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BREAKING NEWS China's rivers still plagued by pollution, minister says BEIJING (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 China's two biggest waterways are facing an unprecedented pollution crisis with water shortages and the massive Three Gorges Dam threatening to devastate the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, officials said Thursday. New Caledonia plans whale sanctuary NOUMEA (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 New Caledonia wants to set up a sanctuary for whales in its exclusive economic zone as part of a South Pacific regional initiative to protect the mammals, the French Pacific territory's government said Thursday. Afghan farmers welcome return of rains KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 Shah Mahmood, clad in shalwar kameez and waistcoat, looks at the gleaming waters of the reservoir and slowly starts to spin round in Afghanistan's traditional attan dance as fellow villagers follow his lead, twirling gracefully on the dusty fields. |
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Greens glum as World Environment Day heads for 30th anniversary PARIS (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 Ecologists sounded a note of dismay on Wednesday on the eve of the 30th United Nations World Environment Day, an annual event aimed at boosting awareness about the planet's deteriorating health. Antinuclear demonstrators, AFP photographer detained in Brazil BRASILIA (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 Police detained some 15 Greepeace demonstrators as they scaled partway up the Senate cupola on Wednesday to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant. Japanese nuclear waste heads home after reprocessing in France CHERBOURG, France (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 A ship transporting Japanese nuclear waste treated in France left Wednesday for Japan, French nuclear energy firm Cogema said. Farmed salmon pose greater risk to wild species than thought PARIS (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 Farmed salmon are a bigger risk to wild species than previously thought, according to a study which says young captive fish that escape their pens beat their native counterparts at the mating game. Fifteen percent of Russia badly polluted, says Putin MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that 15 percent of Russia's territory could be classified as an environmental disaster zone and called on his government to take urgent action. |
Southern India on alert as heatwave toll nears 1,300 HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 Weather officials warned Wednesday there would be no immediate relief from soaring temperatures in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh where people are bearing the brunt of a heatwave that has claimed nearly 1,300 lives across India. Police break up environmental protest in Moscow MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists who protested Wednesday in front of Moscow's economic development ministry to demand that Russia ratify the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gases. Southern India on alert as temperatures soar, no sign of rain HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 Weather officials warned Wednesday there would be no immediate relief from soaring temperatures in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh where people are bearing the brunt of a heatwave that has claimed nearly 1,250 lives across India. Greenpeace says Indonesia has world's highest rate of forest loss JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 Indonesia has the world's highest rate of forest loss and may see much of its lowland forest disappear by 2010, international environmental watchdog Greenpeace said Wednesday. Desert state on drought alert as Indian heatwave turns savage JODHPUR, India (AFP) Jun 04, 2003 India's Rajasthan was among the country's hottest states Wednesday as a savage heatwave swirled through the deserts here, prompting the region to brace for its fifth-straight year of drought. |
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