to pave way for a probe into the way the organisation was run. Guangdong vows to hunt out civet cats, China's suspected source of SARS GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) May 24, 2003 Southern Guangdong province vowed Saturday to stop the trade in endangered civet cats, believed to be the likely source of SARS, as the Chinese capital expressed confidence it can beat the disease. Heat wave toll shoots up near 200 in southern India HYDERABAD, India (AFP) May 24, 2003 The toll in an extended heat wave sweeping the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has climbed to nearly 200, officials said Saturday. |
Lawmaker urges change in eating habits after civet cat linked to SARS HONG KONG (AFP) May 24, 2003 Residents in Hong Kong and southern China should re-assess their practice of eating exotic animals after the coronavirus which causes SARS was traced to the civet cat, a lawmaker said Saturday. Despite massive clean-up, Mount Everest remains under threat KATHMANDU (AFP) May 24, 2003 Mount Everest may have finally lost its dubious nickname as "the world's highest garbage dump," but the ever-growing number of climbers -- including those converging on the mountain this month during the golden jubilee of its conquest -- still pose a threat. Flooding, rains kill 34 so far in central China BEIJING (AFP) May 24, 2003 Heavy rains and flooding this month in central China's Hunan province have left 34 people dead and affected four million people, while damaging more than 16,000 houses, state media said Saturday. Floods force WFP to shift Sudan's relief base in Kenya NAIROBI (AFP) May 23, 2003 Floods have damaged a road used by the UN food agency to deliver stocks to its northern Kenya base, forcing it to shift its base for food airdrops in war-torn southern Sudan, the organisation said Friday. Nigeria sends smuggled gorillas back to Cameroon homeland LAGOS (AFP) May 23, 2003 Nigerian officials and conservationists won a small but symbolic victory in the battle against Africa's animal smugglers Friday, sending two illegally captured gorillas back to their homeland in Cameroon. |
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