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BREAKING NEWS Elephant conservation experts to meet in Sri Lanka COLOMBO (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 Elephant safaris in Africa and the need to capture Asian elephants in order to save them will be on the agenda when experts meet in the Sri Lanka capital this week to discuss conservation. Wildfires abate in Portugal but temperatures remain high LISBON (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Deadly wildfires that have ravaged Portugal abated Sunday although some blazes were continuing and the scorching temperatures were set to remain high, the emergency services said. |
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Hurricane Isabel could hit US east coast later this week: forecasters MIAMI (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 High-powered Hurricane Isabel is on course to turn north later Sunday and hit the US east coast later in the week, but is likely to have weakened by then, forecasters said. Germany's heat wave may have claimed up to 7,000 lives: report BERLIN (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Europe's blistering summer heat wave claimed far more lives in Germany than previously thought, with the death toll possibly as high as 7,000 people, news weekly Focus reported in an advance copy of its Monday issue. Thousands protest lack of government aid after China floods BEIJING (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Thousands of destitute villagers ransacked government offices in northern China, blaming authorities for not supplying relief aid after floods that killed at least 38 people and stranded hundreds of thousands, sources said Sunday. Little merit in releasing turtles, warns Thai wildlife group BANGKOK (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 A wildlife group is urging Thais to refrain from releasing turtles into canals and temple ditches during Buddhist rituals as the waterways are too polluted for the reptiles, a report said Sunday. Typhoon Maemi downgraded to depression after ravaging Korea TOKYO (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Typhoon Maemi was downgraded to a depression early Sunday morning as it passed by the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido to the Sea of Okhotsk, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. |
New African projects to dominate conservation congress next week: organisers DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 A new protected marine area involving 10 west African countries and a major expansion of conservation areas in Madagascar will be unveiled at a congress in South Africa next week, organisers said Saturday. Hurricane Isabel slightly weakened, better organized as it aims for Americas MIAMI (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 Hurricane Isabel weakened early Saturday but remained "still very powerful" as it churned toward the Americas, the US National Weather Service said. Slightly weakened Hurricane Isabel takes aim at Americas MIAMI (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 Hurricane Isabel weakened overnight into Saturday but remained "still very powerful" as it churned toward the Americas, the US National Weather Service said. Maximum-strength Hurricane Isabel takes aim at Americas MIAMI (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 Full-strength Hurricane Isabel charged westward over the central Atlantic Ocean Saturday with 260-kilometer (160 mile)-an-hour winds, according to the US National Weather Service. Danube's record low level puts shipping companies in troubled water ZAGREB (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 A severe drought which has hard hit large parts of Europe also caused dramatically low levels of the Danube river, making its navigation difficult and puting shipping companies in trouble. |
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