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BREAKING NEWS Troops on alert after flood warning in northeast India GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jun 13, 2003 Federal troops were put on alert Friday as the first wave of flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains hit Indias northeastern state of Assam, officials said. Some 300,000 whales die in fishing nets each year: WWF BERLIN (AFP) Jun 13, 2003 Some 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises die each year when they are caught by accident in the nets of fishermen, according to new research cited by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Friday. China's flood control and disaster relief an "arduous" task: official BEIJING (AFP) Jun 13, 2003 China's flood control system is faced with many problems and fighting floods remains a "long-term arduous" task, a central government official said Friday. |
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Whaling ban in spotlight as world body meets BERLIN (AFP) Jun 13, 2003 The international moratorium on commercial whaling faces another credibility test next week when pro-whaling nations are expected to try to ease the hotly-disputed 17-year ban at a conference in Berlin. Greenpeace spoils oil company managers' Bosphorus party ISTANBUL (AFP) Jun 12, 2003 A pleasure trip of representatives of major oil companies over the picturesque Bosphorus in Turkey turned sour Thursday when Greenpeace activists held a protest denouncing the oil industry. Wind-power pioneer Denmark sees sales of wind turbines rise COPENHAGEN (AFP) Jun 12, 2003 Denmark, a pioneer of wind energy, saw its sales of wind turbines rise by seven percent in 2002, solidifying the country's position as the world's leading maker of wind turbines. Police detain 20 Greenpeace activists at Hungarian nuclear plant BUDAPEST (AFP) Jun 12, 2003 Police in Hungary Thursday detained 20 activists from the environmental Greenpeace group who were protesting against the use of nuclear energy at the central European country's main atomic reactor, police said. Fuel oil spill in Singapore waters after ship runs aground SINGAPORE (AFP) Jun 12, 2003 A Singapore-registered container ship leaked 150 metric tonnes of fuel oil after it ran aground early Thursday on the way to China, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore said. Japan to fight against mislabelling of dolphin meat as whale meat TOKYO (AFP) Jun 12, 2003 The Japanese government will tighten its inspections of fish vendors to prevent dolphin and porpoise meat from being illegally sold as whale meat, an official said Thursday. |
Mekong River faces "over-use" in rush for development: commission BANGKOK (AFP) Jun 12, 2003 The Mekong River, seen as Southeast Asia's largest single natural resource, is under threat of over-use as the six nations it passes through scramble to boost socio-economic development, a conference here heard Thursday. Early greenie was an industrial poisoner PARIS (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 William Morris, a British utopian who was a forerunner of the green movement, had shares in the world's biggest arsenic maker and dismissed a mountain of evidence that an arsenic-based product he sold could cause ill health. Mercury-tainted dolphin flesh passed off as whalemeat in Japan: study PARIS (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 Dolphin and porpoise meat is widely and illegally sold in Japan as whalemeat and all three foods are so riddled with mercury that just a tiny meal could exceed safety levels, a study said on Wednesday. EU Commission launches campaign to reduce pollution-induced illnesses BRUSSELS (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 The European Union's executive Commission launched a long-term program Tuesday to curb the incidents of pollution-induced allergies, respiratory diseases and cases of asthma. Rome smolders in early heat last experienced in 1782 ROME (AFP) Jun 11, 2003 Rome was smoldering in premature summer heat on Tuesday as temperatures surged to 34.8 degrees -- the hottest the Italian capital has experienced at this time of year since 1782, said weather specialists. 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. |
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