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Fishing banned despite low levels of toxic slick in Russia's Amur VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Dec 26, 2005 Russians would still be denied fishing in the Amur river in the Far East for half a year though levels of toxic elements flowing from China are low, officials said Monday. Little Christmas cheer in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 Residents and disaster workers in New Orleans, facing curfews and power shortages, struggled on Christmas morning to get into the holiday spirit nearly four months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Western Sahara roads reopen after downpours LAAYOUNE, Morocco (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 Main roads in the normally arid Western Sahara reopened Sunday after being closed by heavy rainfall, an official source said. |
Toxicity drops in south China river pollution spill BEIJING (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 A toxic spill in a south China river is becoming less lethal after officials poured neutralizing chemicals into the water, state media said Sunday. Toxic slick no danger to marine life: Russian experts KHABAROVSK, Russia (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 Experts voiced optimism Sunday that a toxic slick flowing down the Amur river in Russia's Far East region from China would not pose a danger to marine life when it reaches the sea. Elephants kill 200 in Bangladesh in a decade: study DHAKA (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 At least 200 people have been killed by elephants since 1996 due to human encroachment on the habitats of wild Asian pachyderms in densely populated Bangladesh, according to a survey released Sunday. |
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Christmas bittersweet for storm ravaged New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 Christmas is bittersweet this year for thousands of New Orleans residents still homeless four months after their city was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Greenpeace says poor weather providing whales with a Christmas break SYDNEY (AFP) Dec 25, 2005 Greenpeace protesters spent Christmas riding out a force 10 gale in the icy Southern Ocean and consoling themselves with the thought that the foul weather was preventing Japanese whalers from adding to their kill, the group's team leader said Sunday. Torrential rains bring floods to Western Sahara LAAYOUN, Morocco (AFP) Dec 24, 2005 Torrential rains have flooded parts of the normally dry and desert Western Sahara, cutting off the main town of Laayoune, local authorities and residents said. |
Toxicity of Russian slick 'within acceptable levels' KHABAROVSK, Russia (AFP) Dec 24, 2005 A river-borne chemical slick in the east Russian city of Khabarovsk still contains acceptable levels of toxicity, authorities said Saturday, while worrying about after effects in the spring when ice floes melt. Shoddy maintenance work blamed for southern China river pollution BEIJING (AFP) Dec 24, 2005 Shoddy maintenance work at a state-owned smelting works was blamed for a toxic spill that threatens water supplies to southern Chinese cities, state media said Saturday. 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. |
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