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BREAKING NEWS Palau bans harvesting of shark fins KOROR, Palau (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 The Pacific nation of Palau has barred foreign vessels from the controversial practice of "shark finning" -- chopping off high-valued shark fins and tossing the low-priced shark body back in the water. Europe had hottest summer for at least 500 years: Swiss researchers GENEVA (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 Europe this year experienced its hottest summer for at least 500 years, providing further evidence of man-made global warming, Swiss university researchers said on Tuesday. |
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Time, money, local cooperation can halt deforestation: experts QUEBEC CITY (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 Though it is spiraling out of control, tropical deforestation can be stopped with time, money and local involvement, experts told the World Forestry Congress here. French woman survives after being trapped in flooded sewers during storms LUNEL, France (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 A 32-year-old woman declared dead after falling into a manhole and spending several hours in flooded sewer pipes during violent storms in southern France said Tuesday she was thrilled to be alive. France's 2003 wine harvest the weakest in a decade after heat wave PARIS (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 France's wine harvest for 2003 will be the lowest in a decade at 47.1 million hectoliters, or about 6.3 billion bottles, due to the severe summer heat and lack of rainfall, the national wine office said Tuesday. Greenpeace seeks to block breaking of Norwegian oil tanker in India AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 Environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday said it was strongly opposing moves to bring a Norwegian oil tanker to India's shipbreaking yard at Gujarat's Alang to avoid any leak of hazardous wastes. Iran gets largest share of Caspian Sea caviar quota TEHRAN (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 Iran's catch and export quota for Caspian Sea sturgeon and caviar for 2003 has been set at 78.78 tonnes, leaving the Islamic republic with a 53 percent share of the allowance for Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Death toll from southeastern China flooding rises to 10 BEIJING (AFP) Sep 23, 2003 Ten people have been confirmed dead and nine were still missing after heavy flooding caused by torrential rains in a mountainous county of southeastern China's Fujian province, state press said Tuesday. |
Residents of Brazil's largest cities spurn car-free day RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) Sep 22, 2003 A worldwide car-free day got little respect Monday in Brazil's two largest cities, where traffic was not noticeably better than usual. Police chief announces "extreme weather" plan for Paris PARIS (AFP) Sep 22, 2003 The police chief of Paris, Jean-Paul Proust, said Monday an "extreme weather" emergency plan would be prepared in the coming months to cope with natural catastrophes such as the summer heatwave that killed more than 11,000 people across France. Greenpeace says body products sold in Austria contain dangerous substances VIENNA (AFP) Sep 22, 2003 The ecologist organization Greenpeace said Monday that the Austrian versions of well-known toothpastes and baby creams contain preservatives that can cause skin rashes and make bacteria resistant to medicine. Trial of Greenpeace activists opens in Gibraltar GIBRALTAR (AFP) Sep 22, 2003 The trial opened Monday here of four Greenpeace activists charged with illegally boarding an oil tanker last January to protest the use of single-hull vessels they say are a hazard. Europe gets limited break from high pollution on annual "car-free" day PARIS (AFP) Sep 22, 2003 Europeans breathed a bit easier as they cycled, walked or used mass transit to get to work on annual "car-free" day Monday, but the global push to curb pollution was undermined by limited participation on the continent and failed to take off in Asia. WHO urges Europeans to bike and walk more for healthier life COPENHAGEN (AFP) Sep 22, 2003 The World Health Organisation (WHO) called Monday on European governments to promote "healthy" transport such as walking, biking and collective transport to reduce health problems. |
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