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Greenpeace says it will not chase Japanese whalers Tokyo (AFP) Nov 4, 2008 
Environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday it will not chase Japan's controversial whaling expedition in the Antarctic Ocean this year as it fights to clear two activists being prosecuted by Tokyo. The more militant Sea Shepherd group, however, has pledged once more to harass the whalers, paving the way for more showdowns on the high seas when the Japanese fleet embarks later this month. ... read moreTaiwan's anti-China ex-president accuses incumbent of sedition 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 4, 2008Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian Tuesday demanded an official investigation into his successor Ma Ying-jeou and a senior Chinese envoy on charges of "sedition". Ma's government signed historic agreements with Chen Yunlin, who arrived in Taipei representing Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, aimed at bringing the two former enemies closer after 60 years of ... more |
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 Four dead, at least 12 injured after tornados hit Michigan: US media 
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Nestle withdraws cereal product from US on pesticide concerns
Geneva (AFP) Nov 4, 2008The world's biggest food company Nestle said on Tuesday it was withdrawing from the United States a Brazil-manufactured milk cereal product that may contain traces of a pesticide not approved for the product in the US. Nestle's spokeswoman told AFP that as no standard had been set for the level of the particular pesticide in the US for wheat, therefore, it believed that it may be asked to ... more Experimental HIV vaccine may have increased infection risk: study 
Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2008Trials of a once-promising experimental HIV vaccine were cut short in 2007 because the drug may have increased the likelihood of HIV infection rather than preventing it, according to a study published Monday. The HIV-1 vaccine, which raised hopes in the fight against AIDS as it was being developed by US pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co., was undergoing second stage trials when the problem ... more Eritrea says Somalia peace efforts 'doomed to fail' 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 4, 2008Eritrea said Tuesday that regional and UN efforts to restore stability in Somalia are doomed to fail and urged foreigners to let Somalis resolve their problems. Eritrea's government stressed "the solution to the problems in Somalia can only be ensured through the determination, choice, and participation of the entire people of Somalia," the foreign ministry said in a statement. Asmara ... more  |
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World's tallest man riding high after becoming a dad
Zunhua, China (AFP) Nov 4, 2008A meeting with the world's tallest man -- China's Bao Xishun -- can leave the visitor feeling he has reached the top of the beanstalk and stepped into the giant's castle. The 2.36-metre (7-feet 9-inch) Bao receives guests seated in an enormous tailor-made upholstered chair and will soon move into a new home in this small city near Beijing with giant doorways and even a giant-sized toilet. ... more China finds tainted Japan soy sauce, coffee 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2008China said Tuesday it had found dangerous substances in imported Japanese soy sauce and coffee, in the latest food-safety salvo between the two countries. Inspectors in the northern city of Tianjin discovered Japanese soy sauce contained arsenic levels five times higher than allowable limits, China's product safety watchdog said in an announcement posted on its website. A brand of ... more 55 sentenced over Tibet unrest: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 5, 2008Sentences have been handed down so far to 55 people involved in a March 14 anti-China riot in Tibet's capital Lhasa, state media reported Tuesday, quoting a senior Tibetan official. Baema Cewang, vice-chairman of the regional government, reportedly disclosed the figure during a meeting with Michael Andrew Johnson, a visiting member of the Australian House of Representatives, Xinhua news ... more Chinese savers fear pension won't be enough: survey 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2008Eight out of 10 Chinese save money and reduce spending because they do not trust the government to help out when they retire or if they fall sick, according to a survey published Tuesday. In an online survey covering 6,919 people, 81.8 percent of the respondents said they had to save money for retirement because they had little confidence in the pension system, the China Youth Daily said. ... more |
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