Global News Headlines 08/27

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Sunday, August 27, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) 
August 26, 2000, SECTION: News; Pg. 5 HEADLINE: Sharp 
Flooding Stuns Southern India BYLINE: By Celia W. Dugger; 
New York Times Service DATELINE: NEW DELHI BODY: Torrential 
monsoon rains and raging rivers have caused the worst 
flooding in decades across broad swaths of northern India 

2) The Irish Times August 26, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION; HOME 
NEWS; Pg. 5 HEADLINE: State faces penalties over greenhouse 
gas emissions Economic boom adding to problems, EPA report 
says BYLINE: By TIM O'BRIEN BODY: The State is facing 
censure and possible trading restrictions for its lack of 
progress in reducing the airborne emissions of some 

3) The Jerusalem Post August 27, 2000, SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 
 16 HEADLINE: Ammonia in the air: Cars may add twice as 
much as cows BYLINE: D'Vora Ben Shaul HIGHLIGHT: Earthly 
Concerns BODY: For several decades most scientists held 
that the decomposition of livestock waste was the main 
source of atmospheric ammonia, which is important in the 

4) The Express August 26, 2000 HEADLINE: RARE VULTURES WARM TO 
EUROPE BODY: THE vultures are gathering over northern 
Europe in what could be another sign of global warming. An 
Egyptian vulture has been spotted in Sweden and a black 
vulture in Holland. And today twitchers gather on Guernsey 
to try to glimpse a griffon vulture which rested its eight 

5) 08/27 Farmers' Almanac Keeps Secret By DAVID SHARP 
Associated Press Writer LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- Greenhouse 
gases and global climate changes do not impress publishers 
of the Farmers' Almanac. After 184 years, they have no 
plans to alter the almanac's weather forecasting formula, 
which is based on sunspots, the position of the planets and 

ENERGY

6) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 27, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 1 
HEADLINE: Agency to promote eco-friendly cars BYLINE: 
Yomiuri BODY: In a move to encourage the proliferation of 
low- pollution vehicles, the Environment Agency is 
considering a new measure that would require automakers to 
produce a greater proportion of vehicles with lower gas 

7) The Nation (Thailand) August 27, 2000, HEADLINE: Prawes: 
Gas-pipeline conflict could balloon BYLINE: The Nation BODY:
SENIOR citizen Professor Prawes Wasi has suggested the 
public hearing about the controversial Thai-Malaysia gas 
pipeline project be postponed to avoid further 
confrontation. The hearing should not continue until there 

8) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 27, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 01 
HEADLINE: City: Merrill to launch pounds 200m green energy 
fund BYLINE: by PAUL FARROW BODY: MERRILL Lynch Asset 
Management is launching the first investment trust to invest
in alternative energy and energy technology companies. The 
global trust, called New Energy Technology, is looking to 

GENETIC ENGINEERING

9) Bondi launches GE free campaign SYDNEY, Aug 27 AAP - 
Sydney's famous Bondi suburb is using its high profile to 
highlight concerns over genetically engineered food. A 
coalition of environment and ethics groups today launched 
the "GE Free Bondi" campaign in a bid to encourage local 
businesses to identify GE-free food on their menus. 

10) GM seeds may have entered food chain: company SYDNEY, Aug 
26 AAP - Tonnes of genetically modified cotton seed had 
accidentally been released to the Australian market, a major
chemical company reportedly admitted yesterday. The Sydney 
Morning Herald reports that a Senate committee has been 
told the genetically modified seed may have entered the food

11) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 26, 2000, HEADLINE: 
Government official defends use of GM food SOURCE: Agencia 
Estado news agency, Sao Paulo, in Portuguese 17 Aug 00 
BODY: Agriculture and Livestock Secretary Luiz Carlos de 
Oliveira has defended "the responsible use of 
biotechnology" . He said this during a conference on 

12) BBC Summary of World Broadcasts August 26, 2000, HEADLINE: 
Genetically modified sweet potato launched SOURCE: 'Daily 
Nation' web site, Nairobi, in English 19 Aug 00 BODY: 
Genetically modified foods are finally here. The Kenya 
Agricultural Research Institute yesterday launched the 
first such sweet potato variety in the country. It is 

(Greenpeace)
13) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 197 words HEADLINE: Green 
group warns Taiwanese soybean genetically modified 
DATELINE: TAIPEI, Aug 27 BODY: Taiwan's two most widely 
consumed soybean products are made from genetically 
modified material, an environmental group warned Sunday. A 
sample testing by the non-profit Environmental Quality 

