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Global News Headlines 12/23
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Wednesday, December 23, 1998
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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TOXICS
1) The Toronto Star December 23, 1998 HEADLINE: SECRET OF BALD EAGLE'S
LIVER BYLINE: Peter Calamai BODY: Scientists find chemical that raises
concerns SCIENCE REPORTER OTTAWA - In 1990, a lab technician with the
Canadian Wildlife Service here ground up some bald eagle liver from
British Columbia, packed the minced meat into vials and stored them in a...
2) CHINA NEWS December 23, 1998 Formosa Plastics has bad record- Alleged
toxic waste export not first violation BODY: The Cambodian toxic waste
export scandal surrounding Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) is drawing
attention to the company's burial of mercury-contaminated waste in Taiwan,
the China Times Express reported yesterday. In 1997, FPC commissioned...
3) The Telegram (St. John's) December 23, 1998 pg 17 Soap killing salmon,
says scientist A compound in the soaps and detergents used every day in
homes and factories could be killing Atlantic salmon. The compound is
called 4-nonylphenol, or 4-NP, an estrogenic substance that can disrupt
the endocrine systems of young salmon as they develop into adult fish, said...
NUCLEAR POWER
4) Xinhua HEADLINE: nordic countries protest u.k. for discharging
radioactive material stockholm, december DATELINE: g radioactive material
stockholm, december 23 ; ITEM NO: 1223271 BODY: five nordic countries on
wednesday raised their second joint protest to britain for its discharge of
radioactive material. in a letter to their british counterpart michael...
5) 12/23 1909 RADIOACTIVE WASTE MAY NEED TO BE RE-BURIED By Paul
Hunter, PA News Thousands of tons of radioactive waste may have to be
removed from dumps at a nuclear plant and reburied elsewhere on the
site because of worries about cliff erosion, it emerged tonight. Any
measures adopted to move the waste from the six could cost millions
of pounds. The pits have...
6) Taiwan said planning to send nuclear waste to ... TAIPEI, Dec. 23 (Kyodo)
Taiwan has reached an initial agreement with the Marshall Islands for
the permanent storage of low-level nuclear waste in the South Pacific
archipelago, a local evening newspaper reported Wednesday. The state
utility Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower), which operates Taiwan's three nuclear...
7) The New York Times December 23, 1998, Wednesday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 20; Column 3; National Desk HEADLINE: Civilian
Reactors Could Be Used to Make Warhead Material BYLINE: By MATTHEW L. WALD
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 BODY: Facing shortage of a crucial
component of nuclear warheads, the Energy Department announced today...
8) Agence France Presse German environment minister says rift healed over
nuclear issue DATELINE: BONN, Dec 23 BODY: German Environment Minister
Juergen Trittin moved Wednesday to heal a rift with Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder, saying the two were now "largely united" on the question of
abandoning nuclear energy, ARD public broadcasting said. Between Gerhard...
9) The Daily Yomiuri December 24, 1998 Pg. 2 HEADLINE: Careless inspectors
expose 15 to radiation BYLINE: Yomiuri DATELINE: SENDAI Crime-Accident
BODY: Fifteen students and teachers at a middle school in Onagawacho,
Miyagi Prefecture, were exposed to low levels of radiation early this
month after inspectors visiting a nearby refectural nuclear monitoring...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MILITARY
10) Russia's financial crisis increases nuclear risk: Richardson DATELINE:
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 BODY: Russia's financial crisis means the country is
going to need more help in the coming months to control its nuclear
materials, US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson wrote in the Washington Post
Wednesday. "Russia's financial crisis has brought new urgency to US...
11) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts ecember 23, 1998, Wednesday HEADLINE:
Naval captain charged with treason sues atomic energy minister SOURCE:
Source: Ekho Moskvy radio, Moscow, in Russian 2045 gmt 21 Dec 98 BODY:
[46] Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 21st December Capt
First Class Aleksandr Nikitin is suing Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeniy...
12) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) December 23,
1998 SECTION: News; Pg. 7 HEADLINE: Russia Again Postpones
Ratification of START-2; But Moscow Sends Ambassador Back to U.S.
BYLINE: By David Hoffman; Washington Post Service DATELINE: MOSCOW
BODY: The lower house of the Russian Parliament has delayed
consideration of the 1993 START-2...
13) The Toronto Star December 23, 1998 HEADLINE: BOMBING STRIKES ON IRAQ
ILLEGAL UNDER U.N. CHARTER BODY: The U.S. government has put forward a
number of arguments to defend the bombing of Iraq. First of all, it
should be recognized that the strikes were illegal. Under Article 51 of
the U.N. charter, a state is authorized to attack another only if there is...
14) The Washington Times December 23, 1998 Pg. A14 HEADLINE: France seeks
big U.N. role on Iraq; Urges alternative to 'brutal force' BYLINE: Andrew
Borowiec; THE WASHINGTON TIMES DATELINE: PARIS BODY: PARIS - The French
government plans a series of diplomatic moves that would "replace brutal
force with dialogue" after last week's U.S. and British missile raids on...
15) THE HINDU December 23, 1998 SECTION: News HEADLINE: The Hindu-Editorial-
Does India need the H-bomb? BODY: EVER since the Indian nuclear tests
of May 11, 1998, there has been considerable scepticism in the United
States about the claim that one of them was a successful test of a
hydrogen bomb. This was not due to any doubt about India's ability to...
