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Greenpeace says Japanese whaling hunt back on in Antarctica SYDNEY (AFP) Dec 24, 2005 A Japanese whaling fleet resumed its controversial kill Saturday after almost two days trying to elude Greenpeace activists intent on disrupting its activities, the environmental group's team leader said. Greenpeace crews expect icy Christmas disrupting Japanese whalers SYDNEY (AFP) Dec 24, 2005 A Japanese whaling fleet remained "on the run" from Greenpeace activists Saturday in the icy Southern Ocean but appeared set to resume harpooning on Christmas Day, the environmental group's team leader said. Thai conservationist files suit after TV fight over controversial safari BANGKOK (AFP) Dec 24, 2005 A Thai conservationist said Saturday he had filed assault charges after a popular TV talk show ended in a fist fight over the opening of a controversial safari park in northern Thailand. |
French ecologists seek to stop transfer of mothballed ship to India PARIS (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 French ecologists said Friday they plan to take legal action to try to stop the transfer of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Clemenceau, with asbestos-laden insulation to India to be broken down into scrap metal. Scientists uncover 'mass grave' of extinct dodo birds on Mauritius PORT LOUIS (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 Scientists on Friday announced the discovery of huge cache of dodo bones from an apparent "mass grave" of the extinct creatures on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the only place on earth the flightless birds lived in the wild. India cold snap death toll reaches 65 NEW DELHI (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 Cold weather in northern India has killed another seven people, taking the toll to 65, with heavy fog disrupting rail and air travel, officials said Friday. |
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China treating toxic river spill with chemicals BEIJING (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 China was Friday pouring chemicals into a river to neutralize an industrial spill of the toxic chemical cadmium that was threatening the water supplies of several southern cities. Burundi: yes, we have no Christmas trees BUJUMBURA (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 Burundi's ban on Christmas trees has put a damper on Yuletide merry-making with many people unable to afford artificial replacements being urged on them in a bid to save the small central African nation's dwindling forests, residents said Friday. The year of unnatural disasters PARIS (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 In the space of a year, a tsunami, an earthquake, brutal storms and floods have claimed more than 300,000 lives and cost at least 100 billion dollars in damage. |
Poison panic ebbs in Russian river KHABAROVSK, Russia (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 A fortnight ago, pensioner Tatyana Nikolayeva feared the worst as a chemical spill from across the border in China floated down Russia's Amur River to her home in Khabarovsk. Japanese whalers 'on the run', says Greenpeace SYDNEY (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 A Japanese whaling fleet is "on the run" from Greenpeace activists in a chase across the icy waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, the environmental group's team leader said Friday. Britain facing possible EU court action over recycling rates: paper LONDON (AFP) Dec 23, 2005 Britain is facing the wrath of the European Union because barely a quarter of the estimated three million tons of waste it will throw away this Christmas will be recycled, it was reported Friday. |
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