Global News Headlines 04/16

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Sunday, April 16, 2000
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 ATMOSPHERE 

(GREENPEACE)
1) Fed: Greens accuse govt of stacking greenhouse meeting BODY:
LENGTH: 423 words CANBERRA, April 15 AAP - The Greens today 
accused the federal government of stacking an international 
meeting in its favour to ensure it could dodge the issue of 
greenhouse gas reduction targets. Next week's 
invitation-only meeting of 30 countries hosted by Australia ...

2) Globe and Mail April 15, 2000, Canada (Online) Ease smog 
rules or gas prices rise, oil giants warn ANNE McILROY 
Parliamentary Bureau Chief Saturday, April 15, 2000 Ottawa 
-- A petroleum industry lobby group is pressing the federal 
government to weaken environmental regulations limiting the 
amount of sulphur in gasoline, warning that the rules could ...

3) Japan Economic Newswire HEADLINE: Japan unlikely to meet 
CO2 emission target in 2010: report DATELINE: TOKYO, April 
15 Kyodo BODY: Japan may not be able reduce its emissions  of carbon
dioxide (CO2) by 2010 by as much as researchers  previously forecast
in 1997, according to a report released  Saturday. A team of
researchers at the National Institute ...

 ENERGY 

4) 04/16 FIRMS CAN DICTATE `GREENNESS' OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY  By Amanda
Brown, Environment Correspondent, PA News. A new  way of allowing
companies to cut harmful greenhouse gases  by choosing electricity
produced in  environmentally-friendly ways has been unveiled in
Britain.  It is the world's first package enabling firms of all sizes ...

(GREENPEACE)
5) The Guardian - United Kingdom 15-Apr-2000 INTERVIEW: SHARP 
PRESSED MAN: SIR JOHN BROWNE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BP AMOCO ; 
1076 words You have just emerged from 380 days of  desk-chewing
negotiation with American regulators, who are  worried that you might
put the cost of cruising  California's highways up a few cents a
gallon. A pounds ...

 FORESTS 

6) The Vancouver Sun April 15, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A5 
HEADLINE: Workers urged to pack Interfor AGM: The company 
wants them to show up at the meeting on their own time to 
counter environmentalists who are also expected. BYLINE: 
Petti Fong BODY: The manager of an Interfor mill in 
Squamish has urged his workers to attend the forest ...

7) Globe and Mail April 15, 2000, Canada (Online ) Paradise 
savoured, paradise saved Following three years of rocky 
negotiations, area residents, resource companies, 
governments and First Nations leaders presented 
recommendations last month for turning B.C.'s Upper Stikine 
River into a provincial park. Last summer, writer Tim Ward ...

8) Globe and Mail April 15, 2000, Canada (Online) Could this 
child's struggle to survive help to spark a wave of 
extinction that threatens humanity? A SPECIAL REPORT FROM 
THE VANISHING FORESTS OF MADAGASCAR ALANNA MITCHELL 
Saturday, April 15, 2000 Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar -- Once, 
the pygmy hippopotamus wandered here. Once, there was a ...

 GENETIC ENGINEERING 

9) Newspaper says 425 secret GM sites in France PARIS, April 
15 (Reuters) - A French newspaper said on Saturday it had  proof of
425 sites in France where genetically modified  (GM) crop experiments
were carried out without the  knowledge of local inhabitants or
farmers. The Journal du  Dimanche said in a report made available
ahead of ...

10) THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK) April 15, 2000, Saturday 
Edition 1 SECTION: NATIONAL NEWS, Pg. 28 LENGTH: 273 words 
HEADLINE: Global warming may make GM food a necessity BODY: 
A scientist yesterday warned that genetically modified food 
could become essential if global warming plunges Britain 
into a cold Russian-style climate. Professor Tony Trewavas ...

(GREENPEACE)
11) The Washington Post April 16, 2000, Final Edition SECTION: 
A SECTION; Pg. A31 LENGTH: 962 words HEADLINE: Altered 
Crops on Trial in Britain; Disdain for Genetically Modified 
Foods Makes Acquittal of Farm Vandals Likely BYLINE: R. 
Reid , Washington Post Foreign Service DATELINE: NORWICH, 
England BODY: If ever a criminal trial looked like an easy ...

