Global News Headlines 06/26

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Monday, June 26, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

(Greenpeace)
1) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 339 words HEADLINE: Olympic 
athletes village glows green DATELINE: SYDNEY, June 26 BODY:
The Olympic village, which will house more than 15,000 
athletes and officials during the September Games, was 
given the Greenpeace label of approval Monday. Builders 
handed over the 590 million dollar (350 million US) village 

2) The Vancouver Sun June 26, 2000, FINAL SECTION: Editorial; 
A8 HEADLINE: Poison air reflects our own choices: Thousands 
of Canadians die yearly because of air pollution, yet too 
many of us persist in buying gas-guzzlers. Governments may 
work on solutions, but the remedy rests with individuals. 
 BODY: In travel photos, the view of Greater Vancouver from 

3) South China Morning Post June 26, 2000 SECTION: News; Pg. 4 
HEADLINE: Drivers get their fill of dirtier diesel Thousands
returning from Shenzhen snap up cheaper fuel banned from 
sale in SAR BYLINE: Jennifer Ehrlich BODY: Tens of 
thousands of Hong Kong-bound trucks and cars are filling up 
at a Shell petrol station near the border with mainland 

ENERGY

4) Financial Times ; 24-Jun-2000 (Online) COMMODITIES & 
AGRICULTURE: Norway acts to end oil dispute 12:00:00 am ; 
290 words By VALERIA CRISCIONE and PAUL SOLMAN Norway, the 
world's second largest oil exporter, yesterday put an end 
to a labour conflict that threatened to stop all of its 
offshore oil production and tighten the market further. The 

5) The Associated Press June 26, 2000 HEADLINE: Gore to offer 
'market-driven' energy plan BYLINE: By MIKE GLOVER, 
Associated Press Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Vice 
President Al Gore plans to outline a multibillion-dollar 
"market-driven" proposal to promote energy conservation and 
spark development of alternative power sources, aides say. 

FORESTS

6) BUSINESS LINE June 26, 2000 LENGTH: 174 words HEADLINE: 
India: Consortium to preserve bio-diversity BODY: NEW 
DELHI: Biotech Consortium India Ltd (BCIL) and Kalpavriksh, 
a non-Government organisation (NGO), have formed a 
consortium to implement the National Biodiversity Strategy 
and Action Plan project (NBSAP) at the State and regional 

7) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: INDONESIAN MINISTER PETITIONS IMF TO 
REIMPOSE LOG EXPORT BAN DATELINE: JAKARTA, June 26 BODY: 
Forestry and Plantations Minister Nur Mahmudi Ismail said 
that his office had requested that the IMF revive a ban on 
log exports from Indonesia but the Fund had so far not 
responded. The ban was necessary to preserve Indonesia's 

8) Business Times (Malaysia) June 26, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 12 
LENGTH: 491 words HEADLINE: Itto to discuss timber 
certification in Japan BYLINE: By Fadzil Ghazali BODY: 
MALAYSIA'S desire to speed up talks on timber certification 
has hit a brick wall as discussion on the issue at the 
International Tropical Timber Organisation (Itto) continues 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

9) Break in at French GMO study laboratory TOULOUSE, France, 
June 26 (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants have broken 
into a French laboratory and destroyed genetically modified 
organisms (GMOs) being studied there, the INRA agricultural 
institute said on Monday. A group broke a window at the 
centre on the outskirts of southern city of Toulouse and 

10) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Cracking genetic code bigger 
than Man on Moon, say researchers DATELINE: PARIS, June 26 
BODY: Scientists who broke the human genetic code said 
Monday their achievement had no precedent and had 
catapulted mankind beyond the boundaries of present 
knowledge. "Mapping the human genome has been compared with 

11) The Independent (London) June 26, 2000, Monday SECTION: 
FOREIGN NEWS; Pg. 11 HEADLINE: FRENCH TOWN TO BECOME 
'SEATTLE-SUR-TARN' AS PROTESTER'S TRIAL BEGINS BYLINE: John 
Lichfield In Paris BODY: AFTER SEATTLE and Davos, the small 
town of Millau in the south of France fears this week that 
it may become the latest casualty of violent protests 

12) The Times (London) June 26, 2000 SECTION: Overseas news 
HEADLINE: Battle for profits threatens pact on human genome 
BYLINE: Ben Macintyre in Washington BODY: RIVAL teams of 
scientists will announce a face-saving draw in their race 
to decode the human genome today at a ceremony overshadowed 
by the still-unresolved issue of who should reap the vast 

13) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) June 26, 2000, Monday SECTION: 
Pg. 23 LENGTH: 263 words HEADLINE: City: PPL hopes for US 
pig transplant ruling BODY: PPL Therapeutics, the owner of 
Dolly the sheep, is hoping that American drug regulators 
will demand that patients who volunteer to transplants from 
pigs will promise not to have children after treatment. A 

MILITARY

14) The New York Times June 26, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: A; Page 10; Column 4; National Desk HEADLINE: 
Despite Protests, Navy Resumes Shelling of Puerto Rican 
Island BYLINE: AP DATELINE: VIEQUES, P.R., June 25 BODY: 
Military shelling returned to Vieques Island today as the 
United States Navy began training, even while protesters 

(Greenpeace)
15) Financial Times ; 26-Jun-2000 12:00:00 am (Online) INSIDE 
TRACK: A towering inferno of debate: TECHNOLOGY WASTE 
MANAGEMENT: The use of incinerators to burn rubbish is a 
divisive issue in the west, but there are few alternatives, 
says Vanessa Houlder 741 words By VANESSA HOULDER Once 
rubbish is out of sight, it is out of mind. But 

