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BREAKING NEWS EU farm ministers hail CAP deal, aid workers call it disaster LUXEMBOURG (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 European Union governments Thursday hailed a key deal to reform their expensive Common Agricultural Policy while the international aid group Oxfam called it a "disaster" for the poor. New Mexico fires under control, not yet contained ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 A raging brush fire that drove some 1,000 persons from their homes north of this southwestern US city was subsiding Thursday, fire officials said. 31 killed in Bangladesh by landslides and floods CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 At least 31 people were killed Thursday in landslides and flash floods in Bangladesh, officials said. |
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22 killed in Bangladesh by landslides and floods CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 At least 22 people were killed Thursday in landslides and flash floods in Bangladesh, officials said. Greenpeace calls on Madrid to release Rainbow Warrior MADRID (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The environmental watchdog group Greenpeace demanded Thursday that Spanish authorities release their flagship Rainbow Warrior, impounded two weeks ago and blocked in the southeastern port of Valencia. EU trumpets "historic" farm deal LUXEMBOURG (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 EU farm ministers struck an "historic" accord Thursday to reform the bloc's disputed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in a move they said will strengthen the European Union's hand in world trade talks. Greens disappointed by EU farm reform deal BRUSSELS (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Environmental campaigners expressed disappointment Thursday at an EU farm reform struck in Luxembourg, saying it was "half-hearted" and missed an opportunity to ensure a healthy countryside. Spain says it didn't count on continued pollution from sunken tanker MADRID (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The Spanish government admitted Thursday that it had not predicted that oil from the sunken tanker Prestige would continue to pollute the country's beaches throughout the summer. 53 fishermen killed amid rough weather in Bangladesh: survivor DHAKA (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 At least 53 Bangladeshi fishermen were killed when their boats capsized amid rough weather in the Bay of Bengal, a survivor who clung to a raft for two days, was reported as saying Thursday. |
Power cuts in Italy as heat wave drags on ROME (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Residents of Rome and other major Italian cities found themselves without electricity for several hours on Thursday as power companies struggled to cope with higher-than-usual demand due to a punishing heat wave. 21 dead, 48 missing in China mudslides and rainstorms BEIJING (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 At least 21 have died and 48 are missing after mudslides and heavy rainstorms devastated parts of China, state press and local officials said Thursday. 25 dead or missing in China mudslide BEIJING (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Nine people died and 16 are missing after mud and rocks cascaded onto a road being repaired during a heavy rainstorm, state press said Thursday. Slaughter of Nairobi park lions highlights Kenyan wildlife dilemma NAIROBI (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 They had come to see lions, but not like this, decapitated, pawless, bloody and spear-marked. Monsanto persists in bid to introduce genetically modified wheat to Canada WINNIPEG, Canada (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Monsanto's Canadian subsidiary said Wednesday it would maintain its request to the Canadian Wheat Board to introduce the genetically modified wheat variety "Roundup Ready" into Canada. Blair opposed to closure of Sellafield nuclear plant LONDON (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 British Prime Minister Tony Blair Wednesday said he was opposed to the closure of the Sellafield nuclear plant on England's west coast, which has allegedly discharged radioactive pollutants into the Irish Sea. |
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