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Ministers find UN climate talks in deadlock MONTREAL (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Negotiations on long term efforts to battle global warming were deadlocked Tuesday ahead of a UN climate change ministerial summit. RWE commissions report on power outages in wake of snow chaos ESSEN, Germany (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 RWE, Germany's leading electricity supplier, said Tuesday it had commissioned an independent report to determine the exact causes of the power outages that left hundreds of thousands of people without heating during the freak winter weather last week. China forms team to investigate cause of lethal toxic spill BEIJING (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 China's cabinet formed a team Tuesday to investigate the cause of last month's toxic spill which was approaching another northeastern Chinese city and heading towards Russia. |
Active Atlantic hurricane season in 2006, but fewer landfalls: experts MIAMI (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 The current record Atlantic cyclone year will be followed by yet another highly active season, though Americans can expect fewer major hurricanes to make landfall in 2006, top experts said Tuesday. Italian railway protesters block routes after clashes with police BUSSOLENO, Italy (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Protesters against the building of a high-speed railway through the Italian Alps blocked auto routes and rail lines in northern Italy Tuesday after pre-dawn clashes with police. Toxic slick still lethal as it approaches another Chinese city BEIJING (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 The toxic levels of a chemical slick approaching a northeastern Chinese city and onwards to Russia remain up to 14 times above national safety levels, officials said Tuesday. |
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Health alert as Iranian capital chokes in smog TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Schools in the Iranian capital were shut down and the sick or elderly told to lock themselves indoors Tuesday as the city continued to choke on a thick blanket of yellow-brown smog. Flooding forces thousands to evacuate Philippine city MANILA (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in low-lying areas of the Philippine city of Lucena after heavy rains caused flooding, the civil defense office said Tuesday. Italian railway protesters hurt in clashes with police ROME (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 About a dozen people were lightly injured before dawn Tuesday as police moved in against demonstrators protesting the building of a high-speed railway through the Italian Alps, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. |
New animal found in Borneo jungles: WWF JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Researchers from the WWF conservation group may have made the extremely rare discovery of a new species of mammal in the dense forests of central Borneo, the organisation said Tuesday. Six hurt as Italian railway protesters clash with police ROME (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Six people were injured before dawn Tuesday as police moved in against demonstrators protesting the building of a high-speed railway through the Italian Alps, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Researchers discover new animal in jungles of Borneo: WWF JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Researchers from the WWF conservation group may have made the extremely rare discovery of a new species of mammal in the dense forests of central Borneo, the organisation said Tuesday. |
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