 MILITARY 

12) The New York Times April 15, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: A; Page 6; Column 1; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: U.S., 
Welcoming Russian Approval of Nuclear Arms Treaty, Says It 
Hopes for Further Cuts BYLINE: By JANE PERLEZ DATELINE: 
WASHINGTON, April 14 BODY: The Clinton administration today 
welcomed Russia's ratification of the nuclear arms ...

13) Financial Times ; 15-Apr-2000 WORLD NEWS - EUROPE: Russian 
vote to cut arms boosts nuclear reduction START-2 TREATY 
AGREEMENT WILL LEAD TO TALKS ON FURTHER DISARMAMENT: 
12:00:00 am ; 619 words The vote by the Russian parliament  yesterday
to ratify the country's long-delayed Start-2  treaty with the US will
give a shot in the arm to nuclear ...

14) 04/14 1453 Gulf War Illness By JOHN HUGHES Associated Press  Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A study has found a possible link  between
antibodies to a natural molecule used in  experimental vaccines and
unexplained illnesses afflicting  thousands of military personnel who
served in the Gulf War.  The Tulane University Medical School study
found high ...

 NUCLEAR POWER 

15) Globe and Mail April 15, 2000, Canada (Online) Charges laid 
in Candu kickback case AECL comptroller accused of 
demanding kickbacks for China project ESTANISLAO OZIEWICZ 
The Globe and Mail Saturday, April 15, 2000 Brampton, Ont. 
-- A veteran financial officer at Canada's nuclear 
corporation was charged yesterday with demanding kickbacks ...

16) German Conservatives Assail Nuclear Phase-Out Plans BERLIN 
(AP)--Germany's conservatives broadened their attack on the 
government Sunday and took aim at its plans to phase out 
nuclear power. Angela Merkel, the newly-elected head of the 
main opposition Christian Democrats, told Welt am Sonntag 
that the government's strategy was "wrong," partly because ...

17) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: German government, industry 
agree 30-year limit to reactors: report DATELINE: BERLIN, 
April 16 BODY: Government and the energy industry have 
agreed that Germany's 19 nuclear power stations should have 
a working life of no more than 30 years, the television 
channel ZDF reported Sunday. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ...

18) Ground Zero For Public Reaction? Johannesburg (Business 
Day, April 14, 2000) - Cabinet's decision this week to 
approve Eskom's R432m nuclear feasibility study holds out 
the promise of big financial rewards for SA, but is also 
certain to meet with controversy. The cabinet resolution is 
a coup for Eskom in its battle to move ahead with ...

19) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) April 16, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 08 
HEADLINE: Sellafield to sack 45 supervisors BYLINE: by 
DAVID CRACKNELL Political Correspondent BODY: A PURGE of 
middle management at British Nuclear Fuels is expected 
following the publication this week of a report into the 
safety scandal at Sellafield. Helen Liddell, the energy ...

20) Press Association Newsfile April 15, 2000, Saturday 
SECTION: HOME NEWS HEADLINE: RADIOACTIVE PARTICLE FIND 
SPARKS ANGER AMONG GREEN CAMPAIGNERS BYLINE: Paul Hunter, 
PA News BODY: Environmental campaigners today branded the 
UK Atomic Energy Authority "absolutely useless" and called 
for any investigation into the discovery of a radioactive ...

 OCEANS 

(GREENPEACE)
21) UPDATE 3-Japan, Norway fail to overturn whale ban By Kieran 
Murray NAIROBI, April 15 (Reuters) - Japan and Norway 
failed on Saturday in their controversial bid to overturn 
an international ban on the commercial trade in whales. 
Government delegates from 150 nations at the U.N. 
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ...

22) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) April 16, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 13 
HEADLINE: NATURE WATCH: South Atlantic fish 'pirates' push 
the albatross into decline BYLINE: by DAVID HARRISON 
Environment Correspondent BODY: THE ALBATROSS, the world's 
biggest and most majestic bird, is suffering an alarming 
decline in numbers, according to new research. The ...

