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thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a
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us not in chemical safety forum: The US government in the third week of September pulled back from the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety. In a letter to the forum, the director of
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Blood soaked chocolates
The world's largest cocoa producing country recently witnessed its worst ethnic clash in several years. At least 60 members of the Guere ethnic group were killed in a tussle for control over the
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It’s official now
Price mechanism is the only way to discourage the use of dirty fuels
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• The EU announced on April 25, 2005 that it has approved a method for testing the Bt10 variety of genetically modified corn. The move might end an EU ban on the import of US corn gluten and
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Party time already
Chile witnessed a huge celebratory march by thousands of environmentalists, covering 14 cities of the country, on July 9, 2005. The activists sought to underline their successes, especially their two
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• The Seychelles government has banned foreign ships licensed to fish in its territorial waters from cutting off of fins of captured sharks, in a move to conserve marine life. Finning is a cruel
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• Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea, who met recently in Cambodia for their annual talks, failed to fix any concrete energy
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• Thailand's fisherfolk have been hit hard by a recent government order to remove the cap on diesel prices. Many have stopped going to the sea; others are selling their vessels. "In the next
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• Two men from Minnesota, USA will attempt the first summertime crossing of the Arctic Ocean, a trek sponsored by the environmental group Greenpeace to show how global warming is melting the
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The Birds II
This story reminds one of the Hollywood blockbuster of the 1960s that changed the way many people looked at birds. Gigantic flocks of the quela quela (Quelea quelea) bird have attacked rice and maize
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Hong Kong's air threatens business
HONG KONG's deteriorating air quality is driving away foreign professionals and threatening international investment. A survey by the American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, has found that almost 40
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• The Madhya Pradesh Congress distributed 50-paise pouches of the extremely addictive gutka to shore up its chances in the recent Lok Sabha bypolls in Vidisha, a largely rural area near
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controversial bill: A new bill that seeks to set up Sri Lanka's National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol has kicked off a huge controversy. The bill aims at reducing consumption and bans
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Un dammed opposition
The us $1.2 billion Merowe/Hamadab dam on river Nile in Sudan, the largest hydropower project being developed in Africa, is being opposed by environmentalists. The 1,250-megawatt dam, to be
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What a dump
Agartala has just one dump yard to cater to its 4 lakh residents
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Union pangs
Uk patients flood Spain's free healthcare
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Lead to a fall
<font class="UCASE">the</font> Doe Run Company (<font class="UCASE">drc</font>) in Peru has been held responsible for lead, antimony and cadmium poisoning of the residents of La Oroya town in Peru.