14) The Vancouver Sun August 26, 2000, FINAL SECTION: 
Editorial; A18 HEADLINE: Ethical bombshell confronts 
Canada: The U.S. and Britain are actively investigating the 
controversial stem cell technology that would use human 
embryos to cure a variety of illnesses. Difficult decisions 
must be made here, too. BODY: Reality, says the writer 

MILITARY

15) Deutsche Presse-Agentur August 27, 2000, HEADLINE: 
Norwegian company gets Kursk assignment, Russian agency 
reports DATELINE: Moscow BODY: A Norwegian company has 
accepted a contract to recover the bodies of 118 sailors on 
board the Russian submarine Kursk which sank two weeks ago, 
possibly by raising the wreck to the surface, ITAR-TASS 

16) The Washington Post August 27, 2000, Final Edition SECTION: 
A SECTION; Pg. A28 HEADLINE: Military Probing Whether 
Russian Vessel Hit Sub BYLINE: Daniel Williams , Washington 
Post Foreign Service DATELINE: MOSCOW, Aug. 26 BODY: A 
criminal probe into the sinking of the submarine Kursk is 
focusing on the possibility that a Russian vessel collided 

17) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Britain boosts aid for 
clearing up Russian submarines: report DATELINE: LONDON, 
Aug 26 BODY: Britain has dramatically increased aid 
earmarked for Russia to decommission its ageing nuclear 
submarine fleet in the wake of the Kursk disaster, the 
Independent on Sunday reported, citing Foreign Office 

18) The Independent (London) August 26, 2000, SECTION: FOREIGN 
NEWS; Pg. 13 HEADLINE: RUSSIANS SAY 'KURSK' IS NO RADIATION 
THREAT BYLINE: Anne Penketh BODY: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS 
yesterday sought to reassure the world that there was no 
danger of radiation leaking from its sunken nuclear 
submarine. Alexander Kiryushin, whose company designed the 

19) International Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) 
August 26, 2000, SECTION: News; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: No 
Immediate Risk From Reactors (folo); Putin Beefs Up Sea 
Rescue BYLINE: By Kenneth Chang; New York Times Service 
BODY: The two reactors in the Kursk should pose no 
immediate risk to the surrounding environment and only a 

20) Interfax Russian News August 26, 2000, HEADLINE: Criminal 
case on Kursk disaster opened in relation to persons who 
supposedly were in control of unidentified maritime object 
BODY: MOSCOW. Aug 26 (Interfax) The criminal case on the 
Kursk nuclear submarine disaster has been initiated in 
relation to persons who supposedly were in control of an 

21) TASS HEADLINE: Kursk sub reactors pose no threat to 
environment--US experts BYLINE: By Alexander Pakhomov 
DATELINE: NEW YORK, August 26 BODY: Two nuclear reactors on 
board Russia's sunken submarine Kursk do not pose a threat 
for the environment, a prominent U.S. environmentalist said 
on Friday. Regular tests made in the area of the 

22) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) August 27, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 02 
HEADLINE: News: Six of seven hunter subs unfit for service 
BYLINE: by MACER HALL BODY: SIX out of seven of the Navy's 
Trafalgar class submarines, the most modern nuclear 
-powered hunter-killer boats in the fleet, are unfit for 
operational service, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Naval 

NUCLEAR POWER

(Greenpeace)
23) 08/26 Protesters Gather at Olympic Plot Nuclear Plant By 
Brian Williams SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand said on 
Saturday it had uncovered a possible plot to blow up a 
nuclear reactor in Sydney during the Olympic Games and 
protesters gathered at the site to demand its immediate 
shutdown. Australian and New Zealand officials played down 

(Greenpeace)
24) 08/26 Sydney Residents Say N-Plant Risks Olympic Lives 
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The lives of Olympic athletes and 
spectators are at risk if a Sydney nuclear plant reported 
to be the possible target of a terrorist attack during the 
Games is kept open, residents living near the site said on 
Saturday. In angry new demands for the Lucas Heights 

25) HEADLINE: Greens question delay on Lucas Heights attack 
announcement CANBERRA, Aug 27 AAP - Greens Senator Bob 
Brown today questioned the delay in informing the public 
about the planned attack on Sydney's Lucas Heights nuclear 
reactor. Senator Brown reiterated his call for the reactor 
in Sydney's south to be immediately shut down and for the 

26) Channel NewsAsia August 26, 2000 SECTION: ASIA PACIFIC 
HEADLINE: Plot to bomb Sydney nuke reactor uncovered BODY: 
With just 20 days to go to the start of the Olympic Games, 
New Zealand police have uncovered an apparent terrorist 
plot to target a nuclear reactor in Sydney. Australian 
officials have played down the threat, but New South Wales 

