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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 
Japanese whaling ships left port Thursday for Antarctic waters for their annual hunt of the ocean giants, Greenpeace said, setting the stage for high-seas confrontations with anti-whaling activists. The factory ship Nisshin Maru and the smaller Yushin Maru 2 and 3 set sail from western Innoshima port while the Shonan Maru left eastern Shiogama harbour for their planned five-month voyage ... read more 
London (UPI) Nov 19, 2009 The British government said Thursday that all state primary schools will be required to teach evolution as a science subject starting in September 2011. The Times of London said while science education in Britain will have to include discussion of the theory of evolution and national selection, each school will be allowed to decide how the subject will be addressed. A Department ... more |
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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 Massive march in Brazil marks first big UN climate protest in years 
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New Delhi (UPI) Nov 19, 2009 Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday said his country would never agree to legally binding emissions and downplayed expectations for the climate-change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, next month. "Internationally we reject legally binding emissions. We will never agree to that, and we are prepared to be alone in our stand, but domestically we have to be proactive in ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Although US President Barack Obama raised the thorny issue of human rights during his first visit to China this week, he left many political dissidents -- those who were not locked up -- disappointed. Obama spoke about his belief in "universal rights" during a town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai on Monday and again Tuesday at a press conference with President Hu Jintao, but ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Beijing authorities have moved to quash rumours fuelled by bogus text messages that the city would suspend swine flu vaccinations amid safety concerns after two people died following inoculations. Some mobile phone subscribers in the city, which in September launched what officials have called the world's first mass A(H1N1) vaccination programme, had received such text messages in recent day ... more |
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United Nations (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Efforts to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly "yield a success," the UN's top climate official pledged on Thursday. "There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it will yield a success," said Yvo de Boer, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). "I've seen some recent reports that said that Copenhagen has ... more  
Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2009The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that South African "military instructors" are training militiamen backed by the ruling junta in Guinea, a US official said Thursday. "The United States has received reports of 40 or 50 South African military instructors training militia members in Guinea, including some under the age of 18," the State Department official told AFP on the ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Nov 19, 2009The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled. The late Wednesday ruling could open the federal government up to billions of dollars in liability for the damage wrecked when levees meant to protect the low-lying city crumbled under the weight of a massive ... more |
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