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Global News Headlines 09/27
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Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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ATMOSPHERE
(Greenpeace)
1) The Evening Standard (London) September 26, 2000 SECTION:
Pg. 15 LENGTH: 1189 words HEADLINE: ENGINE SIZE MATTERS
BYLINE: Brian Sewell BODY: IN advertisements for the first
Austin Seven, whole happy families were crammed into that
motorised perambulator with pooch and picnic basket, hair
blowing in the breeze as they sped at 30mph to the shingled
2) CLIMATE CHANGE LEADS TO HEAVY WEATHER ASHEVILLE, North
Carolina, September 26, 2000 (ENS) - As the global climate
changes, extreme weather events such as droughts, floods,
heat waves, heavy rainfall, tropical storms and hurricanes
are expected to increase, a team of scientists said Friday.
The team, led by David Easterling of the National Climatic
ENERGY
3) Financial Times 25/09/2000, UK (Online) Swedes quit dam
project in Turkey By Kevin Brown, Industry Editor
Published: September 25 2000 A Swiss-led international
consortium negotiating to build a controversial dam at
Ilisu in south-east Turkey suffered a serious blow on
Monday when one of the eight member companies pulled out.
4) Belfast News Letter September 27, 2000, SECTION: NEWS; Pg.
14 HEADLINE: RECYCLING & THE ENVIRONMENT: GO GREEN WITH NIE
BODY: THE chance for every household to have a guaranteed
supply of "green power" has been made possible by a special
tariff from Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE). Called
Eco-Energy, any domestic customer can choose to switch to a
FORESTS
5) The Guardian (London) September 27, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 5 HEADLINE: Threatened great apes will
vanish in 10 years' BYLINE: Jeevan Vasagar BODY: The great
apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, face
extinction in the wild within a decade unless action is
taken on their behalf, an alliance of the world's leading
6) The Irish Times September 27, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION;
NEWS FEATURES; Pg. 16 HEADLINE: Planning the future of our
forests, from seed to sawdust The adoption of new standards
means Ireland's forests will now be managed in an
eco-friendly way, argues Hugh Byrne BODY: With the
introduction of a comprehensive environmentally friendly
7) RAPID September 27, 2000 HEADLINE: Commission opens
in-depth probe into the proposed acquisition of Metsae
Tissue by SCA Molynlycke. BODY: The European Commission has
decided to undertake a full, second phase investigation of
the proposed purchase of Metsae Tissue by SCA Molnlycke
("SCA"). The Commission considers that the proposed
GENETIC ENGINEERING
(Greenpeace)
8) Agence France Presse LENGTH: 159 words HEADLINE: Greenpeace
demands HK ban US maize DATELINE: HONG KONG, Sept 27 BODY:
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace called on Hong Kong on
Wednesday to ban US maize, warning some imports contain a
genetically engineered (GE) corn that could cause allergies.
A variety of corn called StarLink, found in Taco Bell taco
(Greenpeace)
9) FIVE ARRESTED IN INDIAN TRANSGENIC SEEDS PROTEST By
Frederick Noronha BANGALORE, India, September 26, 2000
(ENS) - Five people were arrested today for a protest
against the promotion and introduction of genetically
engineered seeds in India. The five Greenpeace members were
arrested in the southern city of Bangalore while staging a
(Greenpeace)
10) BUSINESS LINE September 27, 2000 LENGTH: 683 words
HEADLINE: India: 'Tap technology for Rainbow revolution'
BODY: BANGALORE, Sept. 26. THE three-day conference of the
Asia Pacific Seed Association 'Asian Seed 2000' began here
on Tuesday amid tight security and protests by Greenpeace
activists, CPI(M) and Karnataka farmers association. The
11) THE HINDU September 27, 2000 HEADLINE: India: Call for
detailed studies on genetically modified foods BODY:
BANGALORE, SEPT. 26. Dr. Arpad Pusztai, whose findings
unleashed controversy over the safety of
Genetically-Modified (GM) foods two years ago, has said that
detailed studies into the effects of GM foods were
12) Chicago Tribune September 27, 2000 CHICAGO SPORTS FINAL
EDITION SECTION: Good Eating; Pg. 3A; ZONE: N HEADLINE:
GREEN BRITAIN; ORGANICS HAVE GAINED A MAINSTREAM FOLLOWING
IN ENGLAND BYLINE: By Marian Burros, New York Times News
Service. DATELINE: LONDON BODY: When it comes to sales of
organic food, the British are leaving the Americans in the
MILITARY
13) The Guardian (London) September 27, 2000 SECTION: Guardian
Foreign Pages, Pg. 18 HEADLINE: Nuclear rivals to test fire
missiles BYLINE: Luke Harding in New Delhi and Rory
McCarthy in Islamabad BODY: The nuclear arms race between
India and Pakistan took a dangerous twist last night after
both sides pledged to test fire their latest
14) TASS HEADLINE: Radiation in Barents Sea remains normal.
BYLINE: By Anna Bazhenova DATELINE: MOSCOW, September 27
BODY: The radiation situation in the area of the wreckage
of the Kursk nuclear -powered submarine in the Barents Sea
continues to be normal. This conclusion has been drawn by
specialists from Russian research institutes for nuclear
NUCLEAR POWER
15) The Gazette (Montreal) September 27, 2000, FINAL SECTION:
News; A8 HEADLINE: Plutonium arrival riles foes BYLINE:
INGRID PHANEUF BODY: A government decision to go ahead with
a project to import Cold War plutonium and test it as a
source of fuel for Candu nuclear reactors has provoked a
meltdown among opponents. ''It's a blatant disregard for
(Greenpeace)
16) The Prague Post September 27, 2000 SECTION: News LENGTH:
659 words HEADLINE: Temelin still stretching for finish line
BYLINE: Brian Hannon BODY: State nuclear board delays
activation of plant after steam leak Concerns over safety
have again set back the activation of the controversial
Temelin nuclear power plant. As IMF and World Bank
17) THE HINDU September 27, 2000 HEADLINE: India: First unit of
Kaiga Project achieves criticality BODY: KARWAR, SEPT. 26.
