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EU proposes new measures to boost maritime safety BRUSSELS (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 The European Commission launched on Wednesday a new package of measures aimed at strengthening Europe's defences against a maritime disaster. West Africa to stop jumbo numbers shrinking NAIROBI (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 A dozen west African countries have signed a wide-ranging accord to conserve dwindling elephant populations devastated by poaching, conflict and habitat loss, the United Nations said Wednesday. China admits chemical blast polluted major river, city without water HARBIN, China (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 A chemical plant explosion has severely polluted one of China's biggest rivers, the government said Wednesday, causing water supplies to be cut for millions of people and sparking pollution fears in neighbouring Russia. |
Greenpeace activists break into grounds of Dutch nuclear power plant THE HAGUE (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 Two dozen Greenpeace activists broke into the grounds of a Dutch nuclear power plant on Wednesday to demonstrate the facility wasn't secure and protest against plans to keep it open another quarter century. Chemical blast in northeast China contaminates major river BEIJING (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 An explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China 10 days ago caused contamination in a major river more than 100 times above national safety levels, environmental authorities said Wednesday. |
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Water cut off in China's Harbin city amid chemical scare BEIJING (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 Water supplies were cut off in one of China's biggest cities Wednesday, as the government confirmed a potential toxic chemical leak into river drinking supplies was behind the "emergency" measure. Russia environment officials fear water pollution following China accident VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 Russian environment and emergencies ministry officials Wednesday started monitoring water content in the Amur river on the border between the Russian far east and China, fearing contamination after toxic substances were discovered in a Chinese tributary of the Amur, local Russian officials said. Gamma storm toll in Honduras rises to 34 TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 The death toll in Honduras from Tropical Storm Gamma that lashed the region over the weekend has increased to 34, officials said late Tuesday. |
Blair urged to back binding targets on climate change LONDON (AFP) Nov 22, 2005 With a major UN environmental conference just days away, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged Wednesday to hold firm on supporting legally-binding targets to combat climate change. Controversial nuclear waste reaches German storage site GORLEBEN, Germany (AFP) Nov 22, 2005 A shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste reached a temporary storage facility in northern Germany early Tuesday after a 60-hour journey from France dogged by protesters. Panic as China cuts water to major city after chemical explosion BEIJING (AFP) Nov 22, 2005 Panic spread through one of China's largest cities Tuesday as residents hoarded water and food ahead of a four-day water stoppage due to fears that a chemical plant explosion had contaminated drinking supplies. |
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