Global News Headlines 08/27

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Friday, August 27, 1999
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 TOXICS 

(GREENPEACE)
1) 08/27 Police arrest 26 activists protesting dioxin emissions
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Police on Friday arrested 26 Greenpeace
activists on a ship that was blocking a harbor to protest a Danish
steel company's alleged emissions of dioxins. Before dawn, officers
boarded the M/V Greenpeace which had been blocking the sea entrance
to the Danish Steelworks in...

2) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) August 27, 1999,
SECTION: Finance; Pg. 12 HEADLINE: Cruise Line Apologizes ; But Alaskans
Still Angry About  Pollution BYLINE: By Edwin McDowell; New York Times
Service DATELINE: NEW YORK BODY: The president of the Royal Caribbean
International cruise line, which recently  pleaded guilty to dumping...

3) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Kagawa mulls waste disposal plant for
Seto isle DATELINE: TAKAMATSU, Japan, Aug. 27 Kyodo BODY: The Kagawa
prefectural government has proposed an island site for a waste processing
plant to be built as part of the clean-up of the largest dumping of illegal
industrial waste ever found in Japan, sources close to the case said Friday....

 NUCLEAR POWER 

(GREENPEACE)
4) Nuclear shipments heading into summits and unrest; AUCKLAND, Aug 27 (AFP)
- Two armed British freighters carrying plutonium-based nuclear fuels were
believed Friday to be off south-west Australia, ahead of two summit meetings
in the region and political unrest.  The environment organisation Greenpeace
said it believed Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal were moving at 12.5 knots...

(GREENPEACE)
5) The Mirror August 27, 1999 SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 14 HEADLINE: N-WASTE MOVE
PLAN SPARKS GREEN ANGER BODY: A PLAN to move hundreds of tonnes of the most
deadly type of radioactive waste from Dounreay to Sellafield was revealed
yesterday in a report by the Radioactive Waste Management Committee. The
option - being considered by the Atomic Energy Authority, a top-level team...

6) MITI to seek site for permanent nuclear waste storage TOKYO, Aug. 27
(Kyodo) The Ministry of International Trade and Industry submitted Friday to
the Atomic Energy Commission, an advisory body to the prime minister, a plan
to start seeking a location for the permanent storage of high-level nuclear
waste. The plan includes a first budget request in connection with the...

7) Removal of damaged Fukui reactor device section begins FUKUI, Japan, Aug.
27 (Kyodo) Japan Atomic Power Co. has started removing the cracked
portion of a device at the Fukui nuclear power station which leaked
more than 50 tons of radioactive water in July, company officials
said Friday.  The 40-centimeter-wide portion of the device, a
regenerated heat exchanger, at...

8) Xinhua General News Service HEADLINE: most indian  nuclear  plants ready
for y2k DATELINE: new delhi, august 27; ITEM NO: 0827237 BODY: most safety
systems in india's nuclear power plants are compliant in solving the year
2000 (y2k) problem and the department of atomic energy (dae) will
achieve full y2k compliance by the end of october this year, an
official report said...

9) Calgary Herald August 27, 1999, FINAL ECTION: News; A13 HEADLINE: Quake
prompts call for Canada to withdraw nuclear sale bid BYLINE: Jessica Aldred
and Christina Frangou, Edmonton Journal DATELINE: EDMONTON  BODY: The
devastating earthquake in Turkey last week has renewed calls for Canada to
withdraw its bid to sell a nuclear reactor to the earthquake-prone country....

 NUCLEAR WEAPONS & MILITARY 

10) Mainichi Daily News August 27, 1999 SECTION: Page 2; OPINION/ ANALYSIS
HEADLINE: Secret deals belie Japan's non-nuclear stance BODY: As I See It
Perspectives of Mainichi Shimbun reporters By Tatsuo Masuo Editorial
Production Center The discovery of U.S. documents that provide new insights
into secret deals connected to the Japanese-U.S. mutual security treaty of...

11) The Guardian (London) August 27, 1999 SECTION: Guardian Home Pages; Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Human trials for plague  vaccine; Porton Down scientists use
genetic  engineering to develop defences against germ warfare BYLINE:
Richard Norton-Taylor and Tim Radford  BODY: Scientists at the  military
research laboratory at Porton Down confirmed yesterday that they  have...

12) WSJ(8/27): U.S. Faces Pressure To Reassess Iraq Policy By Neil King Jr.
Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- Has the U.S. lost
its way in Iraq? That's the question being raised in Congress and in
numerous foreign capitals these days. What was once a fairly clear strategy
of arms inspections backed by economic sanctions has dwindled, critics say,...

 OCEANS 

(GREENPEACE)
13) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 27, 1999 HEADLINE: ROUNDUP: International
tribunal rules against Japan on tuna fish DATELINE: Hamburg BODY: The
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea  ordered Japan on Friday to
adhere to its catch quota on Southern Bluefin tuna in the Pacific, a ruling
which upheld complaints by Australia and New  Zealand. The decision for the...

14) Japanese fishing boats seized by Russian coast guard  TOKYO, Aug 27 (AFP) -
The Russian coast guard on Friday seized three Japanese fishing boats along
with 23 crew members near the southern Kuril islands, the Japanese foreign
ministry said.  "Russia contacted our maritime safety agency and said
Japanese fishing boats have been impounded" for violating Russian waters, a...

