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Tornados touch down across US Midwest CHICAGO (AFP) Nov 16, 2005 A powerful storm sent tornados across the US Midwest Tuesday with 29 funnel clouds reported to have touched down by dinner time. EU warned not to water down chemicals rules STRASBOURG, Nov 15 (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 The European Union hopes to have new rules on chemicals by the end of the year, officials said Tuesday as green campaigners warned the bloc not to bow to industry pressure to water down proposals. Driver of exploded bus in hurricane evacuation cleared of charges CHICAGO (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 The driver of a bus that exploded on a Texas highway during the evacuation ahead of Hurricane Rita has been cleared of criminal negligence charges in the deaths of 23 nursing home patients, officials said Tuesday. |
French activist Bove jailed for destroying GM crops TOULOUSE, France (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 French anti-globalisation activist Jose Bove was handed a four-month jail sentence by an appeals court on Tuesday for destroying genetically modified (GM) crops. Several deaths reported as storm rips through Northern Europe STOCKHOLM (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 At least two people were killed and tens of thousands of homes were left in the dark as a powerful storm thrashed northern Europe on Tuesday for the second day running. More than 50 birds die in British quarantine from bird flu: official LONDON (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 Fifty-three finches from Taiwan have died at a British quarantine center because of an outbreak of the most deadly strain of avian flu, the government said Tuesday. |
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Estonian ferries stop dumping waste water in sea TALLINN (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 Ferries operated by Estonia's Tallink company on Tuesday stopped discharging waste water into the sea after media in Finland accused the company of polluting the Baltic and called for a boycott of its services. Indonesian court rejects government civil suit against Newmont JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 A court in the Indonesian capital on Tuesday rejected a government multi-million-dollar pollution lawsuit against US mining giant Newmont and ruled the case should be settled by arbitration. Australian boy clawed by leopard in zoo SYDNEY (AFP) Nov 15, 2005 A nine-year-old boy on a school trip to the zoo in Australia was clawed by a leopard Tuesday and would probably need surgery to his arm, national radio reported. |
German police to escort nuclear waste convoy HANOVER, Germany (AFP) Nov 14, 2005 Almost 15,000 German police will be mobilised Saturday to secure a train carrying nuclear waste from a treatment plant in western France, police said. Construction worker killed as storm hits northern Europe OSLO, Nov 14 (AFP) Nov 14, 2005 A construction worker was killed Monday in a landslide in Norway as strong winds and heavy rain pummeled northern Europe, cutting power supplies and disrupting traffic and train services. Deforestation rate 'alarming', but net loss slowing: FAO ROME (AFP) Nov 14, 2005 Forest covering an area about the size of Greece disappears each year around the world, but replanting efforts are beginning to reverse the trend, according to a report Monday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). |
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