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Civil Aviation Authority have taken "precautionary measures" to counter the global swine flu epidemic threat, officials said Tuesday. "We have taken precautionary measures at all our international airports to check passengers coming from swine flu affected countries," Pervez George, a spokesman for Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told AFP. Doctors from …
Federal officials said it would take until January, or late November at the earliest, to make enough vaccine to protect all Americans from a possible epidemic of swine flu. And beyond the United States and a few other countries that also make vaccines, some experts said it could take years …
New swine flu infections were found around the world on Tuesday and the specter of a pandemic hit the travel industry as governments warned people to stay away from Mexico where 149 people have died. The number of infections in the United States rose to 65 [nN28335920], Canada has 13, …
The Obama administration said on Tuesday it rolled back a Bush-era rule excusing oil and gas companies in polar bear habitat from special reviews designed to ensure they are not harming the animals. The Alaska energy industry said the move could slow exploration and production activity in the state. Environmental …
U.S.-hosted climate talks with the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters concluded on Tuesday with signs of progress but sizable differences as nations work toward a deal this year to fight global warming. President Barack Obama called the Major Economies Forum to relaunch a process that began under his predecessor, George …
A fast melt of ice from the Andes to the Arctic should be a wake-up call for governments to work out a strong new United Nations treaty this year to fight climate change, Norway said on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, starting two-day talks of the eight Arctic nations …
Many people scour the Maine woods for lakes with big trout, but just a few seek places like this unnamed four-acre lake near the Machias River. Like thousands of other Maine lakes, it is scenic and remote, but it claims a rare distinction: it has no fish. HABITAT Amanda Shearin, …
The Obama administration stepped up efforts to reverse a rule adopted late in the Bush administration that makes it easier for companies to deposit debris from mountaintop coal mining near streams. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, left, said that the rule was legally flawed and that he had asked government lawyers …
After eight years largely on the sidelines of the international policy debate on climate change, the United States is prepared to lead negotiations toward a new global warming treaty, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed delegates at a climate and energy …
While confirmed cases of swine flu increased only slightly on Monday, the World Health Organization voted to raise its global pandemic flu alert level, but at the same time it recommended that borders not be closed nor travel bans imposed. The W.H.O.
The Obama administration dispatched high-level officials from several agencies Monday to allay concerns about swine flu and to demonstrate that it was fully prepared to confront the outbreak even as the president said there was
Advisory Against Travel To US, UK, France, Canada Alarmed that the deadly swine flu, which has already taken over 100 lives in Mexico, could reach India, the authorities on Monday decided to screen all travellers coming from the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, France and New Zealand, while advising Indians to …
The World Health Organisation raised its pandemic alert level over the deadly swine flu virus to phase 4 on Monday, indicating the infection could spread between humans to cause "community-level outbreaks". Experts held four hours of emergency talks on whether to raise the alert level from phase 3 due to …
The United States gathered China, India and the world's other top greenhouse gas polluters in Washington on Monday to "make up for lost time" and lay the groundwork for a UN deal to fight climate change. The meeting, which US President Barack Obama called last month, groups countries that produce …
The United States hosts a meeting of major economies on Monday and Tuesday in Washington to relaunch a process it hopes will help lead to an international pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Below are the players and possible outcomes from the event: PLAYERS The major economies include: Australia, Brazil, …
The major nations meeting for discussions on climate change in Washington on Monday and Tuesday each have different goals for curbs on greenhouse gas emissions. China, the United States, the European Union, Russia and India are top world emitters. Targets they set will go a long way to decide the …
