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India panel doubtful about allowing scrapping of French warship MUMBAI (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 An Indian Supreme Court panel said Friday allowing an asbestos-laden French warship to be scrapped in an Indian shipyard would "violate" an international treaty on movement of hazardous wastes but added it still must take a final decision. India panel meets to decide on French asbestos warship break-up MUMBAI (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 An Indian Supreme Court panel met Friday to discuss whether to recommend allowing an asbestos-laden French warship to be scrapped in an Indian shipbreaking yard, in a case that has brought protests from environmentalists. China's growth could be fatal for the planet's environment WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 The pace of China's economic growth poses a dire threat for the planet unless Beijing and other industrial countries change their outdated model of production and consumption, an environmental activist warned. |
Hope fades for Indonesians missing after landslide SIJERUK, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 Indonesian rescuers on Friday unearthed more bodies buried in a landslide that levelled a village in Central Java, but warned they were unlikely to find any survivors among the scores still missing. Relief efforts stepped up in frozen Chinese region BEIJING (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 China stepped up aid efforts Friday for hundreds of thousands of people suffering through an intense cold spell in remote western Xinjiang region amid warnings of more bad weather to come. Death toll in Indian cold snap rises to 111 LUCKNOW, India (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 A cold snap sweeping northern India has claimed nine more lives, taking the death toll to at least 111 since the start of December, an official said Friday. |
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Hope fades in search for survivors of Indonesian landslide SIJERUK, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 Indonesian rescuers on Friday unearthed more bodies buried in a landslide that levelled a village in Central Java, but warned they were unlikely to find any survivors among the scores still missing. Pure ice for festival in China's Harbin, organisers say BEIJING (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 Harbin's popular annual ice festival has opened with an official declaring it free of the toxic chemicals that polluted the northern Chinese city's water supplies late last year, state press said Friday. Asia-press-comment HONG KONG, Jan 6 (AFP) - The following is a selection of HONG KONG (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 The following is a selection of comments from the editorial pages of newspapers around Asia. The views expressed are those of the newspapers concerned. |
Toll in German rink disaster stands at 15 BERLIN (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 German police on Thursday said 15 people had died in the ice rink collapse in the Bavarian Alps, as investigators warned it could take months to determine the cause of the disaster. Germany stands by decision to phase out nuclear power: minister BERLIN (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Germany will not go back on its decision to phase out nuclear power even if the recent dispute between Russia and the Ukraine over gas supplies has highlighted concerns over Germany's dependance on imported fossil fuels, Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday. France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor: Chirac PARIS (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 French President Jacques Chirac announced on Thursday plans to build a prototype fourth-generation nuclear reactor, reinforcing France's determination to remain a world leader in atomic energy. |
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