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BREAKING NEWS Swiss cities clean up after weekend of anti-G8 rampage GENEVA (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Switzerland was cleaning up Monday after a weekend of running battles between riot police and rampaging anti-globalisation protestors in two lakeside cities as world leaders met across the border in France. G8 agrees action plan on water: critics say it's a washout EVIAN, France (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 In a town famous for its springs, leaders of the powerful G8 group of nations Monday agreed an action plan promising access to vital water supplies, but it was immediately denounced by aid groups. Anti-G8 demonstrators demand end to water privatisation in WTO protest GENEVA (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 About 200 anti-G8 protestors demonstrated outside the Geneva headquarters of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday demanding an end to the privatisation of water supplies. |
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Death toll soars past 1,000 in worst day of killer heatwave HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 The death toll passed 1,000 in a killer heatwave when 136 people died in India on Monday, the highest number of deaths on a single day since the unusually hot weather began last month, an offical said. Swiss cities clean up after weekend of anti-G8 rioting GENEVA (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Switzerland was cleaning up Monday after running battles between riot police and rampaging anti-globalisation protestors left a trail of damage in two wealthy lakeside cities as world leaders met across the border in France. South Asia boils, heatwave death toll nears 1,000 NEW DELHI, India (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 A heatwave seared the plains of South Asia again Monday, as the number of people killed by the fortnight-long scorcher rose to almost 1,000 and serious water shortages were reported in the populous region. Oil and gas to continue to trump renewable energy for decades: BP chief TOKYO (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Oil and gas will continue to trump renewable energy alternatives as the world's main source of energy for at least another 20 years, BP chief executive John Browne told the World Gas Conference here Monday. Three Gorges Dam poised for fall listing in Shanghai BEIJING (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Plans to list a spin-off company from China's controversial Three Gorges Dam project on the Shanghai market later this year are on track, as billions of dollars of power generating units still need to be purchased, a company official said Monday. |
Nine more die in Bangladesh heatwave, toll 51 DHAKA (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Nine more people have died in a heatwave that has been searing Bangladesh for the past week, bringing the death toll to 51 as meteorologists warned Monday no immediate respite is in sight. UNEP forms partnership to combat trade in rare species, toxics NAIROBI (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has formed a partnership with other international watchdogs to combat trade in endangered species, toxic compounds and ozone-depleting substances, it said in a statement released on Monday. Indians turn to prayer in hopes of stopping killer heatwave HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Indians desperate for an end to a heatwave that has claimed nearly 900 lives have begun seeking divine intervention to cool scorching temperatures. Australia unveils massive plan to protect Great Barrier Reef SYDNEY (AFP) Jun 02, 2003 Australia unveiled plans Monday to bar fishing and shipping in nearly a third of the Great Barrier Reef in the biggest move yet to rescue the world's largest living organism from further certain damage. Two injured as severe storms sweep northern France CAEN, France (AFP) Jun 01, 2003 At least two people were injured on Sunday, one seriously, when their house collapsed in mud slide caused by a storm on the northern French coast, regional police said. |
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