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BREAKING NEWS Irish legal action against Britain over Sellafield plant THE HAGUE (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 A hearing starts Tuesday at the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague in a dispute between Ireland and Britain over a nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield in northern England, officials said Friday. Another 56 die as India killer heatwave rages on HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Another 56 people have died in the intense heatwave gripping the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, taking the state's toll to 1,291, officials said. US industry a massive water polluter: report WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Nearly 25 percent of major US industrial facilities pollute rivers, some massively, and the few offenders caught get only minor punishment, according to a government study reported by the Washington Post on Friday. |
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Rains arrive but most of India still in grip of killer heatwave NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Another 46 people have died in a withering heatwave that has fired India for the past three weeks, officials said Friday, even as rains began drenching some northeastern and southwestern regions. Another 46 die as India killer heatwave rages on NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Another 46 people have died due to the intense heatwave in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, taking the state's toll to 1,281 and deaths nationally to 1,393, officials quoted by the Press Trust of India news agency said Friday. Millions of frogs drawn to Bulgarian town SOFIA (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Millions of frogs have converged near a small Bulgarian town after a garbage dump in a forest was filled in creating a new home, the mayor Petar Shunenski said. Heatwave toll exceeds 100 as Pakistan sizzles in record temperatures ISLAMABAD (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Soaring temperatures hit a 10-year high in Pakistan this week as the known death toll from a month-long heatwave surpassed 100, officials said Friday. Rains drenching northeast India also bring relief to southwest Kerala NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Rains which have begun drenching parts of northeast India have also started in southwest Kerala state, bringing hope that relief is in sight for millions suffering in a searing heatwave that has already killed more than 1,200 people. |
Danish island group threatened by oil from sunken ship AARHUS, Denmark (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Oil leaking from a sunken Chinese vessel threatened on Friday to pollute the Danish Ertholmene island group, east of Bornholm island, the Ritzau news agency reported. Canada increases spending to protect habitat, species at risk OTTAWA (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 The Canadian government announced Thursday that it would provide a further nine million dollars (6.7 million US) to help conserve habitat and species at risk. US oil group says it defends the environment in Nigeria LAGOS (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 US oil group ChevronTexaco said Thursday that it had spent 400 million dollars over the past nine years on measures to protect Nigeria's environment and population. Oil to be pumped from sunken tanker from next year: Spanish firm MADRID (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 Efforts to extract thousands of tonnes of oil still in the tanks of the sunken tanker Prestige could begin in early 2004, the Spanish petroleum group in charge of the cleanup said Thursday. "New environment" in Iraq should enable truth about weapons to emerge: Blix UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Jun 05, 2003 The fall of Saddam Hussein should make it possible to discover the truth about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said Thursday, amid mounting controversy over official US and British claims. |
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