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Exports over ecology? Australia reef smash highlights risksSydney (AFP) April 11, 2010 A stricken Chinese ship that leaked oil onto the Great Barrier Reef is a loud wake-up call about the environmental risks of Australia's booming trade with its Asian neighbours, conservationists say. The coal vessel ran aground amid a massive increase in the number of multi-billion dollar coal and gas deals between Australian companies and Asian energy firms that are underpinning the country's economic growth. Conservationists say because much of the coal and gas will be taken from or shipped thr ... read more |
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Kuala Lumpur (AFP) April 11, 2010Malaysian wildlife activists said Sunday they have photographic evidence of the endangered orangutan using man-made treetop bridges to find new mates and prevent inbreeding. Orangutan habitats in Malaysia and Indonesia have been devastated as jungles are cleared by logging companies and to make way for plantations, putting the ape at risk of inbreeding as they are split into smaller populat ... more  
Nairobi (AFP) April 11, 2010Somali pirates seized a cargo ship and its 23-member Chinese crew on Sunday in the Indian Ocean west of the Seychelles, an organisation in Kenya that monitors piracy on the high seas said. The Rak Afrikana, with a cargo capacity of 7,561 tonnes, is owned by Rak Afrikana Shipping Ltd of the Seychelles, but sails under a flag of convenience from St Vincent and the Grenadines. "It developed ... more  
Kuwait City (AFP) April 10, 2010Kuwait deported 17 supporters of leading pro-reform Egyptian activist and former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Saturday, a day after arresting them, a security official said. "Seventeen people have been expelled back to their country," the official said. Earlier, a Kuwaiti security official had said "20 to 25 Egyptians were arrested," some at a pro-ElBaradei gathering at ... more |
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Death toll rises in flooded China mineBeijing (AFP) April 10, 2010 Rescuers recovered a total of three bodies at a coal mine in northern China, bringing the death toll from a massive flood to 28, state media reported Saturday. Ten people still remained unaccounted for at the huge, unfinished Wangjialing mine in Shanxi province, 13 days after it was flooded in the latest high-profile incident to hit China's notoriously dangerous mining sector. The flood left 153 workers trapped underground, but 115 were rescued alive on Monday in what officials dubbed a "miracle ... read more |
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