De Beers and Africa's crisis
There is no way to stop African warlords from trading illicit diamonds for guns. The black market in diamonds from rebel areas is just one symptom of a more complex problem, the ungovernability of
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BSES challenges order to set up desulphurisation plant
The Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES) Limited has moved the Bombay high court to challenge an order passed by the Dahanu taluka enviornment protection authority (DTEPA) asking it to set up a
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BNHS appeals CM to declare forest area as reserved
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), the oldest and premier organization of India has appealed to the Chief Minister of Assam, Mr Prafulla Kumar Mahanta , to declare Joypur Reserved Forest (RF),
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Greenpeace's new boss plays by corporate rules
On day two of his new job, Peter Mullins wasasked to dress up as a Coke can and roll out of a giant vending machine.It's not the usual behaviorof a chief executive officer, but when you're the new
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Resurgence of Potomac river's splendor
For years, the Potomac river was a fetid mix oforange, black and blue. The pollution killed all the fish. These days, after nearly a century of pollution, the northern branch of the Potomac, about
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South-east Europe suffers in hot spell
Most of south-east Europe was still sweltering under a continuing summer heat wave that has damaged crops, destroyed thousands of hectares of woodlands, and broken temperature records across the
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Brazil suffers major oil spill
Brazil suffered one of its worst oil spills ever as more than one million gallons (four million litres) of crude leaked from a refinery into a river near the southern city of Curitiba, officials have
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Pak to launch space satellite in September
Pakistan's second satellite Badr-B will be launched in space in September from a station in Kazakhstan, director of the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission(SUPARCO) said
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Drug war awaits attack of killer fungus
Members of the U.S. Congress have asked thegovernment of Colombia to test a strain of Fusarium oxysporum over the next two years. If itproves effective, the disease will be sprayed on vast fields of
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U.S. offers Africa billions to fight AIDS
The United States plans to offer sub-Saharan African nations $1 billion in loans annually to finance the purchase of American AIDS drugs and medicalservices, a program that greatly increases the
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Wildcat threatened as projects encroach on last wilderness
Nozomi Nakanishi and her professor, Masako Izawa, had ventured up the Nakama River on Iriomote's west coast of Japan to carry out a rather delicate operation: attaching a radio transmitter to one of
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Heat in Texas, nearby states kills 8
At least eight people have been killed by a week of temperatures in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Texas and neighboring states, officials said today.They warned residents to stay inside with
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Federal forests arguments renewed
In an effort to let logging equipment into the Mount Hood National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service used armed officials to move protesters out of their tree homes and is maintaining a 24-hour watch
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Worst flood in decades kills 135 in Shaanxi
Shaanxi province, China has experienced some of its worst floods in decades, with at least 135 killed and scores missing, a local official said yesterday. The death toll in two counties of the
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West Nile virus found in NYC birds
Mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus have been found for the first time this year, the state Health Department said Monday. No human cases have been detected, but birds with the
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National Assembly welcomes the Health Trust Fund
The Health Trust Fund, to become operational in September with US$ 5.5 million, was received by the Bhutan National Assembly members with great enthusiasm and, in the prolonged discussions, several
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Experts
Americans are too clean : Some experts say Americans are obsessively clean, coating everything from toothbrush handles to hospital walls with anti-bacterials and snapping up hundreds of new household
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Pipeline leak pollutes river
A refinery pipeline owned by federal petroleum giant Petrobras burst and dumped more than 4 million litres of crude oil into a river in southern Brazil, company and environmental officials
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HP plans to improve health services
The Himachal Pradesh Health Minister, Mr I P Nadda, said yesterday that despite financial restraints efforts were being made to "improve and refurbish" the health services in the state. Inaugurating
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Dengue fever spreading in Dhaka
Potentially fatal dengue fever is spreading at an alarming rate in Dhaka, killing eight and putting at least 100 people in hospitals in less than two weeks, the Indepedent daily reported on