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BREAKING NEWS Oil slick from sunken Chinese cargo ship hits Swedish coast STOCKHOLM (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 A large oil slick gushing from a sunken Chinese cargo ship hit Sweden's popular southeastern coast on Tuesday, but marine biologists said they expected only limited damage to the environment. India's poultry hub withers in blistering heatwave NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 India's southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, where sunstroke has killed 1,065 people so far, called for federal help Tuesday to save its booming poultry industry now withering in the blistering heat. Indian heatwave toll soars to 1,100, towns and villages parched NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Searing heat that has already killed close to 1,100 people continued to smother India Tuesday, raising the spectre of a fearsome drought like one last year that crippled life across the country's vast agricultural plains. |
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Asian demand for gas to outpace rest of world: Japan industry leaders TOKYO (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Demand for natural gas in Asia is likely to grow by about four percent a year for the next 30 years, much faster than in the rest of the world, requiring the creation of pipeline infrastructure on a large scale, gas industry leaders told a conference here Tuesday. 45 more die in the blistering eye of India's heatwave NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Another 45 people have died from sunstroke in India's southeastern state of Andra Pradesh, taking to 1,065 the toll in the epicentre of the country's merciless heatwave, officials said Tuesday. ADB searches for private funding to develop Mekong region SINGAPORE (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The private sector needs to contribute up to 90 percent of a 14-billion-dollar program to economically integrate the six nations that share the Mekong River, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday. Heat wave toll creeps up as people flee homes in blistering India NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 A blistering heatwave which has killed more than 1,000 people across India showed no signs of relenting Tuesday as people fled their homes and prayed in temples for rains. Asian demand for gas to outpace rest of world: Japan gas assn chief TOKYO (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Demand for natural gas in Asia is likely to grow by about four percent a year over the next 30 years, much faster than in the rest of the world and with particularly strong growth seen in Japan, the head of Japan's gas industry association said Tuesday. |
Indonesian province deploys teams to combat choking smoke haze JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Authorities in an Indonesian province have deployed special teams to fight forest and ground fires following several days of choking smoke haze, an official said Tuesday. Snow in June: Russians put bermuda shorts on hold MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 At a time of year when Muscovites are usually wondering what colour bermuda shorts to wear at the dacha, city residents Tuesday found themselves facing the prospect of a snowstorm. Six dead, one missing, hundreds affected by Honduras downpours TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Six people were killed and one is missing after heavy downpours last week in Honduras, according to official figures here. 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. |
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