Global News Headlines 08/29

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Tuesday, August 29, 2000
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ATMOSPHERE

1) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Drastic depletion of ozone 
layer over Antarctica: UN DATELINE: GENEVA, Aug 29 BODY: 
Satellites have recorded a dramatic thinning of the ozone 
layer over Antarctica over the past two weeks, a United 
Nations agency reported Tuesday. "The latest satellite 
observations in the sunlit portion of the Antarctica 

2) WRAP-Online carbon trading market set for September trial 
BODY: Online carbon trading market set for September trial 
!!BRISBANE, Aug 29 AAP - Queensland industry leaders will 
be given a chance to experience the future of environmental 
management first hand with the launch of an online carbon 
trading market simulation in October. A trial of the 

3) The Canberra Times August 29, 2000, Tuesday Edition 
SECTION: A;9 HEADLINE: Overreaction better than no action 
on greenhouse effect; The Government spent millions to 
prevent a Y2K melt-down. Why won't it respond in the same 
way to global warming, asks RICHARD DENNISS? BODY: IT'S 
TIME the Y2K bug was officially declared a global fizzer. 

4) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Bangladesh's Sundarbans 
forest threatened by global warming: experts DATELINE: 
DHAKA, Aug 29 BODY: The world's largest mangrove forest, 
the Sundarbans, in southern Bangladesh faces the threat of 
destruction because of global warming, a report published 
Tuesday said. "A possible 45 centimeters (18 inches) rise 

FORESTS

5) The Vancouver Sun August 29, 2000, FINAL SECTION: News; A3 
LENGTH: 616 words HEADLINE: 17 logging protesters arrested 
in Elaho area: One demonstrator was perched on a crude log 
tripod placed across an access road. BYLINE: Glenn Bohn 
BODY: Seventeen environmental activists were arrested 
Monday in the Elaho Valley north of Squamish after one 

6) 08/29 0925 Eco-friendly bandit foxes police in Indian 
jungles LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - India has been 
transfixed for weeks by a fierce bandit notorious for 
poaching elephants and smuggling sandalwood, but another 
equally ruthless outlaw is making news by protecting the 
environment. Shiv Kumar, a local Robin Hood who has eluded 

7) THE JAKARTA POST August 29, 2000 HEADLINE: Four firms to 
issue timber ecolabeling BODY: JAKARTA (JP): Four standard 
certification service companies won the right to issue 
ecolabeling for timber companies on Monday from the 
Indonesian Ecolabeling Foundation (LEI). The four -- PT TUV 
International Indonesia (a German joint venture company), 

8) THE JAKARTA POST August 29, 2000 LENGTH: 456 words 
HEADLINE: Pulp producers deny charge on illegal logging 
BODY: JAKARTA (JP): Pulp and paper producers denied on 
Monday accusations that they have encouraged illegal 
logging practices in the country. Chairman of the 
Association of Indonesian Pulp and Paper Producers (APKI) 

(Greenpeace)
9) Los Angeles Times August 29, 2000, Home Edition SECTION: A; 
Part 1; Page 4; Foreign Desk LENGTH: 944 words HEADLINE: 
ENVIRONMENTALIST IS CONVICTED IN MEXICO; COURTS: A PEASANT 
FARMER WHO FOUGHT DEFORESTATION IS FOUND GUILTY OF DRUG AND 
WEAPONS CHARGES, BUT RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE CASE IS A SHAM. 
 BYLINE: JAMES F. SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: 

10) The Associated Press. August 29, 2000 HEADLINE: Forest 
recreation, water, more valuable than timber, mining, group 
says BYLINE: By JOHN HUGHES, Associated Press Writer 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: National forests are far more 
valuable for their recreation, wildlife and water quality 
than for timber, minerals and cattle grazing, according to a

GENETIC ENGINEERING

11) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Gene engineers meet rising 
public suspicion DATELINE: PARIS, Aug 29 BODY: Public 
support for biotechnology is declining, as more and more 
people associate the science with human cloning or 
laboratory-engineered food, according to surveys conducted 
in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States. A US survey 

MILITARY

12) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Russia to start recovering 
Kursk bodies next month: deputy PM DATELINE: SAINT 
PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug 29 BODY: The operation to lift the 
bodies of 118 seamen who died in the Kursk submarine 
tragedy will begin at the end of September, Russian deputy 
prime minister Ilya Klebanov told journalists here Tuesday. 

13) TASS HEADLINE: Int agreements can avert sub collisions in 
world ocean. BYLINE: By Anatoly Yurkin DATELINE: MOSCOW, 
August 29 BODY: There is a need for international 
agreements that could preclude submarines collisions in the 
world ocean and enhance safety on underwater navigation, 
believes academician Vladimir Petrovsky of the Academy of 

14) The New York Times August 29, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: A; Page 23; Column 1; Editorial Desk HEADLINE: The 
Kursk Was in Dangerous Company BYLINE: By James Clay Moltz; 
James Clay Moltz is associate director of the Center for 
Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of 
International Studies. DATELINE: MONTEREY, Calif. BODY: 

15) The New York Times August 29, 2000, Late Edition - Final 
SECTION: A; Page 1; Column 3; Foreign Desk HEADLINE: U.S. 
 Spy Sub Said to Record Torpedo Blast Aboard Kursk BYLINE: 
By STEVEN LEE MYERS and CHRISTOPHER DREW DATELINE: 
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 BODY: Six days after something went 
dreadfully wrong with the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, 