 ATMOSPHERE & ENERGY 

15) 08/27 El Nino May Return In Next Two Years-U.N. Experts GENEVA
(Reuters) - A new El Nino weather phenomenon is a reasonable
possibility within the coming two years, United Nations weather
analysts said Friday. But it may well be less severe than the last El
Nino, which caused economic disruption in many parts of the world in
1997-98. The history of these things suggests...

16) VIC: Rain at last in Victoria  BODY: with a vengeance  RAIN MELBOURNE, Aug
26 AAP - Long-awaited rains across Victoria today caused flooding  in
parts of the state. The entire state received a much-needed soaking,
providing some relief for farmers and water supplies, the weather
bureau said. Up to 35mm of rain fell on most of Victoria  during the
day with 60mm drenching...

17) The NATION (Thailand) August  27, 1999, Friday HEADLINE:  Water shortage
creates elephant crisis in Surin, BYLINE: ANAN PAENGNOY BODY: FOR decades,
the name of  Surin province was associated with elephants and festivities.
That was when natural food was abundant and rain came on time.  The good
old days are long gone. Surin now is only remembered as a once-major...

18) Africa News August 27, 1999 SECTION: NEWS, DOCUMENTS & COMMENTARY
HEADLINE: Somalia; Another Dismal Harvest Paints Bleak Future For The Horn
BYLINE: Hazwell Kanjaye in Lilongwe, All Africa News Agency BODY: NAIROBI  -
Over one million people in southern Somalia face another dismal harvest  due
to prolonged dry periods, the United Nations World Food Programme said  last...

19) ENN Air pollution kills, but deaths can be prevented  Friday, August 27,
1999 Eight thousand people a day die from air pollution but some
simple preventative steps and increased  monitoring could lessen the
toll, according to a recently released report by Australia's
Commonwealth Science Council.  Of the 3 million annual deaths, 2.8
million are from indoor air...

20) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Metropolitan gov't launches campaign
against diesel cars DATELINE: TOKYO, Aug. 27 Kyodo  BODY: The Tokyo
metropolitan government said Friday that it is starting a campaign to say
'no' to diesel-powered vehicles from the Japanese capital because exhaust
from them is the biggest single air polluter in Tokyo. 'I will oust diesel...

 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 

(GREENPEACE)
21) Toronto Star Aug 27, 99, Edition 1 SECTION: BUSINESS HEADLINE: HOME DEPOT
BYLINE: Robert Cribb BODY: turns green on wood harvest will stop selling old
growth lumber Retailer BUSINESS REPORTER It's the warm and fuzzy way to
connect with customers in the '90s: Find a corporate social conscience and
wear it on your sleeve.  Hardware giant The Home Depot is the latest compan...

22) WSJ(8/27): Home Depot Vows Wood Will Be Greener Along Aisles By James R.
Hagerty Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal Big Orange promised to go
green. Home Depot Inc., known for its orange-decked home-improvement
warehouses, said it will eliminate from its stores wood products from
"environmentally sensitive areas" by the end of 2002. The company also said...

23) New Straits Times (Malaysia) August 27, 1999 SECTION: National; Pg. 4
HEADLINE: Plantation companies caught for open burning DATELINE: Singapore
BODY: SINGAPORE, Thurs.- Three Malaysian-owned plantation companies are
among nine caught by Indonesian authorities for open burning in Riauin the
past month. The companies  are Pt Jatim Gaya Perkasa, Pt Adey Plantation...

24) The Canberra Times August 27, 1999, Friday Edition SECTION: Part A; Page
2 HEADLINE: FOREST AGREEMENT CLOSES YEARS OF TALKS BYLINE: KIRSTEN
LAWSON BODY: A regional forest  agreement covering of south-eastern
NSW was signed yesterday - the first agreement in the state and the
culmination of years of negotiation. Neither side in the bitter
forestry debate was happy  with...

25) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: INDONESIA BANS MINING IN COAL-RICH BUKIT SUHARTO
DATELINE: JAKARTA, Aug 27  BODY: The mines and energy ministry said it would
not allow exploitation of mineral deposits in Bukit Suharto, a forest
preserve in East Kalimantan. Bukit Suharto, named after former President
Suharto, and believed to have large coal deposits, will be preserved as...

 GENETIC ENGINEERING 

26) 08/27 Japan Govt To Inspect Genetically Modified Food - Nikkei TOKYO
(Nikkei) --A government organization will begin to inspect
genetically modified foods, which until now has been done by private
companies, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Friday evening
edition. The Oilstuff Inspectors' Corporation, a food certification
body affiliated with the...

27) BusinessWorld August 27, 1999 SECTION: Pg. 6 HEADLINE: Field testing of GM
corn approved BYLINE: Earl Warren B. Castillo  BODY: The National Committee
on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) has allowed two multinational
agribusiness firms to conduct field experiments on the cultivation of
genetically modified corn in the country. The NCBP is a multi-sectoral body...

 OTHERS 

(GREENPEACE)
28) Softly, Greenpeace delivers its message in China By Paul Eckert BEIJING,
Aug 27 (Reuters) China's breakneck economic growth is threatening a national
and global ecological disaster, Greenpeace said in its first ever report on
the country on Friday. Greenpeace China, in a landmark news conference in
Beijing, said China faced "environmental meltdown" if it waited to get rich...

29) Toronto Star Aug 27, 99, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS HEADLINE: ANDERSON MAKES
STRONG START BODY: We have an activist federal environment minister again.
It's been a while. The new minister, David Anderson, sent two powerful
signals this week. First, he explained what he does not intend to do. He
will not waste any more time and political resources on internal battles...

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