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Major polluters launch controversial global warming talks
SYDNEY, Jan 11 (AFP) Jan 11, 2006
Some of the world's worst polluting nations launched a controversial conference with international business chiefs here Wednesday to seek high-tech solutions to global warming.

New Zealand air force monitoring Antarctic whaling clashes
WELLINGTON, Jan 11 (AFP) Jan 11, 2006
New Zealand's air force is monitoring clashes between Japanese whalers and environmental activists in Antarctic waters but the government on Wednesday refused to send a warship to the area.

After S. Asia, vultures in Africa could be at threat from farm drug: study
PARIS, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 11, 2006
Diclofenac, a farm drug that has driven three species of South Asian vultures to the brink of extinction, could also decimate vultures in Eurasia and Africa, scientists fear.

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Memorial for victims of German ice rink collapse
BAD REICHENHALL, Germany, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Hundreds of mourners on Tuesday attended a memorial service for 15 people who died when the roof of an ice rink in this southern German town collapsed under heavy snow last week.

Kenyan president urges calm over water shortages
NAIROBI, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday urged pastoralists throughout his drought-stricken nation not to fight over scarce water as conditions continue to worsen around east Africa amid dire international famine warnings.

Kenyan president refuses to lift downgrade of famed game park
NAIROBI, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Kenya's president on Tuesday flatly rejected demands from outraged environmentalists to reverse the downgrading of a famed national park in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro that is home to one of Africa's biggest elephant populations.

Portugal records driest year since 1931, higher temperatures
LISBON, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Last year was the driest year in Portugal since 1931, with precipitation levels in much of the country in 2005 less than 60 percent of the average, the country's meteorological institute said Tuesday.

Activists threaten to 'ram' Japan whalers, Australia rules out military action
SYDNEY, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Anti-whaling activists threatened Tuesday to ram Japanese whalers hunting in Antarctic waters, as Australia ruled out military intervention in the escalating conflict.

Australian firm fined for mine spills in Philippines
MANILA, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
An Australian mining firm was fined 10.7 million pesos (203,700 US dollars) Tuesday for illegally discharging waste water, the Philippine government announced.

More than 200 dead as South Asia gripped by icy weather
NEW DELHI, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
South Asia was Tuesday in the grip of the iciest weather in decades, with at least 204 people killed and doctors fearing for the lives of survivors of October's massive earthquake in Kashmir.

Activists threaten to ram Japanese whalers
SYDNEY, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Anti-whaling activists threatened Tuesday to "ram and disable" Japanese ships hunting whales in Antarctic waters.

Japan demands Dutch rein in Greenpeace
TOKYO, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Japan on Tuesday demanded that the Netherlands rein in Greenpeace to stop the escalating conflict between Japanese whalers and environmental activists in Antarctic waters.

Deaths due to northern Indian cold snap rise to 160
LUCKNOW, India, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
A bitter cold spell in northern India claimed six more lives overnight to take the countrywide toll to 160, officials said Tuesday, as doctors warned that survivors of a Japanese encephalitis outbreak were particularly at risk.

Thick fog hampers Eid journey home for millions in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Millions of Bangladeshis were on the move Tuesday ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival despite dangerous conditions caused by thick fog enveloping the country, officials said.

Hundreds of protesters expected at climate talks
SYDNEY, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
Hundreds of protesters are expected to demonstrate against government inaction on global warming Wednesday when ministers from some of the world's worst polluting countries attend a major climate change conference in Sydney.


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