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BREAKING NEWS No let up in Iraqi attacks for Independence Day BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 04, 2003 Independence Day saw no respite for US troops from the ongoing violence in Iraq as one soldier was killed and 10 were injured in separate incidents overnight. US breaching Geneva Conventions over Iraq nuclear plant: Greenpeace BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 04, 2003 Environmental group Greenpeace accused US-led authorities in Iraq Friday of breaching international law and refusing to allow United Nations experts to assess contamination at a nuclear plant near Baghdad. Greenpeace, celebrities kick off drive to ban pesticides in India BANGALORE, India (AFP) Jul 04, 2003 Activists of environmental group Greenpeace teamed up with celebrities Friday to kick off a drive that urges a ban in India on pesticides and promotes organic agriculture. |
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit badly by pollution, report finds TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AFP) Jul 04, 2003 The health of Australia's world-renowned Great Barrier Reef is continuing to suffer from pollution, over-fishing and rising sea temperatures, an official report said Friday. Seven drown in India's flooded northeast GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jul 04, 2003 Another seven people have drowned in Indias northeastern states, taking the toll to 13 since a fresh wave of flooding and mudslides engulfed the region a week ago, police said Friday. Indian villagers surrounded by flood water but not a drop to drink NONOI, India (AFP) Jul 04, 2003 Many parts of India's northeast are engulfed by floodwater but villagers say they cannot even find a drop of clean drinking water to give a dying child. Ecuador declares state of emergency after Tungurahua eruption escalates QUITO (AFP) Jul 03, 2003 President Lucio Gutierrez declared a state of emergency in Ecuador's central Andean region due to the danger from the erupting Tungurahua volcano, his office announced Thursday. Storms leave 200 Ukrainian neighborhoods without electricity KIEV (AFP) Jul 03, 2003 More than 200 neighborhoods in central and southern Ukraine were left without electricity Thursday after violent storms and strong winds struck the country, the emergency situations ministry said. Floods spell disaster for some, but cash for others in northeast India SURABARI, India (AFP) Jul 03, 2003 For thousands of people in Indias northeastern state of Assam the annual floods are a curse, but for some the seasonal deluge is just the right time to make some quick money. |
Fires break out in record heat wave in Bulgaria SOFIA (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Fires broke out in farming areas of Bulgaria Wednesday as the country experienced some of its hottest weather in a century, according to the weather service. Record temperatures could mean Italy going tropical: weather office ROME (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Italy is becoming increasingly hot with average June temperatures at their highest in more than half-a-century, suggesting the country's climate may be going tropical, the national meteorological bureau said Wednesday. Chemical-munching superbug cleans up polluted water PARIS (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 One of the biggest environmental headaches is vinyl chloride, a toxic compound which can seep into water tables from chemical plants or industrial users. International court rejects Ireland's claim over Sellafield THE HAGUE (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 The International Court of Arbitration in the Hague on Wednesday rejected a claim by Ireland accusing Britain of withholding information about the operation of the Sellafield nuclear plant. EU adopts new rules on biotech foods, US unimpressed STRASBOURG (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 European lawmakers adopted Wednesday new rules on the labelling of genetically-modified foodstuffs, saying they hoped it would ease a fierce row with the US, but Washington remained unimpressed. New EU biotech laws inadequate: US official BRUSSELS (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Washington will not abandon a WTO complaint over an EU ban on genetically-modified foodstuffs despite new legislation that paves the way for the moratorium to be lifted, a US official said Wednesday. |
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