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Mediterranean rim battles to contain wildfires Rome (AFP) July 26, 2009 ![]() China police, 30,000 workers clash: rights group ![]() About 30,000 Chinese steel workers clashed with police over plans to merge their mill with another company, and beat a manager to death, a Hong Kong-based human rights group has said. About 100 people were injured in the incident on Friday in the northeastern city of Tonghua, the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said in a statement. A police officer at the Tonghua ... more |
Huge fire, more than 30 injured after North Sea ships crash
Trump's Energy Secretary vows reversal of Biden climate policies Argentina searches for baby, young sister swept away by floods Residents evacuated as Guatemalan volcano spews lava, rocks Huge fire, 32 injured after North Sea ships crash UK to cut energy bills of residents near new pylons UN climate summits must deliver on promises: COP30 head Northern Mozambique hit by third cyclone in four months Vingroup aims to start $9 bln tourism project near mangrove forest Floods hit eastern Australia, 190,000 properties blacked out ![]()
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Namibia seal slaughter goes ahead after failed deal![]() An Australian-based fur company has begun culling baby seals in Namibia after animal rights activists failed to pay on time the millions of dollars they pledged to buy the company out, the owner said Friday. "Nothing came from these associations and we have begun the annual slaughter," Hatem Yavuz -- who has offices both in Sydney and Istanbul in his native Turkey -- told AFP. Earlier ... more Improved Olympian Air Quality Could Inform Pollution-Curbing Policies ![]() The air in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics was cleaner than the previous year's, due to aggressive efforts by the Chinese government to curtail traffic, increase emissions standards and halt construction in preparation for the games, according to a Cornell study. Led by Max Zhang, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, the study indicates that such measures as ... more Honduran military repositions as Zelaya seeks sanctions ![]() The head of the Honduran military said Sunday his troops will not fire on supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, as the deposed leader spent a third day across the border in Nicaraguan plotting his return. "We will not fire on our people," the armed forces commander, General Romeo Vasquez, told Honduran broadcaster Radio Globo, one of the few media outlets critical of the interim ... more |
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No change to hajj quotas with flu curbs: Saudi official![]() Saudi Arabia is likely to ban the elderly and children from the hajj this year to limit the risk of swine flu, but this will not change country quotas for the pilgrimage, a health official said Saturday. Dr. Khaled Marghlani, spokesman for the Saudi health ministry, said the government is expected to implement recommendations to block people older than 65 and younger than 12 from the hajj ... more Mugabe demands end to Zimbabwe political attacks ![]() Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday called for an end to political attacks, standing with his former rival, Premier Morgan Tsvangirai to start a prayer weekend for national reconciliation. The southern African country suffered months of deadly unrest following last year's disputed elections, when Mugabe failed to win a majority for the first time since independence in 1980. ... more Mexico prepares for more swine flu as cases rise in Chiapas ![]() Much of Mexico has relaxed after swine flu first unleashed a wave of panic here and across the world three months ago, but cases are now soaring in the country's impoverished southeast. Authorities insist that A(H1N1) is under control, despite a peak in Chiapas -- an area with poor indigenous communities, popular tourist sites, and heavy traffic of Central American immigrants heading to the ... more |
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