Global News Headlines 06/29

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Tuesday, June 29, 1999
Greenbase Unit
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 TOXICS 

1) BusinessWorld June 29, SECTION: Pg. 2 HEADLINE: ASEAN WATCH; Consumers'
right to know BYLINE:Al R.Dizon BODY: With admirable speed and decisiveness,
ASEAN countries reacted swiftly and decisively during the food crisis over
Belgian farm products contaminated with dioxin.The affected products, mostly
infant food and the like, were taken off supermarket shelves when news of...

2) BusinessWorld June 29, SECTION: Pg. 6 HEADLINE: US expert bats for
incinerators BYLINE: Romulo T.  Luib  BODY: Government's ban on the use of
incinerators in waste  disposal has puzzled environment experts from
developed countries where they have set high standards against hazardous
emissions from industries.  Ernest Lowe, a California-based environment...

3) ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JUNE 28, TRADE UNION SAYS U.S. FIRM
SHOULD PAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER  An international trade union
federation wants U.S. based Delta and Pine Land Company, the world's largest
cottonseed producer, to take responsibility for an environmental and public
health disaster created in Paraguay by its local subsidiary. The...

 NUCLEAR POWER 

4) AP June 29, HEADLINE: Nuclear reactor malfunctions in Ukraine  DATELINE:
KIEV, Ukraine BODY: A reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear  power plant,
Europe's largest, shut down  Tuesday  because of a malfunction, officials
said. Reactor No. 3 was  restarted  three hours after plant operators fixed
an unspecified  malfunction in the  reactor's transformer, the state...

5) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence June  29, SECTION: Pg.32 HEADLINE:
Council considers N-waste road ban SOURCE:  The West Australian BYLINE:
Tamara Hunter  ABSTRACT: Cottesloe Town  Council will consider whether to
become a  nuclear -free zone to avoid  being used as a thoroughfare. The
council will vote on 30 June 1999 on  whether to seek community support on...

 NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY 

6) Indian minister fears Pakistan might use nukes PARIS, June 29 (Reuters)  -
Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes said in an interview published  in
Paris on Tuesday that he feared Pakistan might use nuclear weapons if it
ended up in a war with India over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
Fernandes told the daily Le Figaro that Pakistan had already lost three...

7) India Today July  5, 1999 SECTION: Cover  Story; Pg.20 HEADLINE: Will The
War Spread? BYLINE: Raj Chengappa with Rohit Saran and Harinder Baweja with
Rohit Parihar HIGHLIGHT: As India  makes initial gains and Pakistan remains
resilient, there are growing fears  that the border conflict may go beyond
Kargil  BODY: War is fought with  the will of the government, competence of...

8) The Guardian (London) June  29, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Higher Education
Pages; Pg. 3 HEADLINE: New dawn; Worry  about a lack of future  nuclear
scientists has brought glasnost to  Aldermaston, says Peter Kingston BODY:
After decades of  hugging the shadows and shunning publicity, the scientists
who service and  maintain Britain's  nuclear deterrent are coming out into...

9) Xinhua HEADLINE: france reduces troop deployment in south pacific DATELINE:
paris, june 29; ITEM NO: 0629185  BODY: france is reducing its troop
deployment in the south pacific region with the dissolving of a company of
navy troops and an army battalion in new caledonia. agence france-presse
(afp) reported that a ceremony of closing the camp of a navy company, which...

10) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts June 30, 1999, Wednesday HEADLINE: Havana
voices reservations over nuclear disarmament clause in Rio summit document
SOURCE:Radio Rebelde, Havana, 28 Jun BODY: 14] Excerpt from report by Cuban
Rebelde radio on 27th June (local time) Reporter Gisela Bell Heredia at the
EU-Latin America summit in Rio de Janeiro] In addition to approving the...

 OCEANS 

11) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence June 29, SECTION: Pg. 5 HEADLINE:
Oil slick mystery SOURCE: The  Advertiser BYLINE: Belinda Huppatz; Simonne
Reid  ABSTRACT: Late on 28  June 1999, Mobil Oil Australia said it is still
unable to explain the  reason for the leakage of 25,000 litres of crude oil.
It escaped into the  sea, at about 6am from a floating hose through which...

 ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY 

(GREENPEACE)
12) GREEN OLYMPICS USE OF TOXIC REFRIGERANT CHALLENGED  SYDNEY, Australia, June
28, (ENS) - Greenpeace is campaigning to reverse the plan of the
Olympic Co-ordination Authority (OCA) for the 2000 Olympic Games to
allow an air conditioning system in the SuperDome that uses HCFC 123,
a potent ozone destroying gas.  Greenpeace picketed the entrance of
the Sydney Organising...

13) HEADLINE: CFC output in developing economies on  rise DATELINE: TOKYO,
June 29 Kyodo BODY: The production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are
destructive to the ozone layer, has been on the rise in developing countries
during the last several years, according to figures released Tuesday and
compiled by the secretariat of an  international pact to protect the  ozone...

14) ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: JUNE 28, 1999 OZONE DEPLETION CAUSED BY
HUMANS, SCIENTISTS CONFIRM  Scientists have evidence that most of the gases
responsible for ozone depletion are produced by human activities.
Measurements of air trapped in polar snowpacks at two sites in Antarctica
and one in Greenland reveal for the first time that the major ozone...

15) Western Daily Press June 29, DITION: WDP LATE CITY SECTION: News, Pg.3
HEADLINE: Why the West is Sinking to a new low; BUT DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH
IT'S ONLY 1.5mm A YEAR BYLINE: Chris Rundle BODY: The West is now facing a
double threat from  global  warming,  scientists have  revealed. At the same
time as sea levels  around the region are  tarting to rise, new studies have...

