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BREAKING NEWS Heat wave sparks forest fires across Portugal LISBON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Nearly 1,000 firefighters battled forest blazes sparked by record heat across Portugal on Thursday. Water-cleansing "dirt magnet" undergoing field tests LONDON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Little packets that can make water in the developing world safer to drink for pennies a day were unveiled Thursday, as they undergo field tests in the Philippines, Guatemala and Iraq. Whaling body closes conference amid questions over future BERLIN (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Four days of bickering, threats to quit and dogged but limited progress have raised doubts about the effectiveness of the sharply divided world whaling body as it closes its annual meeting Thursday. |
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Greenpeace in high-wire Brussels protest over toxic ships BRUSSELS (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Greenpeace activists staged a protest off the roof of the asbestos-tainted European Commission headquarters Thursday to demand a clean-up of toxic ships. Whaling body closes amid questions over future BERLIN (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Four days of bickering, threats to quit and dogged but limited progress have raised doubts about the effectiveness of the sharply divided world whaling body as it closes its annual meeting Thursday. 21 injured as typhoon Soudelor moves over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) TOKYO (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Typhoon Soudelor churned over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) Thursday after passing through the channel between the Japanese islands and the Korean peninsula, leaving at least 21 people reported injured. Japan, Iceland urged to drop scientific whaling BERLIN (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 The world whaling body has called on Japan to stop its scientific whaling programme and on Iceland not to start the controversial practice, which critics say is commercial whaling in disguise, officials said Thursday. Typhoon Soudelor approaches southern Japan, disrupts public transportation TOKYO (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Typhoon Soudelor was bearing north over open water between southern Japan and South Korea Thursday, bringing heavy rain and forcing Japanese airlines to cancel flights and trains to halt operations. Kenya loses 75 percent of its international market in carvings: WWF NAIROBI (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Heavy pressure on Kenya's rapidly dwindling forests has caused a shortage of raw material for the country's carving industry, resulting in the loss of 75 percent of its international market in the past three years, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-East Africa) said on Wednesday. |
Petition will force Austrian parliament to debate nuclear-free Europe VIENNA (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 More than 100,000 Austrians have signed a petition for a nuclear-free Europe sponsored by the environmental group Greenpeace, forcing parliament to debate the issue, the interior ministry said Wednesday. Japan, Iceland seek to get round whaling ban BERLIN (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Japan and its chief whaling ally Iceland attempted Wednesday to circumvent a global moratorium on commercial whaling in the teeth of fierce resistance from opponents. Japan, Iceland try to get round whaling ban BERLIN (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Japan and its chief whaling ally Iceland attempted Wednesday to circumvent a global moratorium on the practice in the face of fierce resistance from anti-whaling critics. Whale and dolphin meat in Japanese pet food: claim BERLIN (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Whale and dolphin meat is being sold in pet food in Japan, thus negating Tokyo's controversial claim that it needs more whale meat, three environmental groups charged Wednesday. German gov't says will widen bottle deposit scheme BERLIN (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 The German government Wednesday agreed to widen an already controversial scheme imposing a compulsory deposit on most drinks in throwaway cans, glass bottles and plastic containers. WWF breaks new ground in training Nokia employees to think green GLAND, Switzerland (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 The conservation group WWF International said on Wednesday that it will for the first time help train employees of a major company to be environmentally conscious, following an agreement with the Finnish telecoms group Nokia. |
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