The first unit of the Kaiga Nuclear Power Project achieved
criticality at 10.34 a.m. on Tuesday. This was announced by
the Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power
Corporation Limited (NPCL), Mr. V.K.Chaturvedi. The second
18) 60% of Tokaimura people fear further accidents TOKYO, Sept.
27 (Kyodo) -- Nearly a year after a nuclear accident in
Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, which resulted in the death
of two people, 60% of the town's residents are concerned
about further nuclear accidents but say they still need
their nuclear-related jobs, a Kyodo News survey showed
19) Deutsche Presse-Agentur September 27, 2000, HEADLINE:
Sweden alarmed by nuclear contamination in Russia DATELINE:
Moscow BODY: The Swedish government is increasingly alarmed
by levels of nuclear contamination in northern Russia,
Prime Minister Goran Persson told Russian President
Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday. "An international
20) TASS HEADLINE: Reactor restarted after repairs at Rovno
atomic power plant. BYLINE: By Galina Nekrasova DATELINE:
LVOV, September 27 BODY: One of the reactors at the Rovno
nuclear power plant in Western Ukraine was reenergised on
Tuesday after repairs. The reactor reached its estimated
capacity on Wednesday, the plant's spokeswoman Viktoria
21) 09/26 U.S. nuclear compensation bill may flounder-DOE By
Margarita Martin-Hidalgo WASHINGTON (Reuters)- A bill to
compensate thousands of government nuclear workers who
suffer from radiation-related diseases may fail to pass
Congress this year because of disagreements over the $938
million cost, a top Department of Energy (DOE) official
OCEANS
22) The Ottawa Citizen September 27, 2000, FINAL SECTION: Food
Life; F6 HEADLINE: B.C. salmon stocks recovering BODY:
Indications are that the future of British Columbia's wild
salmon stocks is looking brighter. A recent news release
from the B.C. Salmon Marketing Council credits the
precautionary approach to fisheries management adopted by
23) BBC Online World: Africa Wednesday, 27 September, 2000,
West African fishing under threat Traditional canoes are no
match for the trawlers By James Westhead Fishing is a way
of life unchanged in Africa for hundreds, possibly
thousands of years, with fishermen dragging their
traditional wooden canoes onto the beach to unload their
TOXICS
(Greenpeace)
24) Chicago Sun-Times September 26, 2000, Late Sports Final
Edition SECTION: SPORTS; QUICK HITS; Pg. 115 LENGTH: 162
words HEADLINE: Moth bawl; Insect problem is resolved
tastefully BYLINE: Elliott Harris BODY: Save the whales?
Greenpeace is out to take on a much smaller cause: saving
the bogong moth. Some folks are bugged by the insects'
25) The Gazette (Montreal) September 27, 2000, FINAL SECTION:
News; A4 HEADLINE: Acid-leak company cuts risk BODY: An
acid leak from a cosmetics production plant in
Sainte-Catherine on the South Shore on Monday was
successfully contained, and yesterday the company announced
plans for preventing a similar leak in future. Claude
26) The Irish Times September 27, 2000 SECTION: CITY EDITION;
HOME NEWS; Pg. 2 HEADLINE: Leading German toxicologist
backs proposed use of incinerators as best for waste
disposal BYLINE: By CHRISTINE NEWMAN BODY: Modern municipal
incinerators represent an excellent option and come without
significant emissions of toxic substances, according to a
(Greenpeace)
27) Lloyd's List September 26, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 1 LENGTH: 237
words HEADLINE: Toxics team to test ships paint BYLINE:
JAMES BREWER BODY: SOME of Europe's biggest ships are to be
tested to see if they are still using anti-fouling paint
that has been blamed for environmental damage including
sex-change in shellfish. Greenpeace activists Eco Matser
28) BANGKOK POST September 27, 2000 HEADLINE: AGRICULTURE:
Ayutthaya families earn from organic vegetables:
Co-operative offers loans to help farmers BODY: Organic
vegetables are providing the Tha Rua Agricultural
Co-operative in Ayutthaya with a new, secure income. Almost
100 families are growing vegetables on 182 plots on 91 rai,
29) CALIFORNIA LAW TARGETS PESTICIDE USE AT SCHOOLS LOS
ANGELES, California, September 26, 2000 (ENS) - California
Governor Gray Davis has signed legislation that will notify
parents when pesticides will be used at their children's
school. "Kids should not be exposed to dangerous and toxic
materials when they go to school," said Davis. "This bill
30) Reuters: Cytec says has EPA approval for insect repellent
on food USA: September 27, 2000 NEW YORK - Speciality
chemicals company Cytec Industries Inc. said Yesterday it
has received U.S. regulatory approval to market an
anti-insect fumigant to be used on food products. The
company had previously received Environmental Protection
X-OTHER-X
31) Financial Times UK (Online) Protesters besiege IMF meeting
By Robert Anderson in Prague Published: September 26 2000
September 27 2000 Prague experienced its worst rioting
since the return of democracy as police sought to prevent
demonstrators from reaching the conference hall where the
IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meeting. For
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