16) Agence France Presse India, Russia move military cooperation onto new
footing BYLINE: Pratap Chakravarty DATELINE: NEW DELHI, Dec 23 BODY: A
long-term defence agreement signed here by Russia and India can help New
Delhi only after its traditional ally revives its dying armament industry,
experts said on Wednesday. India, however, argues that the 10-year pact...
17) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts ecember 24, 1998, Thursday HEADLINE:
Nuclear claims tribunal adopts strong US radiation limits for clean-up of
sites SOURCE: Source: Radio New Zealand International, Wellington, in
English 0800 gmt 23 Dec 98 BODY: 2] Text of report by Radio New Zealand
International on 23rd December A nuclear claims tribunal in the...
18) Japan Economic Newswire Taiwan to cut back on missile buys to save for
TMD DATELINE: TAIPEI, Dec. 23 Kyodo BODY: Taiwan's military will scrap
some weapon systems purchases from the United States to save funds in
preparation for the island's participation in the U.S.-proposed theater
missile defense (TMD) program, a local daily reported Wednesday. Taiwan's...
OCEANS
(GREENPEACE)
19) FED: Oceans policy welcomed as a good first step CANBERRA, Dec 23 AAP -
The federal government today unveiled an ambitious national plan designed
to protect and manage one of Australia's biggest assets -its oceans.
Environment Minister Robert Hill said the government would spend $50
million over three years to help implement the Australia's Oceans Policy....
20) NAT: Nation's holiday playground, the beach, in crisis: ACF BODY:
MELBOURNE, Dec 23 AAP - Australia's holiday playground, the beach, faced an
environmental crisis, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) warned
today. ACF marine campaigner Margie Prideaux said the 1998 nternational
Year of the Ocean had raised community awareness of important issues,...
21) THE NATION (BANGKOK) December 23, 1998 SECTION: Business HEADLINE:
Shrimp farmers to intensify protest BODY: PROTESTING inland shrimp
farmers announced on Tuesday they would gather 50,000 signatures to set up
a company in order to use its status as a legal entity to empower their
protest. Wichai Larpchatuphorn, the group's adviser, said the signatures...
22) Business Information Wire December 23, 1998 Government Fishery, oil
companies battle over marine bank HALIFAX (CP) Atlantic Canada's boom in
offshore development has pitted the oil and gas industry against an
unlikely coalition of fishing companies and environmentalists in a war over
Canada's richest waters. The showdown over Georges Bank, an ecological...
ATMOSPHERE AND ENERGY
23) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts ecember 23, 1998, Wednesday HEADLINE:
"Alarming figures" on malaria reported SOURCE: Source: 'The Independent'
web site, Port Moresby, in English 18 Dec 98 BODY: 5] Excerpt from
report by the Papua New Guinea weekly 'The Independent' web site on 18th
December Malaria, once the country's most dreaded disease, is on the...
24) Xinhua HEADLINE: uganda refutes reports on electro-magnetic diseases
DATELINE: kampala, december 23; ITEM NO: 1223295 BODY: the management of
uganda electricity board (ueb) has refuted media reports that exposure to
low-frequency electro-magnetic fields can cause cancer, leukemia and brain
tumor in people, including unborn babies. they dismissed the reports in a...
25) CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW December 23, 1998 HEADLINE: FUEL TAX THROWN OUT
BODY: The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has
rejected proposed legislation to institute new fuel and highway taxes,
Xinhua reported. Under the legislation, local road fees would have been
replaced by a standard fuel tax and local vehicle purchasing fees with a...
26) The New York Times December 23, 1998, Wednesday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 9; Column 1; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: Anger Rises
Over Plans For Ontario BYLINE: By ANTHONY DePALMA DATELINE: TORONTO, Dec.
22 BODY: Canadians live in a big country graced with an abundance
of unspoiled places. And many of them want to keep it that way.
That is why...
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
27) The Guardian (London) December 23, 1998 SECTION: The Guardian Home Page;
Pg. 8 HEADLINE: Save the reindeer appeal to British timber buyers; Forest
owners are edging out Sweden's nomadic herders, writes Paul Brown BYLINE:
Paul Brown BODY: THE Sami reindeer herders of Sweden's high north are
appealing to British consumers to save their animals from starvation and...
28) NSW: Protesters arrested at Timbarra gold mine BODY: SYDNEY, Dec 23 AAP
Trouble again erupted at the site of Ross Mining NL's Timbarra gold mine
in north-western New South Wales today with the arrest of 15 protesters.
The conservationists had chained themselves to large tripods about 4 am
(AEDT) in order to block access to the controversial site, a police...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
29) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) December 23, 1998 g. 12 Science: When Tony
Blair met the mutants Science Editor Roger Highfield reports from a
high-powered seminar in Downing Street BYLINE: By Roger Highfield BODY:
THIS was no ordinary Downing Street seminar. Three weeds - two of which
were mutants - were presented to the Prime Minister and felt by Education...
OTHERS
30) YEAREND - A ``Wag the Dog'' year By James Anderson LONDON, Dec 23
(Reuters) Like film of an armed man floundering in quicksand, 1998 showed
a flabbergasted and mocking world the slow-motion image of its most
powerful leader being swallowed by scandal. A deluge of lurid detail swept
away boundaries between public and private life, leaving President Bill...
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