Britain urges end to trade in banned wildlife
Britain urged holidaymakers yesterday not to buy banned wildlife items abroad after customs announced there was no let-up in the illegal trade. In one case, a traveller was stopped when he tried to
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Clinton signs bill for New Mexico preserve
President Bill Clinton signed into law yesterday a measure designating 90,000 acres in northern New Mexico, including the collapsed crater of an ancient volcano, as the Valles Caldera National
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Hepatitis cases may rise in 10 years
Health experts fear that Hepatitis B and C cases will rise to an alarming level within the next 10 years in Pakistan. Talking to APP, Dr Muha-mmad Umar, a renowned gastrologist, said that Hepatitis
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Figuring pesticide effects
a tough task overshadowed by disease control : The aggressive expansion of pesticide spraying in New York this week, and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's comments that some local species, including some
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Heartburn drug under fire
A popular heartburn drug, which is available in South Africa as Prepulsid, is to be withdrawn in Britain after a study revealed the medicine affects regular heartbeat and is believed to have caused
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef now even greater
Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which covers the biggest coral structure in the world, has been expanded to include 12 new areas covering 1,000 square km (386 square miles). Australian
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Canadian military demands Arctic resources
The commander of Canada's forces in the Arctic retired from the military yesterday with a blunt warning to Ottawa that it needs to devote more resources to monitoring the vast, resource-rich
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US EPA issues record $11 million fine for air pollution
An Oregon wood products company is to pay over a record fine of $11.2 million for air pollution. Under an agreement with the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
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Commission adopts plans for pollution register
The European Commission is to set up a European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER), covering emissions of 50 pollutants from 20,000 individual industrial facilities across the European Union.The
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Greenpeace points finger at Greece for high dioxin emissions from waste burning
Greece's dioxin emissions solely from burning waste are equivalent to all emissions in France, a country six times the amount of inhabitants, said Greenpeace on 20 July.The organisation says that
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Cape claimants can have cases heard in UK
More than 3,000 South Africans have won the right to have their compensation claims against Cape, the UK-based multinational, heard in the English courts. The landmark ruling is expected to trigger a
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EU rules on waste classification are hurting businesses, say US firms
A lack of harmonisation in European Union rules on waste classification is imposing extra costs on businesses and creating uncertainty in the market, says a group of American companies based in the
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Chile at loggerheads with EU over swordfishing
Chile and the European Union are squaring up for a dispute over swordfish fishing which threatens further to strain their trade relations. Representatives from both sides met in Geneva for a second
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Coffee, rheumatoid arthritis linked
A new study raises the possibility that people who drink a lot of coffee might be more likely to develop the debilitating immune system disease rheumatoid arthritis.The Finnish study, published this
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Garbage row solved for now
The meeting held to solve the long stretched garbage problem agreed to dispose of garbage from Guheshwori side of the Bagmati river bank where a road is being constructed on top of the refuse to be
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Food supplies set to grow faster than population, but undernourishment will remain widespread, according to new FAO report
The world population of around 8 billion people by 2030 will be better fed and more people will have adequate access to food, but the number of hungry and undernourished people will remain stubbornly
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G8 leaders sign up to anti-disease targets
Group of Eight leaders committed themselves to meeting an ambitious set of goals to curb the spread of diseases, such as Aids. After their weekend meeting in Okinawa, they pledged in their final
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Blair backs Clinton not EU over GM foods
Tony Blair, UK prime minister, gave strong backing to Bill Clinton, US president, on genetically modified foods as split opened up with other European Union countries on the final day of the Group of
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2.5m blind in country
There are approximately 7 million visually impaired people in Pakistan out of which 2.5 million are totally blind. This was stated by Programme Coordinator, Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness
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Memory cell consumes less energy
Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. has developed a memory cell structure that eventually could lead to semiconductors consuming less than 1% of the power used by today's devices, company officials