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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 
Factories in southern China are poisoning the Pearl River Delta, an area where almost one-third of the country's exports are made, Greenpeace said in a report Wednesday. The environmental group said it analysed 25 samples of wastewater discharge from several industrial sites and found a "diverse range of hazardous chemicals," including heavy metals associated with causing brain damage. ... read more 
Paris (AFP) Oct 28, 2009It will be "impossible" to conclude a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen in December, but a strong political deal is still a must, the UN's top climate official said Wednesday. "It is physically impossible under any scenario to complete every detail of a treaty in Copenhagen," said Yvo de Boer, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ... more |
UN climate chief says door still open to Paris deal
US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling Activists slam 'destructive' Indonesia forest conversion plan Indonesia launches international carbon exchange Australia earmarks $1.2 billion for 'green' aluminium Russians take Epiphany dip in waters hit by oil spill Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month Rome shoppers take pot luck in 'blind sale' of unclaimed packages Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit east 
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Tegucigalpa, Honduras (UPI) Oct 28, 2009 Honduran interim government authorities are preparing for the arrival of an Obama administration mediation team amid fears a prolonged stalemate will pile up pressure on the economy and deepen the effects of aid suspension and diplomatic isolation. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters a delegation will travel to Honduras Thursday to try and resolve the impasse over the ... more  
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 28, 2009The Canadian government on Wednesday asked plane, train, ferry and bus operators to be vigilant against the swine flu and allow ill passengers to rebook trips in order to help contain the pandemic. "To encourage people to stay home if they are sick, we are asking travel companies, airlines, bus lines and others who operate public transportation to allow Canadians to easily rebook their ... more 
Buffalo NY (SPX) Oct 29, 2009The possibility that climate change might simply be a natural variation like others that have occurred throughout geologic time is dimming, according to evidence in a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper. The research reveals that sediments retrieved by University at Buffalo geologists from a remote Arctic lake are unlike those seen during previous warming episodes. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 28, 2009Russia came under fire from international AIDS campaigners on Wednesday for refusing to provide drug users with drug substitution therapy to stem a spreading HIV epidemic. Russia's chief medical official Gennady Onishchenko told a major AIDS conference that Moscow opposed providing methadone -- a synthetic drug that is not injected -- to heroin users. He said that Russia preferred to ... more 
London (AFP) Oct 28, 2009British drugs group GlaxoSmithKline, maker of swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, said Wednesday that net profits surged 30 percent in the third quarter, aided by the weak pound and emerging markets. The group forecast "further improvement" and "significant sales" in the fourth quarter due to influenza products, as the world's governments prepare for mass vaccination programmes to prevent further ... more 
Manila (AFP) Oct 28, 2009UN health experts began field investigations on Wednesday to help the Philippines contain an outbreak of a deadly disease in the wake of massive storms that claimed more than 1,000 lives, officials said. The World Health Organisation's four-member team will work with and advise local officials on combating leptospirosis, an infection caused by exposure to water contaminated with rat and ... more |
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