NUCLEAR POWER

(Greenpeace)
16) The Irish Times June 26, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION; HOME 
NEWS; Pg. 7 LENGTH: 696 words HEADLINE: Nuclear industry 
faces attack from all quarters British Nuclear Fuels Ltd 
faces a torrid week as Danish and Irish attempts to end 
reprocessing at Sellafield will dominate an OSPAR meeting 
on marine pollution opening in Denmark today. Kevin 

(Greenpeace)
17) Press Association Newsfile June 26, 2000 LENGTH: 936 words 
HEADLINE: CALL TO END NUCLEAR REPROCESSING BYLINE: Amanda 
Brown, Environment Correspondent, PA News BODY: Most people 
who live in European countries which have nuclear fuel 
reprocessing contracts at Sellafield or La Hague say they 
want an end to radioactive waste discharges to the sea, 

(Greenpeace)
18) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 276 words HEADLINE: French 
navy orders Greenpeace to remove camera trained on nuclear 
plant DATELINE: COPENHAGEN, June 26 BODY: Two French 
military vessels ordered the environmental group Greenpeace 
on Monday to remove a camera transmitting live images from 
a French nuclear plant onto the Internet, a Greenpeace 

19) Financial Times ; 24-Jun-2000 (Online) FRONT PAGE - FIRST 
SECTION: Japan to demand BNFL takes back fuel shipment 
HOPES REMAIN FOR NEW DEAL AFTER FALSIFIED DATA DISPUTE: 373 
words By ROBERT SHRIMSLEY Japan looks set to demand that 
British Nuclear Fuels takes back the shipment of 
plutonium-based fuel rods which was sent out with falsified 

20) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: US-Russian plutonium accord 
could mean catastrophe: Russian experts DATELINE: MOSCOW, 
June 26 BODY: An accord signed at the US-Russian summit 
here this month to destroy 68 tonnes of weapons-grade 
plutonium, enough to make thousands of nuclear warheads, 
could have catastrophic consequences, Russian experts 

OCEANS

21) ASIA PULSE HEADLINE: NORTH ATLANTIC WHALERS DEMAND THAT 
AUSTRALIA QUITS THE IWC DATELINE: CANBERRA, June 26 BODY: 
North Atlantic whalers today demanded Australia quit the 
International Whaling Commission (IWC) ahead of the 52nd IWC
meeting being hosted in Adelaide next week. Australia was 
hindering the work of the IWC and should branch out and 

22) The Independent (London) June 26, 2000 SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9 
HEADLINE: WHALERS INSIST THEIR TRADE IS NO WORSE THAN 
FARMING BYLINE: Michael Mccarthy BODY: WHALING IS no worse 
than slaughtering farm animals, and in some ways better, 
because the whales have led free lives and their 
environment is not despoiled by farming practices, 

23) Japan Economic Newswire June 26, 2000 HEADLINE: Numbers 
close on South Pacific whale sanctuary, NZ says DATELINE: 
SYDNEY, June 26 Kyodo BODY: New Zealand and Australia are 
very close to getting to the support they needed to create 
a South Pacific whale sanctuary, New Zealand Conservation 
Minister Sandra Lee said Monday. The number of countries 

24) BBC Online You are in: World: Europe 25 June, 2000 Eastern 
Atlantic fishing 'unsustainable' Overfishing is a greater 
threat to the area than pollution By environment 
correspondent Alex Kirby Two-thirds of the main commercial 
fish species caught in the north-east Atlantic are being 
depleted faster than they can replenish themselves. And all 

25) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Region's fishing industry 
urged to address environmental issues DATELINE: SINGAPORE, 
June 26 BODY: Southeast Asia's fishing industry was urged 
Monday to pursue responsible fishing methods to ensure the 
survival of a sector providing food and valuable income to 
regional economies. " Environmental concerns, conservation 

26) Reuters Cook Inlet whales escape endangered listing USA : 
June 26, 2000 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The beluga whale 
population in Alaska's Cook Inlet, which has dropped by 
nearly half in the past six years, is not so imperilled 
that it needs protection under the Endangered Species Act, 
a federal agency ruled. The National Marine Fisheries 

TOXICS

(Greenpeace)
27) 06/26 Greenpeace go ahead, THE INDEPENDENT When all of us 
conveniently forgot the tragic deaths of a number of workers
in recent months at the shipbreaking yards at Sitakundu, 
Chittagong, Greenpeace, an international environmental and 
humanitarian advocacy organization, did not. In a follow-up 
on the wanton tragedy that happened because of total lack of

(Greenpeace)
28) The Jerusalem Post Monday, June 26 2000 (Online) (9:25) 
Plan to clean up Kishon slammed The Haifa Municipality and 
the Kishon River Authority have presented a plan for the 
rehabilitation and development of the polluted river, 
Israel Radio reports. The plan proposes building a bypass 
pipe that will divert raw sewage from industry in the area 

29) Reuters Court extends government authority to stop toxic 
waste dumping LUXEMBOURG : June 26, 2000 LUXEMBOURG - The 
European Court of Justice ruled that member states may 
declare a substance "hazardous waste" even if that 
substance is not included in legislation adopted by the 
European Union. The court said member states could adopt 

X-OTHER-X

30) The Independent (London) June 26, 2000 SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9 
HEADLINE: ENVIRONMENT: THRUSH POPULATION HALVES IN 30 YEARS;
ENVIRONMENT: AS OUR QUEST TO FIND A CAUSE FOR THE DECLINE 
OF THE SPARROW CONTINUES, THE RSPB WARNS THAT ANOTHER 
BRITISH STALWART IS DYING OUT BYLINE: Brian Unwin BODY: 
FEARS that the "silent spring" will soon be a reality are 

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