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BREAKING NEWS Tens of thousands flee as US braces for Hurricane Isabel KITTY HAWK, North Carolina (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 US authorities ordered more than 150,000 people to leave the North Carolina coast, as the waning yet feared Hurricane Isabel steadily came closer to its expected landfall early Thursday. Hole in ozone layer over Antarctic back to record level: experts GENEVA (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 The hole in the protective ozone layer over the Antarctic, regarded as one of the world's major environmental challenges, has expanded more rapidly than in recent years, reaching the record level set three years ago, climate experts said on Wednesday. |
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China's booming cities polluting limited water supplies: experts BEIJING (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 China's rapidly growing cities are not only short of water but are polluting their scarce water supplies and costing the economy dearly, the China Daily reported Wednesday. US drops Bahamas hurricane alert, tells diplomats to return as storm passes WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 The United States on Tuesday lifted its warning for US citizens to avoid travel to the Bahamas because of Hurricane Isabel and told the diplomats it had allowed to leave the islands to return as the storm passed. Tens of thousands flee as US braces for Hurricane Isabela KITTY HAWK, North Carolina (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 US authorities ordered up to 110,000 people to leave the North Carolina coast Tuesday, ahead of the impending arrival of a waning yet feared Hurricane Isabel. Canadians among the world's biggest greenhouse gas producers: government MONTREAL (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 Canadians, along with Americans and Australians, are among the world's biggest greenhouse gas producers, according to government figures released Tuesday. Brazil clones dead cow BRASILIA (AFP) Sep 17, 2003 A research company claimed to have cloned, for the first time in Brazil, a living cow from a dead one. US warships steam out of Norfolk to avoid hurricane WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 US warships streamed out of the giant US naval base at Norfolk, Virginia, Tuesday and warplanes scattered to inland air bases out of the path of Hurricane Isabel bearing down on the US East Coast, US military officials said. |
Thousands evacuate as US East Coast girds for hurricane KITTY HAWK, North Carolina (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 Thousands along the US East Coast were ordered Tuesday to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Isabel bore down on the region. US forces sufficient for hurricane disaster: Pentagon WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 The US military has sufficient forces to help provide relief in the event Hurricane Isabel causes a natural disaster, top Pentagon officials said Tuesday. World Parks Congress calls for innovation to save the planet DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 A paradigm shift is the only viable solution to save the world's bio-diversity from the brink of mass extinction, a document released at the World Parks Congress in South Africa stated Tuesday. Ravalomanana vows to triple Madagascan conservation efforts DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 Madagascar plans to more than triple the number of its protected sites to halt an alarming decline in its unique environment, the country's President Marc Ravalamonana said Tuesday. Thousands told to evacuate as US East Coast girds for hurricane KITTY HAWK, North Carolina (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 Authorities ordered thousands of people to evacuate their homes and ordered warships out to sea Tuesday as Hurricane Isabel bore down on the the US East Coast. West African nations create marine protection project DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 16, 2003 Nations in the west African coastal zone will create a new integrated network of protected marine areas to address rapidly declining fishing stocks, the World Conservation Unionannounced Tuesday. |
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