23) 04/16 Hawaii Sued Over Tourist Traffic By JEAN CHRISTENSEN  HONOLULU
(AP) -- The sandy cove and turquoise,  reef-patched, shallow waters
of Oahu's Hanauma Bay are  rimmed by palm trees and volcanic cliffs.
It is just the  image that draws millions of vacationers to Hawaii
each  year, making tourism its No. 1 industry. But below the ...

 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY 

24) AP Worldstream April 16, 2000 HEADLINE: Preliminary vote on 
trade in ivory takes place Monday in Kenya DATELINE: 
NAIROBI, Kenya BODY: With Japan and Norway already losing 
bids to win international approval for limited trade in 
whales, three southern African countries now face a vote 
over their proposal to sell elephant ivory. Delegates to ...

25) BUSINESS DAY (SOUTH AFRICA) 13-Apr-2000 : USE THEM OR LOSE 
THEM THE question of whether to allow a resumption of ivory 
and other elephant product sales is an emotive one. But it 
is hard to fault the pragmatic southern African proposals 
to the 11th Cites conference in Nairobi on the protection 
of endangered species. SA has tabled its own proposal for a ...

26) Bardot urges UK's Blair to back ban on ivory trade PARIS, 
April 14 (Reuters) - French film star Brigitte Bardot 
attacked British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday for 
backing a controversial proposal to relax the global ban on 
ivory sales. "This position is absolutely astonishing and 
particularly unacceptable given the worldwide reputation ...

27) The Guardian (London) April 15, 2000 SECTION: Guardian Home 
Pages; Pg. 12 LENGTH: 231 words HEADLINE: Asda to pay 
farmers to go organic BODY: Asda is to pay livestock 
farmers to go organic to increase supplies to the fastest 
growing sector of the food market. The supermarket chain 
yesterday promised a total of pounds 3m over three years to ...

 TOXICS 

28) The Ottawa Citizen April 16, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A10 
LENGTH: 1133 words HEADLINE: Mapping Canada's toxic 
hotspots: The World Wildlife Fund has charted locations of 
long-lasting chemicals all over the country. Tom Spears 
reports. BYLINE: Tom Spears BODY: The newest map of Canada 
won't show up soon in any tourism offices. Not with its ...

29) Georgia Rejects Boatload Of Incinerated Trash From Haiti 
ATLANTA (AP)--Georgia officials refused Friday to grant 
Haiti permission to dump a boatload of 100 tons of 
incinerated waste that was shipped overseas from 
Pennsylvania more than 12 years ago. Agriculture 
Commissioner Tommy Irvin said he rejected the noxious ash ...

30) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Vietnam vets face nasty 
health surprises as they move beyond middle age BYLINE: Jim 
Mannion DATELINE: WASHINGTON, April 15 BODY: Twenty five 
years after the end of the Vietnam War, American veterans 
of the conflict are trudging up yet another treacherous 
hill: middle age. They were in their late teens and early ...

 X-OTHER-X 

31) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Police arrest 600 at protest 
near IMF BYLINE: Pierre Celerier BODY: WASHINGTON, April 16 
(AFP) - Police arrested some 600 protesters at a 
demonstration outside the International Monetary Fund 
Saturday, where as many as 1,000 people had gathered to 
protest economic globalization, Washington police said. ...

32) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Violence erupts as 
demonstrators target IMF, World Bank BYLINE: Nathaniel 
Harrison BODY: WASHINGTON, April 16 (AFP) - Police fired 
tear gas and clubbed and kicked demonstrators attempting to 
disrupt a meeting of finance ministers and top 
International Monetary Fund officials here Sunday, ...

33) The Associated Press. April 16, 2000 HEADLINE: 
U.N.-sponsored report warns of harm to environment BYLINE: 
By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: 
WASHINGTON BODY: Despite greater environmental awareness, 
growing demand for resources is threatening the world's 
environmental health more than ever, a United ...

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