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Green Left And Big Polluters Win: G20 Climate Deal DeadParis (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 The UN process for tackling global warming is now captainless as well as rudderless after climate chief Yvo de Boer suddenly announced his resignation two months after the ill-starred Copenhagen summit. De Boer, 55, announced on Thursday he would step down as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to pursue a career in the private sector. His abrupt departure - and the search for a successor able to satisfy 194 nations - adds another thick layer of proble ... read more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 18, 2010Heavy rain fell early Thursday in Haiti's capital, forcing the million people made homeless by last month's earthquake to scramble for cover and worsening conditions in squalid camps. Those living in the camps began digging small trenches around their tents made of blankets, scrap wood and tarpaulins because they said the water had soaked the inside of their tiny living spaces overnight. ... more  
Nairobi, Kenya (UPI) Feb 18, 2009 Illegal tourist hotels operating in Kenya's Maasai Mara Game Reserve are a threat to the region's fragile ecosystem, a report in a British journal says. The article in the British Journal of Zoology says the reserve is losing many animals, including giraffes, warthogs and impala, The Daily Nation in Nairobi reported Thursday. An investigation by the Kenyan government found that o ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2010US President Barack Obama on Thursday offered support for Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his Himalayan homeland, defying Chinese anger by meeting the exiled monk at the White House. Despite careful US arrangements to keep his visit off-camera, the Dalai Lama walked out of the White House residence and straight to a large group of waiting reporters, telling them he was "very happ ... more |
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Dozens of primate species on the brink: studyParis (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 Seldom seen species of lemur, monkey and gorilla are among 25 primates facing near-certain extinction unless urgent measures are taken to protect them, according to a report released Thursday. All told, close to half of the planet's 634 known primate species are to some degree threatened with dying out, said the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other conservation and research groups. That percentage has risen quickly - only three years ago the IUCN put the ratio of ... read more |
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