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BREAKING NEWS Moratorium at stake as whaling nations battle with critics BERLIN (AFP) Jun 16, 2003 The credibility of the international moratorium on whaling is at stake Monday as pro-whaling countries rejoin battle in Berlin. Inflatable whale in Berlin protest ahead of whaling meet BERLIN (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 Environmental campaigners hung a blow-up whale off the top of Berlin's landmark television tower Sunday, as pro- and anti-whaling nations prepared to do battle once again over the controversial practice. Floods leave 200,000 homeless in eastern India GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 The flood situation in Indias northeastern state of Assam worsened Sunday with more than 200,000 people left homeless due to heavy monsoon rains lashing the region, officials said. |
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Indonesian environmental watchdog to take 20 firms to court over fires JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 Indonesia's leading environmental watchdog Walhi plans to take 20 companies to court over forest and ground fires that have begun to send choking smoke haze over the province of Riau, a report said Sunday. Norway back on the whaling war-path OSLO (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 Norway, the only country in the world that allows commercial whaling, will try for the umpteenth time next week to persuade the international community to lift a 1986 ban on hunting whales, but it has no illusions about the task at hand. Iceland wants to become world's first hydrogen-powered economy TOKYO (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 Iceland could become the world's first economy free from the fossil fuels that add to global warming if it manages to produce enough hydrogen using renewable energy sources to run fuel cells, an official said here. Fuel cells without harmful greenhouse effects still a long way off: experts TOKYO (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 The fuel cell, which is intended to protect the environment from harmful greenhouse gases emitted by cars and in electricity generation, has many problems to be solved before it can become a major source of power, experts said. Japan to resist push to ehance whaling body's conservation role TOKYO (AFP) Jun 15, 2003 Japan will oppose a move toward strengthening regulations to protect whales during an annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Berlin next week, according to a fisheries official. Violent storms strike central Switzerland BERN (AFP) Jun 14, 2003 Strong thunderstorms and huge rainfalls swept through central Switzerland on Saturday, flooding roads and basements and damaging homes, though no one was injured, police said. |
Bangladeshi capital pounded by rain, causing brieff road flooding DHAKA (AFP) Jun 14, 2003 Early monsoon rains pounded the capital Dhaka Saturday, briefly flooding several roads in lowlying central districts and causing late afternoon traffic chaos. Floods leave 150,000 homeless in northeastern India GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jun 14, 2003 Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have left at least 150,000 people homeless in Indias northeastern state of Assam, officials said Saturday. EU ministers agree to make polluters pay LUXEMBOURG (AFP) Jun 13, 2003 A major environmental protection move in the European Union passed a first hurdle Friday when environment ministers agreed on a general directive to make polluters pay heavily for the damage they inflict. 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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