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BREAKING NEWS China bans coal-fire power plants in major cities BEIJING (AFP) Oct 09, 2003 China has banned coal-fire power plants in the capital Beijing and other major cities -- a long-awaited move expected to reduce chronic air pollution and acid rain, state press reported Thursday. Nicaragua opens inquiry into ChevronTexaco for gasoline spill MANAGUA (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 The government said Wednesday it was investigating US-based ChevronTexaco for a gasoline spill in May at one of its service stations that created health safety hazards. |
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Naval sonar linked to mass death of whales: study PARIS (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 Military sonar may be to blame for catastrophic deaths of whales, prompting the deep-diving mammals to ascend so quickly that, like divers who decompress too fast, they suffer a mortal attack of "the bends," a study says. Greek FM demands release of tanker crew held in Pakistan ATHENS (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 Greece on Wednesday put pressure on Pakistan to release the crew of a sunken Greek-managed tanker that caused a huge oil spill, as the ship's managers warned they might take economic countermeasures if the demand is not met. Autumn snowstorm closes roads in southern Germany STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 A pre-season snowstorm blanketed southern Germany Wednesday leading to several road closures and traffic jams, authorities said. Forestry monitor sounds alarm on logging in Myanmar BANGKOK (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 Myanmar's forests are being ravaged by logging fueled by voracious demand in China, forestry monitor Global Witness warned in a report on deforestation in the military-ruled state released Wednesday. US, Europe still at odds over climate change: official BRUSSELS (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 Europe and the United States still have a basic disagreement over how to counter global warming, a senior US official said Wednesday. Elephant tusks seized in Ethiopia returned to Kenya NAIROBI (AFP) Oct 08, 2003 Ethiopia has returned to Kenya 37 elephant tusks seized from smugglers who were trying to export them illegally to the Far East, Kenyan wildlife authorities said Wednesday. |
Greek shipping official held in Karachi says he is Pakistani "hostage" ATHENS (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 A Greek salvage master barred from leaving Pakistan in connection with the disastrous sinking of an oil tanker off Karachi accused the authorities Monday of holding him "hostage" to extract more compensation from the ship's insurers. French parliament unanimously votes for inquiry into heatwave deaths PARIS (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 France's parliament unanimously voted Tuesday to set up a commission of inquiry into the effects of an August heatwave that killed nearly 15,000 people. Mountain gorilla census underway in Uganda, Rwanda and DRCongo KAMPALA (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have embarked on a census of mountain gorillas in an area that straddles the three countries, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials said Tuesday. EU urges Poland to speed up environmental projects WARSAW (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 The European Union's top environmental offical, Margot Wallstroem, urged member-to-be Poland on Tuesday to improve preparation of its environmental programmes in order to benefit more from hundreds of thousands of euros of EU aid. 18,000 people stranded by floods in central China, 5,000 relocated BEIJING (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 Some 18,000 people in central China's Henan province have been stranded by flooding along the mighty Yellow River with officials scrambling to mobilize boats to rescue them, state media said Tuesday. Green lobby and Big Oil slug it out over Baku-Ceyhan pipeline BORJOMI, Georgia (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 In a leafy park in western Georgia, a dozen people are waiting in line to sample the salty-tasting liquid with a sulphurous tang which is flowing from a stand-pipe. |
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