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 Kiev (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 
Ukraine's epidemic of flu and acute respiratory disorders has now affected more than a million people, the country's deputy health minister said on Tuesday. Vasyl Lazoryshynets said the death toll from the epidemic had risen to 174, as President Viktor Yushchenko warned the country must brace itself for a second wave of infections. Nearly 53,000 Ukrainians have now been hospitalised ... read more 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2009South Korea on Tuesday launched a 19 billion dollar project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact. Excavators started shifting soil to build temporary dams on two of the rivers after the environment ministry gave the green light following a four-month survey. Under the plan the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers will be ... more |
Death toll from Indonesia landslides rises to 18
Press Release from Business Wire: Bureau Veritas Carbon capture promoters turn up in numbers at COP30: NGO Landslides in Vietnam kill at least six Australia rejects offer to co-host UN climate summit with Turkey Turkey seeks to host next COP as co-presidency plans falter Greenpeace says French uranium being sent to Russia Iran begins cloud seeding operations as severe drought bites Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts Ashfall warning in Japan as volocano erupts 
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Australia's koalas could be extinct in 30 years, conservationists warned Tuesday, calling for the iconic creatures to be declared an endangered species. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey indicated numbers may have plunged by more than half in the past six years due to climate change, disease and over-development. The study showed there were between 43,000 and 80,000 ... more  
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas that causes the problem. Scientists led by Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said that atmospheric and ocean carbon is being gobbled up by microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton, which float near ... more 
Kampala (AFP) Nov 10, 2009The changing course of a river marking the natural border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused boundary confusion in an oil rich area, a Ugandan official told AFP Tuesday. River Semliki has changed course several times since 1960 as rising water volumes sparked by melting mountain snow caps cause meandering and alteration of the boundary. "We never had an ... more |
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Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 10, 2009The Dalai Lama on Tuesday held a second mass prayer meeting close to India's border with Tibet, as China took a fresh swipe at his week-long tour of the Arunachal Pradesh region. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told tens of thousands of devotees gathered in Tawang that Tibetan Buddhism faced great difficulties but that their "religion and culture would survive the challenges." ... more  
Miami (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Hurricane Ida was not directly responsible for the weekend floods and landslides that killed at least 140 people in El Salvador, even though it lashed parts of Central America with rain, meteorologists said Tuesday. Ida, which fizzled into a tropical depression Tuesday as it reached the US Gulf coast, was a category two hurricane storm when it struck eastern Central America and churned ... more  
Dakar (AFP) Nov 10, 2009The cereal crop will decline sharply in Chad, Niger and Mauritania in 2009-2010 because of drought, the permanent Inter-state Committee to Fight Drought in the Sahel (CILSS) announced Tuesday. "Compared with last year, drops in cereal production are expected in Chad (34 percent), Niger (36 percent), Mauritania (24 percent), Burkina Faso (10 percent) and Cape Verde (eight percent)," the ... more |
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