16) WSJ(8/29): Lockheed Martin Corp. Faces Record Fine Of $1 Mln
By John Fialka Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department proposed a record $1 
million fine against a Lockheed Martin Corp. unit for 
chronic safety violations at a nuclear weapons facility it 
operates at Oak Ridge, Tenn. The agency cited the company, 

NUCLEAR POWER

17) AP Worldstream August 29, 2000 HEADLINE: Angry Australia to 
restrict U.N. access BYLINE: ALAN THORNHILL DATELINE: 
CANBERRA, Australia BODY: Stung by criticism over its 
treatment of Aborigines and other issues, the Australian 
government said Tuesday it will restrict visits by U.N. 
 human rights inspectors and urged an overhaul of the 

18) Fed: Council votes to have reactor closed during Olympics 
BODY: Oly Terrorist Council SYDNEY, Aug 29 AAP - The local 
council home to Australia's only nuclear reactor last night 
voted in favour of requesting its shutting until after the 
Olympics and Paralympics because of a terrorist threat. 
 Sutherland Shire council voted 10-5 in favour of a mayoral 

(Greenpeace)
19) CTK National News Wire August 28, 2000 SECTION: General News
LENGTH: 342 words HEADLINE: RECORDS ON REPAIR IN NUCLEAR 
PLANT FABRICATED -- GREENPEACE BYLINE: PVR DATELINE: 
PRAGUE, Aug 28 ; (PVR) KEYWORD: 'Czech environment Temelin' 
BODY: Greenpeace has filed a lawsuit against an 
"unidentified perpetrator" in connection with the 

(Greenpeace)
20) CTK National News Wire August 28, 2000 SECTION: General News
LENGTH: 305 words HEADLINE: ZEMAN TO HAND GREENPEACES 
INFORMATION TO HEAD OF SUJB BYLINE: VV DATELINE: PRAGUE, 
Aug 28 ; (VV) KEYWORD: 'Czech ecology Temelin Zeman' BODY: 
Premier Milos Zeman is to hand evidence, which Greenpeace 
claims proves that documents about the repair of cooling 

21) Interfax Russian News HEADLINE: Russian plutonium 
utilization program estimated to cost $2 bn BODY: MOSCOW. 
 Aug 29 (Interfax) Combined spending on the Russian program 
for the disposal of 34 tonnes of military grade plutonium 
is estimated at$ 1.8 billion to$ 2 billion, according to 
the Russian Nuclear Site (www. nuclear. ru), run by the 

(Greenpeace)
22) The Christian Science Monitor August 29, 2000, Tuesday 
SECTION: WORLD; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 1274 words HEADLINE: Towering 
troubles in Russia BYLINE: By Scott Peterson and Fred Weir 
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor DATELINE: 
MOSCOW HIGHLIGHT: A second highly visible disaster has sent 
Russian pride up in pessimistic smoke. BODY: It wasn't the 

23) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Switzerland to support 
nuke's closure with 3 million Swiss francs DATELINE: 
VILNIUS, Aug 29 BODY: Switzerland has made a three million 
Swiss francs (5.2 million dollars) contribution toward the 
decommissioning of Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power 
plant, the government said here Tuesday. An international 

OCEANS

24) Fed: Govt defends its anti- whaling stance BODY: CANBERRA, 
Aug 29 AAP - A senior minister today denied Prime Minister 
John Howard personally intervened to stop Australia joining 
a world protest against Japanese whaling. Environment 
Minister Robert Hill said it was not true that Australia 
refused to join the protest because it feared a negative 

(Greenpeace)
25) The Irish Times August 28, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION; HOME 
NEWS; OUT OF THE WEST; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: Protection measures 
are urged for coral reef 'treasures' off Irish coast 
BYLINE: By LORNA SIGGINS BODY: Irish deep-sea "treasure" 
could be in danger, according to a Galway scientist who has 
called for a management strategy to protect it. Dr Anthony 

26) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) August 29, 2000, SECTION: Pg. 3 
LENGTH: 327 words HEADLINE: Ministry, agency plan nuclear 
plant eco-project BYLINE: Yomiuri BODY: The International 
Trade and Industry Ministry and the Natural Resources and 
Energy Agency have decided to develop artificial beaches 
and habitats for marine life in the waters around nuclear 

27) AP Worldstream August 29, 2000 HEADLINE: South African 
conservationists in bid to save entangled whale BYLINE: 
MIKE COHEN DATELINE: CAPE TOWN, South Africa BODY: 
Conservationists have mounted a search and rescue operation 
to save a whale sighted off South Africa's southern coast a 
week ago entangled in fishing rope and several buoys. 

TOXICS

28) 08/28 Judge Dismisses Bhopal Victims' Suit Vs Union Carbide 
>UK NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A federal judge dismissed a 
lawsuit in which victims of the Bhopal, India, chemical 
disaster accused Union Carbide Corp. (UK) of violating 
international laws by dodging criminal prosecution in India.
The suit, which sought class-action status, was filed last 

X-OTHER-X

29) The Christian Science Monitor August 29, 2000, SECTION: 
USA; Pg. 1 HEADLINE: Why Nader country might count BYLINE: 
By Brad Knickerbocker Staff writer of The Christian Science 
Monitor DATELINE: MEDFORD, ORE. HIGHLIGHT: The Green Party 
won't win the White House, but it could sway enough voters 
here to change who does. BODY: It's called the "upper left 

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