 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 

16) USGS:Many contaminants found in nation's streams, JUN 28, M2 Communications
-In a look at water-quality  conditions of 20 of the country's largest and
most important river  basins, the U.S. Geological Survey announced today
(June 28, 1999) that  streams in areas with significant agricultural or
urban development  almost always contain complex mixtures of nutrients and...

17) June 29,  HEADLINE: Borneo's jungle a treasure trove  of nature, ants and
leeches included BYLINE: By Frank Zeller, dpa DATELINE: Limbang, Malaysia
BODY: They don't call this a rainforest for nothing," said the park ranger
as another tropical deluge pelted down on  the deep- green canopy of the
Borneo jungle. Before him stood a boatload of  dripping-wet tourists who had...

18) Xinhua HEADLINE: fish losing environment struggles on upper reaches of
yangtze DATELINE: beijing, june 29; ITEM NO: 0629095  BODY: rare fish,
including the chinese paddlefish and mullet, are under threat as a result
of the deteriorating water environment on the upper reaches of the yangtze
river. a recent study, conducted by the chinese academy of sciences'...

19) The Guardian (London) June 29, SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg.1 HEADLINE:
Farmers promise to cut antibiotics BYLINE: James Meikle BODY:James Meikle
The farming industry yesterday promised a revolution in the way it rears
animals for food by cutting the routin use of antibiotics to speed up growth
of livestock and treat diseases. It was the industry's first tacit admission...

20) ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence June 29,SECTION: Pg.11 HEADLINE:
Swarbrick blocking tactics fail to keep out loggers SOURCE: The West
Australian BYLINE:Vittorio Rechichi ABSTRACT: Protesters blocked all
entrances to the Swarbrick  logging  coupe near Walpole on 28 June 1999.
However they failed to stop timber  workers entering it. Protest spokeswoman...

 GENETIC ENGINEERING 

(GREENPEACE)
21) The Guardian (London) June  26, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 8
HEADLINE: Tougher EU controls mean moratorium on GM crops BYLINE: Stephen
Bates in Brussels BODY: Stephen Bates in Brussels The prospect of early
approval for any more genetically modified crops in Europe in the next three
years receded yesterday after marathon talks by EU environment ministers in...

(GREENPEACE)
22) USA TODAY June  29, 1999, Tuesday, FIRST EDITION SECTION: LIFE; Pg. 10D
HEADLINE: Genetics' growing bounty reaps fears for  future Farmers enjoy
greater yields; critics have a feeding frenzy BYLINE: Anita Manning BODY: In
1994, when America was introduced to the transgenic tomato-- a
high-tech marvel designed to ripen slowly, giving it  added shelf
life -- consumers...

(GREENPEACE)
23) The Herald (Glasgow) June 26,1999 SECTION: Pg. 24 HEADLINE: the greener;
grocers; Organic food has finally  arrived on the high street BYLINE: By
Catherine Brown  BODY: It's too  expensive. It's cloud cuckoo land. It's
turning the clock back. It'll never work. So run the attitudes of those who
disagree with the idea that food production should be changed back to a...

24) The Times (London) June  29, 1999, Tuesday SECTION: Home news HEADLINE:  GM
soya 'less healthy'  BODY: Genetically  modified soya may be less healthy
than a diet of foods made from  traditional varieties, scientists claim this
week in the Journal of  Medicinal Food. Soya-based foods have  been hailed
as "miracle" foods  because they have been found to contain  high  levels of...

25) USA TODAY June 29, FIRST EDITION SECTION: LIFE; Pg.  10D HEADLINE: The
seeds of warning for  biotech  companies BYLINE: Anita  Manning  BODY:
Supporters of  genetic  engineering are warning  biotech  companies to pay
closer attention to consumers' concerns -- or risk  jeopardizing the future
of their industry. In a speech last week to  Monsanto's board of  directors,...

26) USA TODAY June 29, FIRST EDITION SECTION: LIFE; Pg. 10D HEADLINE: Do you
know what you're eating? Despite complaints, U.S. labels don't identify
genetic modifications BODY: To eat or not to eat genetically modified food
might not be so easy to decide, in part  because such food  isn't identified
on any label in the USA. That's  wrong, many critics  say. "People need time...

27) The Ottawa Citizen June  29, 1999, FINAL SECTION: Business; C1 / Front
HEADLINE: In a field near you:  Biotech  is  blooming: Designer canola crop
demonstrates potential for high-tech  agriculture in Eastern Ontario BYLINE:
Pauline Tam  BODY: An  experimental crop of designer canola has flowered in
Eastern Ontario,  prompting area farmers to predict that a new industry...

 OTHER 

28) Western Daily Press June 29, EDITION: WDP LATE CITY SECTION: News, Pg.4
HEADLINE: The end is nigh - so  enjoy yourself BYLINE: Sarah Harris BODY:
THERE may be no point  setting any alarm clocks on Wednesday  night or
planning what to do at the  weekend - let alone the rest of the Century. For
the world is due to  end on Thursday, July 1, according to the mediaeval...

29) The Guardian (London) June  29, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Art Pages; Pg. 8
HEADLINE: Protecting the whistleblowers; Having the courage to reveal
malpractice and corruption can save lives and  wreck careers. But
legislation coming into force this week is billed as the  world's best
protection for those who can't hold their silence, reports Guy  Dehn...

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