Global News Headlines 1/26/97

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January 26, 1997
FROM GREENPEACE, Greenbase Project

<<< TOXICS >>>

  2 Italian, Romanian ships collide in Bosphorus ANKARA, Jan 25
(Reuter) - An empty Italian oil tanker and a Romanian cargo vessel
collided on Saturday in the Bosphorus strait at Istanbul in an
accident that caused no casualties but damaged the cargo ship,

  3 The New York Times January  26, 1997,  Despite Agreements,
Cleanups Are Slow to Come to the Border CALEXICO, Calif. Taking no
chances, a team of state water quality engineers suited up like
astronauts on a poisonous planet to take samples from the stinking,

<<< NUCLEAR POWER >>>

  4 Seoul protesters condemn Taiwan nuclear waste deal Moon Ihlwan
SEOUL, Jan 25 (Reuter) - South Korean protesters burned Taiwanese
President Lee Teng-hui in effigy on Saturday as Seoul sought
international pressure on Taipei to cancel a deal to ship nuclear


  5 BBC Summary of World Broadcasts Japan, South Korea agree
measures against Taiwan nuclear waste to North Yonhap news agency,
Seoul, Beppu, Japan, 25th January South Korea and Japan have agreed
to take joint measures against Taiwan's shipments of nuclear  waste

  6 Canadian Press Newswire January 24, 1997 Nuclear-Waste-Dump
Environmentalist warns againstnuclear waste dump TIMMINS, Ont. (CP)
- Long-term threats to the environment outweigh any short-term
financial benefits offered by an underground nuclear waste site in

  7 01/25 Nuclear Fine  SARAH NORDGREN CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal
regulators fined the operator of a nuclear power plant $650,000
because they didn't respond fast enough to a potential safety
problem caused by a contractor who was repairing cracks in

  8 The New York Times January  26, 1997, High A-Levels in Water
Spur Brookhaven Lab JOHN RATHER THE Brookhaven National Laboratory
has begun an urgent investigation to find  out why  radioactive
tritium is appearing in ground water outside a research reactor

  9 Broadcast News January 24, 1997 Nuclear-Fire-Update (no danger
to public) LONDON, England -- A broadcast report says a nuclear
reactor in Scotland has been closed after a fire. The B-B-C says
the blaze broke out in the turbine hall of the Hunterston reactor

<<< NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY >>>

 10 01/25 France-Germany-Nuclear  JOSEPH SCHUMAN PARIS (AP) -- In a

break with its longstanding policy of an independent nuclear
arsenal, France is considering sharing its nuclear umbrella with
Germany and has secretly agreed to begin talks on the matter.

 11 01/24 Whales stop Navy from exploding bomb VERO BEACH, Fla.,
Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Navy divers have recovered a 1,000- pound World
War II bomb in the Atlantic off Vero Beach, but were prevented from
destroying it by two whales.  A dispatcher at the Indian River

<<< OCEANS >>>

 12 01/24 Fish Habitat SCOTT SONNER WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton
administration moved Friday to increase protection of fish habitats
to help reverse marine population declines along U.S. coasts. The
new guidelines were ordered by legislation President Clinton signed

 13 Canada News-wire January 24, 1997 STOP THE HALIBUT BY-CATCH
VANCOUVER, Jan. 24 /CNW/ - Massive American factory ships,
each one capable of catching between 20 and 30 tons of bottom
fish every time they pull in a net, are destroying Canada's

<<< ENERGY >>>

 14 Business News Indochina Business VietNam Feb  1997 Power drive
Hanoi, Feb 1997 VN is to build a new 17 billion kilowatt hours a
year power plant in its northern province of Son La.  With an
expected completion by 2007 it will be three times bigger than VN's

<<< ATMOSPHERE >>>

 15 The New York Times January  26, 1997,  A Tree's Enlisted in War
Against  Pollution  MAURA CASEY MYSTIC is known for the tourist
traffic that clogs its streets, not searching for solutions to
automobile-induced air  pollution.  Yet it is in Mystic that Dr.

<<< TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY >>>

 16 Reduction of Forsts Concerned in Uganda  KAMPALA (Jan. 25)
XINHUA Ugandan Minister of Natural Resources  Gerald Sendaula has

expressed concern over the reduction of Uganda's  forest estates
from eight percent to six percent in recent years,  reported Radio

 17 Transshipment of Logs from Neighboring Countries Not Allowed
Through Malaysian Waters  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan. 26) XINHUA - Malaysian
waters have been made  off-limits for the transshipment of logs
from neighboring countries,  like Indonesia, which have banned the

 18 The Vancouver Sun January 24, 1997 MONTREAL -- About 50
supporters of Alberta's Lubicon Lake  Cree picketed the sales
office of pulp and paper firm Daishowa on Thursday over its
continued logging next to Lubicon land.  Lubicon tribal elder

 19 China Makes More Effort to Protect Wildlife BEIJING (Jan. 25)
XINHUA - China will exert more efforts on  protecting wildlife,
"China Daily" reported today.   Vice-Minister of Forestry Wang
Zhibao has pledged to raise public  awareness, improve the legal

 20 Saving 'hot spots' of endangered species SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24
(UPI) -- A new report may have an answer to the continuing battle
of business and environmental interests. The study, published today
(Friday) in the journal Science, shows most endangered species are

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