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Britain extends volcano ash flight ban againLondon (AFP) April 15, 2010 Britain extended a ban on most non-emergency flights in its airspace by six hours to 1200 GMT Friday, due to ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, air traffic authorities said Thursday. The National Air Traffic Services (NATS), which manages British airspace, said that "restrictions will remain in place in UK-controlled airspace until 1300 (UK time) tomorrow, Friday 16 April, at the earliest." Some flights from Northern Ireland and the Western Isles of Scotland between some Scottish cities m ... read more |
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Buenos Aires (UPI) Apr 14, 2010 A simmering Argentine-Uruguayan row over a pulp mill in shared waters has ended up in the World Court, causing despair among critics of the two governments who hoped an amicable bilateral solution could have done more for the two countries' relations. What is worse, analysts said, is Argentina's insistence on having the Finnish-built mill relocated away from the river and also having a ... more  
Bonn, Germany (UPI) Apr 14, 2010 Last week's U.N. climate talks in Germany ended without an agreement on a deadline to reach a comprehensive climate protection treaty. After 194 nations failed to come together at last year's Copenhagen conference, they are now unclear on when they can reach a deal. Developing countries want an agreement to emerge at the next major climate summit Nov. 29-Dec. 10 in Cancun, Mexico ... more  
Geneva (AFP) April 14, 2010Experts who planned the global drive against swine flu on Wednesday warned that the pandemic was not yet over and rejected charges they had been unduly influenced by the drug companies. Their comments came at the end of the first meeting of an external review set up by World Health Organisation to probe the much criticised international response to the new A(H1N1) influenza virus over the pa ... more |
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India announces new tracking system to protect tigersNew Delhi (AFP) April 15, 2010 India said Wednesday it would use a new tiger tracking system to crack down on "lazy" wildlife guards as it struggles to halt poaching that has drastically reduced the number of big cats. India's endangered tiger population has plummeted to 1,350 - just over a third of the 3,700 estimated to be alive in 2002. "Many field officers are too lazy" to patrol their wildlife sanctuary areas, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters in New Delhi as he announced the use of the new tracking soft ... read more |
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