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BREAKING NEWS Swollen rivers add to India's flood woes, even as heatwave claims more lives NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 Waters from swollen rivers in neighbouring Nepal have begun gushing into India's eastern hinterlands raising flood fears, officials said Wednesday, even as the death toll from a heatwave searing southern parts of the country rose further. Firewalkers stage protest at coal conference in Indonesia JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 Traditional Balinese firewalkers on Wednesday joined environmentalists protesting at a conference of coal companies on the Indonesian resort island, according to watchdog group Greenpeace. Malaysia to set up fund for victims of wildlife attacks KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 Victims of attacks by tigers, elephants or wild boars will be given financial assistance under a trust scheme to be set up by the Malaysian government, a report said Wednesday. |
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Five killed, 100 injured in Bangladesh storms DHAKA (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 At least five people were killed and some 100 injured in tropical storms that lashed Bangladesh, officials and media reports said Wednesday. Canada expected to release further details on implementing Kyoto Protocol OTTAWA (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 The Canadian government will start publishing more concrete plans of how it intends to implement the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse emissions over the next few weeks, Canada's environment minister said Tuesday. Ireland in legal bid to shut controversial British nuclear plant THE HAGUE (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Ireland launched legal action Tuesday to shut Britain's controversial Sellafield nuclear plant, which it says pollutes the Irish Sea with radioactive waste and could be at risk of a terror attack. Ecuador's Tungurahua shows fresh signs of eruption QUITO (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano located 120 kilometers (72 miles) south of Quito has gone into a new stage of eruption, belching volcanic ash accompanied by earth tremors, geophysical experts said Tuesday. Scientists find giant new coral reef off Australia SYDNEY (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Australian scientists announced Tuesday the discovery of a large new coral reef off the country's northern coast in waters previously thought too warm to support such marine life. 59 endangered crested ibises born in China this spring BEIJING (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Chinese wildlife experts announced Tuesday that 59 crested ibises were born this spring at a northern China captive breeding center, bringing the total number of the endangered birds at the center to about 250, state press said. |
Ireland begins legal action to shut British nuclear plant THE HAGUE (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Ireland launched Tuesday legal proceedings under a UN maritime convention to shut down Britain's controversial Sellafield nuclear processing plant. Rains moving into India quickly despite delay, flood warning issued NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 While the monsoon arrived late in India, it is moving in more quickly than expected, bringing relief from a savage heatwave that has killed about 1,500 people, said weather officials, who Tuesday also began issuing flood warnings. Greenpeace urges Austria to lobby against nuclear energy in Europe VIENNA (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 The Austrian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday it would petition the country's parliament to lobby within the European Union for a nuclear-free Europe, Greenpeace spokesman Axel Grunt told AFP. Rains moving into India quickly despite delays, flood warning issued NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 While the monsoon arrived late in India, it is moving in more quickly than expected, bringing relief from a savage heatwave that has killed around 1,500 people, said weather officials, who Tuesday also began issuing flood warnings. Cooperation needed to combat Asia's killer air pollution: experts MANILA (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Asia's air pollution is costing governments millions in dollars and a staggering number of premature deaths, Asian Development Bank (ADB) experts said Tuesday, as they called for greater cooperation with the private sector in fighting the problem. People don masks as thick haze returns to parts of Indonesia JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 10, 2003 Authorities in one Indonesian province have started handing out face masks to pedestrians and motorcyclists as choking smoke haze from ground fires returns to the region, an official said Tuesday. |
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