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BREAKING NEWS Green groups hail new lease of life for HK harbour HONG KONG (AFP) Jul 09, 2003 Hong Kong green groups and campaigners Wednesday hailed a court ruling which will breath a new lease of life into the city's most famous tourist attraction, Victoria Harbour, by limiting land reclamation. Malaysia to send 'illegal' gorillas to South Africa: report KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jul 09, 2003 Four baby gorillas bought by a Malaysian zoo illegally last year will be sent to South Africa's Pretoria Zoo, local media reported Wednesday. Russians face cold bath or none as summer finally hits SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) Jul 09, 2003 European Russia may have had one of its coldest and dampest summers so far for years, but July in Russia would not be the same without a sudden shortage of hot water. |
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Environmental bodies slam Berlusconi's policies as "backward" ROME (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Italian environmental organisations on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's environmental policies of being backward and turning Italy into "the bad student of Europe". World Bank gives Tanzania 77m dollars to fight AIDS, manage forests DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The World Bank has approved 77 million dolars grant for Tanzania to support its HIV/AIDS reduction efforts and to sustain conservation of forests, the bank said Tuesday. At least 30 killed in southern Pakistan after monsoon rains: report KARACHI (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 At least 30 people were killed after heavy monsoon rains lashed the southern port city of Karachi and parts of Sindh province over the past two days, state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) reported Tuesday. 14 dead as rains lash India's Darjeeling CALCUTTA (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Fourteen people were killed Tuesday, including 11 in a landslide, when heavy rains lashed the eastern Indian hill station of Darjeeling, police said. Disease spreads as 1.4 million left stranded by floods in India, Bangladesh GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The mighty Brahmaputra river burst its banks at several points early Tuesday, bringing to 1.4 million the number of people made homeless by floods in India and Bangladesh, as disease, rising waters and landslides claimed 16 more lives. Cancer-causing dioxin in cattle continues to trouble Italian south NAPLES, Italy (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Police in Italy said on Tuesday they had seized hundreds of head of cattle from farms in the southern region of Naples after tests showed abnormally high levels of deadly dioxin in both the animals and the soil. |
Greek capital sizzles in heatwave ATHENS (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The Greek capital is sizzling in the hottest weather for 106 years, according to records by the Athens Observatory reported on Tuesday. Cambodia must do more to improve election environment: UN envoy PHNOM PENH (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Cambodia's government must make further progress in fostering an environment suited to credible and transparent national elections to be held here on July 27, a UN envoy said here Tuesday. 11 dead as rains trigger landslides near India's Darjeeling CALCUTTA (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Eleven people were killed Tuesday when their houses were crushed by landslides triggered by days of heavy rain outside the eastern Indian hill station Darjeeling, police said. Disease spreads as 1.4 million stranded by floods in India, Bangladesh GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The mighty Brahmaputra river burst its banks at several points early Tuesday, bringing to 1.4 million the number of people made homeless by floods, as disease spread among stranded villagers in northeastern India and Bangladesh. Two more reported dead in Bangladesh as floods descend southward DHAKA (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Surging rivers triggered more flooding in central and northwestern Bangladesh where two more deaths were reported Tuesday pushing the toll from three months of bad weather to 67. Death toll from northeastern India floods rises to 18 GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The death toll due to floods in northeastern India rose to 18 with the number of displaced in the region now estimated at more than 1.2 million, officials said Tuesday. |
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