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'City-sized' ice island breaks off glacierNewark, Del. (UPI) Aug 6, 2010 An ice island four times as big as Manhattan has been calved by a glacier in Greenland, the biggest such breaking off of Arctic ice since 1962, researchers say. Scientist at the University of Delaware said the huge floating mass broke free from the Petermann glacier early Thursday about 620 miles from the North Pole, a university release said. The glacier lost about one-quarter of its 43-mile long floating ice-shelf, researchers said. The Petermann glacier is one of the two larges ... read more |
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Helena, Mont. (UPI) Aug 6, 2010 Wolves in Montana and Idaho must enjoy the same endangered species protection as their cousins in Wyoming, a federal judge has ruled. Protected federal status for wolves in the two states had been removed by the U.S government, and around 250 wolves were killed in hunts in both states, with an increase in the number that could be harvested announced for this year, The New York Times rep ... more  
Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2010 The U.S. Justice Department has announced fines and penalties in a case concluded under the National Enforcement Initiative for Mining and Mineral Processing. The department and the Environmental Protection Agency say CF Industries Inc. has agreed to spend about $12 million to reduce and properly manage hazardous wastes generated at its Plant City, Fla., phosphoric acid and ammoniated f ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Aug 8, 2010Floods caused by torrential rain have washed away homes, roads, railways and farmland in North Korea, state media said Sunday, without giving a casualty toll. "Water damage restoration work is underway in... areas struck by continuing torrential rain," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, adding authorities were holding emergency meetings on aid for those affected. Th ... more |
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Moscow chokes under smog as travellers trappedMoscow (AFP) Aug 8, 2010 Thousands of air travellers were stranded Sunday as Moscow choked in the worst smog in living memory from spreading wildfires that threatened a second Russian nuclear facility. Iconic buildings like the Kremlin towers and the city's wedding-cake Stalin-era skyscrapers were obscured by the acrid smoke, while Saint Petersburg and neighbouring Finland were also starting to feel the effects. The wildfires have sparked a major crisis in western Russia, killing 52 people and sending authorities scramb ... read more |
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