27) Chicago Tribune August 26, 2000 CHICAGOLAND FINAL EDITION 
SECTION: News; Pg. 2; ZONE: N HEADLINE: NEW ZEALAND 
APPARENTLY FOILS TERRORISTS BYLINE: From Tribune News 
Services. DATELINE: SYDNEY BODY: New Zealand authorities in 
March foiled a plot that apparently targeted a nuclear 
reactor in Sydney during this year's Olympics, the New 

28) The Independent (London) August 26, 2000, SECTION: FOREIGN 
NEWS; Pg. 12 HEADLINE: GAMES ' NUCLEAR PLOT' UNCOVERED 
BYLINE: John Andrews In Auckland BODY: NEW ZEALAND 
detectives are investigating a group of Afghan refugees 
after details of a nuclear reactor near the Australian city 
of Sydney were allegedly found in their possession, raising 

(Greenpeace)
29) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 559 words HEADLINE: NZ police 
uncover Bin Laden terrorist plot to target Sydney reactor 
DATELINE: AUCKLAND, Aug 26 BODY: An apparent terrorist plot 
to target a Sydney nuclear reactor during the Olympic Games 
has been thwarted, New Zealand officials said Saturday. 
 Afghan sympathisers of wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden 

(Greenpeace)
30) CTK National News Wire August 25, 2000 LENGTH: 497 words 
HEADLINE: AUSTRIAN MINISTER SAYS CZECH EU ENTRY DEPENDS ON 
TEMELINS SAFETY BYLINE: JRL DATELINE: VIENNA, Aug 25 ; (JRL)
KEYWORD: 'Austria Czech nuclear power Temelin' BODY: 
Austria's government, which, like its opposition and 
environmental groups, opposes the Czech Republic's Temelin 

(Greenpeace)
31) CTK National News Wire August 25, 2000 LENGTH: 230 words 
HEADLINE: SUJB FINDS NO REASON TO STOP ACTIVATION OF TEMELIN
BYLINE: TAM DATELINE: PRAGUE, Aug 25 ; (TAM) KEYWORD: 
'Czech environment Temelin Havel' BODY: The State Office 
for Nuclear Safety (SUJB) has not found any reason for 
stopping the activation of the Temelin nuclear power plant 

OCEANS

32) The Independent (London) August 26, 2000, SECTION: FOREIGN 
NEWS; Pg. 15 HEADLINE: NOVA SCOTIA LOBSTER WAR RAGES AS 
NATIVE FISHERMEN DEFY LAW BYLINE: Stephanie Nolen In Toronto
BODY: THE FIRST fire at Burnt Church flared in 1758, when 
British troops set fire to an Acadian church while rounding 
up French settlers. Fires raged again last week when 

33) Korea Times August 26, 2000, HEADLINE: Lead Scraps Found in 
Crab Imports Again BODY: Lead pieces have been found again 
in blue crabs imported from China. The Ministry of Maritime 
Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF) said yesterday that it 
detected 46 lead slugs in crabs brought in from China. We 
conducted the metal detection on 26.2 tons of blue crabs 

34) United Press International HEADLINE: British fear sub 
sonnar harms whales DATELINE: LONDON, Aug. 27 BODY: 
Britain's Sunday Times reports the Ministry of Defence is 
studying claims that naval submarine-hunting sonar 
equipment is killing whales. According to the article 
published Sunday, the investigation started after several 

35) Aberdeen Press and Journal August 26, 2000 SECTION: 
Business:Farm/Food:Fish, Pg.23 HEADLINE: Minister now under 
fire for denying scallop fishers cash BYLINE: By Bob Kennedy
BODY: A BLISTERING attack on Scotland's fisheries minister 
John Home Robertson for denying scallop fishers 
compensation was launched yesterday by the Scottish 

(Greenpeace)
36) The New York Times August 27, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: Section 6; Page 38; Column 1; Magazine Desk 
HEADLINE: A Tale of Two Fisheries BYLINE: By John Tierney; 
John Tierney writes the Big City column for the Metro 
section of The Times. BODY: John Sorlien, a lean, sunburned 
fisherman in rubber overalls, was loading his boat along 

OZONE

37) XINHUA NEWS AGENCY. HEADLINE: China Ends Ozone Research on 
Tibetan Plateau DATELINE: LHASA, August 26 BODY: China has 
completed the first systematic research on ozone and 
ultraviolet radiation on the Tibetan Plateau. The research 
was jointly conducted by the Tibetan Institute of Plateau 
Atmosphere Environment and the Belgern University of Norway.

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