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7 Puget Sound killer whales feared dead Seattle (UPI) Oct 25, 2008 
Seven orcas have disappeared from Washington's Puget Sound, and experts fear they have died, victims of a declining population of Chinook salmon. The orcas, or killer whales, have not been seen in almost a year, The Seattle Times reported Saturday. They included the oldest and youngest animals in the Puget Sound population, as well as two females in their reproductive prime. ... read moreWorld Bank, France pledge 910 million dollars in quake funds: report 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2008The World Bank and the French Development Agency have agreed to lend China 910 million dollars in reconstruction funds for the devastating Sichuan earthquake, state press said Sunday. The agreement was reached at an earthquake investment conference in southwest China's Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said. The World Bank would provide an emergency recovery loan of 710 million dollar ... more |
UN warns of environmental hazards from Middle East war
Antarctic sea ice improves after four years of extreme lows: US scientists Water emerges as a dangerous new war target Indonesia landfill collapse kills five Indonesia landfill collapse kills four Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund' Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs 'Significant' acceleration of global warming since 2015: study Eight dead as tornados surge across central US In Finland, kids take hovercraft to school over frozen Baltic Sea 
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Polar bears dying out in Russian region: expert
Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2008Polar bears are dying out in the remote Arctic region of Chukotka because of melting ice and increased killing by humans, an expert with the International Fund for Animal Welfare warned on Friday. "If this tendency continues, the population will disappear very quickly, said Nikita Ovsyanikov, a researcher from Wrangel Island natural park in Chukotka who has spent the past 18 years studying ... more Mediterranean union water conference called off 
Paris (AFP) Oct 25, 2008A conference of European Union and Mediterranean states due to take place in Jordan has been postponed indefinitely because of regional tensions, officials said on Saturday in Paris. "The conference (on water) has been postponed at the request of Jordan for reasons to do with the tensions between the Arab League and Israel," said the environment ministry in France, co-chair with Egypt of the ... more Marianas leaders oppose Bush plans for huge marine reserve 
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (AFP) Oct 24, 2008Political leaders in the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands have publicly rebuffed attempts by Washington to persuade them to support a huge marine sanctuary in their waters. A US official said during a visit to the western Pacific territory this week that President George Bush wanted to establish the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument before he leaves office in January. ... more  |
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At least 34 killed in Central America storms and floods: UN
Geneva (AFP) Oct 24, 2008Storms and floods across six Central American nations have killed at least 34 people affected 333,000, the United Nations said Friday, warning of a rising toll. Torrential rains that have swept across Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala in the last week "are the worst that we have seen in many years," said Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN Office for ... more Landslide or dead-heat? Making sense of polling data 
Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 24, 2008Barack Obama by a landslide or too close to call? Trying to make sense of polling data in the US election campaign has become a national past-time as the White House race nears the finish line. In the past week alone, the bewildering array of polls have offered encouragement to supporters of both Republican and Democratic candidates. Several national surveys have suggested that Obama is ... more Indonesia, California, Afghanistan And Greece Get The Shakes 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 26, 2008A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Sunday, the geophysics agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage and officials said no tsunami warning had been issued. Indonesian officials said the quake struck at 4:08 pm (0908 GMT), 91 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of Gorontalo in North Sulawesi, at a depth of 32 kilometres. The US Geological ... more DRCongo rebels seize gorilla sanctuary, government camp 
Kinshasa (AFP) Oct 26, 2008Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported Sunday to have seized a national park in the east of the country that is home to more than a quarter of the world's surviving mountain gorillas. "Rebels loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda took over the headquarters of the Virunga National Park and the sector where the gorillas are to be found after heavy fighting with the DRC ... more |
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