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Japanese tanker leaks oil in rough seas off Thai coast
BANGKOK (AFP) Nov 21, 2005
About 20,000 litres of oil spilled into the Gulf of Thailand when rough seas caused the hose of a Japanese tanker to break as it was unloading its cargo of crude, the Thai Oil company said Monday.

World's forests being flushed down the toilet: WWF
GLAND, Switzerland (AFP) Nov 21, 2005
The makers of Europe's toilet paper and other household paper good are contributing to deforestation by failing to offer consumers enough recycled products, conservationists said Monday.

Protestors greet nuclear waste convoy as it crosses into Germany
DANNENBERG, Germany (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Environmentalists on Sunday briefly blockaded railway lines in Germany ahead of an oncoming train carrying radio-active nuclear waste from France, police said.

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At least nine dead as Tropical Storm Gamma weakens to a depression
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record turned deadly again, as at least nine people were killed and 14 others were missing after Tropical Storm Gamma flooded parts of northern Honduras, authorities said Sunday.

Corpses remain amid the rubble of wrecked New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Trapped in attics and collapsed buildings, many of the dead of New Orleans remain undiscovered nearly three months after Hurricane Katrina struck, and weeks after flood waters were pumped out of the lowest lying areas.

Pakistan must reforest quake-hit areas, minister says
ISLAMABAD (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Pakistan must urgently reforest areas hit by last month's earthquake to prevent more deadly landslides and clean up tonnes of waste in the disaster zone, environment officials said Sunday.

Fog disrupts Belgian airport
BRUSSELS (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Thick fog severely disrupted flights into and out of Belgium's Charleroi airport south of Brussels at the weekend, a spokesman said Sunday.

At least nine dead as Tropical Storm Gamma lashes Honduras, Belize
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record turned deadly again as at least nine people were killed and 14 others were missing after Tropical Storm Gamma flooded parts of northern Honduras, authorities said Sunday.

Polluted river water in China poisons 34 people
BEIJING (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Thirty-four people in China's southern Guangdong province were taken to hospital suffering stomach pains and vomiting after drinking poisoned water from a local river, state media reported Sunday.

Nine dead as Tropical Storm Gamma lashes Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record turned deadly again as at least nine people were killed and 14 others missing after Tropical Storm Gamma flooded parts of northern Honduras, authorities said Sunday.

Crowded sanctuaries in India's northeast to relocate 30 rhinos
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Indian wildlife authorities have decided to relocate about 30 endangered one-horned rhinoceros from two overcrowded sanctuaries in the northeastern state of Assam, state officials said Sunday.

Nine dead as tropical storm Gamma lashes Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
Nine people were dead and 14 others were missing Saturday after tropical storm Gamma flooded parts of northern Honduras with heavy rains, a government emergency agency said.

EU to boost maritime safety measures
BRUSSELS (AFP) Nov 20, 2005
The European Commission launches on Wednesday a new package of measures aimed at boosting maritime safety dubbed Erika III, after a tanker that broke up off France causing an environmental catastrophe.

Cuba braces for tropical storm Gamma
HAVANA (AFP) Nov 19, 2005
Tropical storm Gamma, the 24th named storm in a record Atlantic season, will lash western Cuba, local experts warned on Saturday.

Germans demonstrate to nix nuclear shipment
LUENEBURG, Germany (AFP) Nov 19, 2005
More than 3,000 demonstrators protested at Hitzacker in northern Germany against the anticipated arrival of a railway train carrying nuclear waste from the French re-processing plant at La Hague, police said.


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