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BREAKING NEWS Drinking water shortage hits Nigerian flood city, cholera outbreak feared KADUNA, Nigeria (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Nigerian authorities on Wednesday warned of a possible cholera outbreak in the northern city of Kaduna, where a major flood has made at left 5,000 people homeless and water supplies contaminated. Oceans need urgent protection to prevent environmental damage: report DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 A scientist warned Wednesday that the number of protected marine areas must be increased substantially in the next decade to prevent wide-scale environmental disturbances on land and sea. Hurricane Isabel continues west towards Leeward Islands MIAMI (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Powerful Hurricane Isabel moved west across the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday towards the Caribbean Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico with winds gusting at up to 215 kilometers an hour (134 miles an hour), according to the National Hurricane Center here. |
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Greenpeace moves to close German nuclear plants over terror potential HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Environmental watchdog Greenpeace said Wednesday it had moved to force the closure of two German nuclear power plants because they were especially vulnerable to attack by extremists. Greenpeace dumps corn outside US embassy in Athens in GM protest ATHENS (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Greenpeace activists Wednesday dumped some 100 kilogrammes (220 pounds) of US-grown corn over a mock toilet in front of the US Embassy in Athens in a protest against genetically modified foods. Eight killed, thousands displaced by flooding in north Nigeria KANO, Nigeria (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Eight people have been killed and 2,215 displaced in flooding in Kano State, in northern Nigeria, state officials said Wednesday. French Veolia wins Chinese water, waste treatment contracts PARIS (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 The French utility group Veolia Environnement has signed two contracts for water and waste treatment in Beijing and Shanghai, the company said Wednesday. World Bank expects environmental lending to double: report DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 World Bank lending for environmental projects is expected to nearly double from 1.1 billion dollars this year to 2.1 billion dollars next year, the organisation announced in South Africa Wednesday. Top US experts in Vietnam to talk about climate policy HANOI (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 A delegation of US climate experts will arrive in Vietnam on Friday to discuss American climate change policy outside the Kyoto protocol with government officials, the US embassy said Wednesday. |
Six new protected areas in Amazon announced at World Parks Congress DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 The Brazilian state of Amazonas announced at the World Parks Congress (WPC) in South Africa Wednesday the creation of six new protected areas covering extensive portions of tropical rainforest Global initiative launched to fight alarming rise in forest fires DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 A partnership to fight escalating fires destroying forests across the globe was launched Wednesday at the fifth World Parks Congress (WPC) under way in South Africa. International body checking on health of Solomons dolphins HONIARA, Sep 10 (AFP) (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 - Representatives of an international environmental organisation began Wednesday checking on the health of dolphins at the centre of a dolphin-exporting storm. Pentagon funding whale song study off Australia BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Researchers funded by the US Navy are studying humpback whale communications off eastern Australia in hopes of protecting the ocean giants from military sonar and other man-made noises, the project leader said Wednesday. Tubs and toilets: designers craft bathroom of tomorrow PARIS (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 In the ideal environmentally-correct home of tomorrow, toilets will flush water recycled from the washing-machine or dish-washer, and showers will emit clouds of mist rather than gush water. Italy braces for mudslides after sweltering summer ROME (AFP) Sep 10, 2003 Just as Italy is cooling off after baking in the summer heat wave, the country is bracing itself for a season of landslides as torrential rains return. |
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