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BREAKING NEWS Greenpeace wrangle with Indian port to block entry of Norwegian ship AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) Sep 27, 2003 Greenpeace activists wrangled with port authorities Saturday in the western Indian Gujarat state to prevent the docking of a Norwegian oil tanker at Alang, the world's largest shipbreaking yard. Russia's Far East marks Day of the Tiger VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Sep 27, 2003 The streets of Russia's customarily bleak fareastern port city of Vladivostok rang with carnival sounds Saturday as residents celebrated the Day of the Tiger, staged to mark efforts to save the endangered Amur tiger. |
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Insured US losses of Isabel less than one billion dollars: SwissRe ZURICH (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 Hurricane Isabel caused estimated insured losses of "less than" one billion dollars when it swept across the US East Coast, SwissRe, one of the world's largest reinsurance companies, estimated on Friday. Russia demands investment guarantees before ratifying Kyoto protocol MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 Russia will only ratify the Kyoto treaty on reducing dangerous greenhouse gases if it receives guarantees on investment and on the sale of emission rights, a source close to the presidential administration said Friday. Oil slick off Pakistani port killing sea plants: report KARACHI (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 A 40-square kilometre oil slick off southern Pakistan has killed marine plants and is now threatening a vast unique mangrove forest, according to a preliminary ecological study received Friday. Mount Fuji lets off steam but no sign of volcanic activity TOKYO (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 Japanese seismologists said Friday they had detected faint streams of steam rising from Mount Fuji but no sign of volcanic activity beneath the country's highest and most revered peak. Kyoto treaty bedrock of environmental protection efforts MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 The Kyoto protocol, an offshoot of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is the most important of the approximately 220 international agreements drawn up to protect the environment. Russian policy on Kyoto pact under scrutiny at Moscow climate conference MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 With the fate of the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions in Russia's hands, Moscow's attitude to global warming will come under the spotlight Monday with the opening of a five-day World Conference on Climate Change. |
Pollution incident causes brief shutdown of Alpine tunnel LYON, France (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 The Mont Blanc road tunnel that links France and Italy under the Alps was closed for two hours due to a pollution incident that affected firefighters on duty inside the structure, local officials said on the French side of the tunnel. Alpine tunnel closed due to pollution LYON, France (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 The Mont Blanc road tunnel that links France and Italy under the Alps was closed late Thursday for an undetermined period due to pollution, according to France's traffic information service, the CRIC. Flooding in Tunisia leaves three dead TUNIS (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 Three people died in flooding caused by torrential rain that beat down on the Tunisian capital and its suburbs, state news agency Tap said on Thursday. Russia's Putin to open climate change conference in Moscow MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week open a conference on climate change in Moscow, amid pressure from European countries for Moscow to sign the international Kyoto Treaty, officials said Thursday. French heatwave death toll rise to 14,800, elderly women main victims PARIS (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 The French government admitted on Thursday that nearly 3,500 more people than originally thought had died in the record heatwave that overwhelmed the country's morgues and hospitals in August, bringing the toll to 14,802, with elderly women the main victims. Shot endangered tiger operated on northeast China BEIJING (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 A highly endangered Siberian tiger that was shot after it escaped from a park in northeastern China, attacking a farmer on the way, has been recaptured and operated on, state media said Thursday. |
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