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CLIMATE CHANGE
1) The Australian April 14, 2003 All-round Country Edition
FINANCE; Pg. 10 National plan urged to beat greenhouse
SOURCE: MATP BYLINE: Nigel Wilson * National energy writer
BODY: THE federal and state governments have been urged to
develop a national energy efficiency program to help
Australia overcome the effects of greater greenhouse gas...
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6280348%255E462,00.html
2) Reuters via PlanetArk.org, Peru conditionally OKs gas plant
near reserve PERU: April 14, 2003 LIMA, Peru - The
government has granted conditional approval to an
Argentine-led consortium to build a $150 million gas
fractionation plant near a marine reserve, an official of
the Energy and Mines Ministry said. Julio Bonelli, head of...
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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20465/story.htm
3) The Guardian (London) April 12, 2003 Guardian Weekend
Pages, Pg. 62; Weekend: Space: The future's barmy: CLUB
TROPICANA: Climate change is already affecting British
gardens: the growing season is a month longer than it was a
hundred years ago. So, with rising temperatures, drier
summers and fewer frosts, what can we expect? Kim Wilde on...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,934215,00.html
4) The Times Online, UK, April 14, 2003; Climate change
threatens fruit industry By Valerie Elliott, Countryside
Editor GLOBAL warming is threatening the livelihoods of
Britain's fruit growers, and the future of the soft drinks
industry that relies on them. Winters are becoming
progressively milder, but fruits such as apple, pear,...
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-645565,00.html
5) Scotland on Sunday Online, UK, Sun 13 Apr 2003; Is
Scottish water running dry? JEREMY WATSON ANYONE know a
rain dance? Plans are being drawn up to pipe water around
Scotland as the country heads for its driest spring on
record. While normally rain-soaked Scots look up and marvel
at yet another blue sky, Scottish Water has revealed that...
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http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/scotland.cfm?id=431882003
6) Los Angeles Times April 12, 2003 Home Edition Main News;
Part 1; Page 23; National Desk; House OKs Energy Bill;
Critics Say Big Oil Wins; Policy overhaul is seen as a
crucial domestic victory for Bush. Senate could vote next
month. BYLINE: Richard Simon, Times Staff Writer DATELINE:
WASHINGTON BODY: The House on Friday approved a major...
FORESTS
7) The News and Observer Online, USA, Sunday, April 13, 2003
6:37AM EDT; Kashmir's forests, wildlife vanishing By
BRONWYN CURRAN, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUZAFARRABAD,
Pakistani-controlled Kashmir (AFP) - On an autumn morning
last year, Kashmiris in Lamnian, 37 miles south of the
Pakistani-controlled zone's capital, watched in horror as...
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http://newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/852340p-5973811c.html
GENETIC ENGINEERING
8) ABC News Online, Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
Saturday, April 12, 2003. 8:59pm (AEST); Broome GM cotton
trial faces opposition Conservationists are opposing the
latest trials of genetically modified (GM) cotton near
Broome, in Western Australia's north-west, fearing they are
a precursor to wider use. The industry-supported Cotton...
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s830747.htm
9) The Times of India April 13, 2003; AGRICULTURE
DIVERSIFICATION SCHEME A FARCE: VANDANA BODY: LUDHIANA:
Eco-crusader Dr Vandana Shiva on Saturday rubbished the
agriculture diversification scheme launched at the national
and state levels, calling it false diversification as it
aimed at replacing one monoculture with another thereby...
10) Sky News Online, Uk, Last Updated: 04:47 UK, Saturday April
12, 2003; LOBBY AGAINST GM CROPS Community groups
nationwide are today urging their local authorities to
become GM free zones. Friends of the Earth said the move
was timed to coincide with the run up to the May local
elections. Councils are being asked to pledge not to use GM...
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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-12285427,00.html
11) The Observer Online, UK, Sunday April 13, 2003; Blair
adviser attacks Labour GM crops 'fix' Antony Barnett and
Mark Townsend The Observer A key scientific adviser to Tony
Blair has launched the most damaging attack yet on the
Prime Minister's attempts to persuade the public to accept
genetically modified crops. Sir Tom Blundell, a Labour...
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http://www.observer.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,935944,00.html
MILITARY
12) Financial Times (London) April 12, 2003, USA Edition 1 WAR
IN IRAQ DIPLOMACY AND THE REGION; Pg. 5; Environmentalists
head to rescue of marshes ENDANGERED WETLANDS: BYLINE: By
BAYAN RAHMAN and FRANCES WILLIAMS DATELINE: TOKYO BODY: A
United Nations environmental protection team is poised to
enter Iraq to save the endangered Mesopotamian marshes,...
13) The Observer Online, UK, Sunday April 13, 2003; There is
one choice, and it is the UN The director of Oxfam says
that the victors cannot rebuild the nation Barbara Stocking
The Observer Statues of Saddam topple and the coalition
forces breathe sighs of relief. Prime Minister Tony Blair
dismisses questions about whether Iraq should be run by...
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http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,935823,00.html
14) The Independent on Sunday, UK, 13 April 2003; Admiral says
banned arms claims were exaggerated By Jo Dillon, Deputy
Political Editor Military chiefs have tried to limit
expectations of the weapons of mass destruction secreted in
Iraq. Insisting they were there and would be found, Admiral
Sir Alan West, the First Sea Lord and former Chief of...
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=396734
15) San Francisco Chronicle Online, USA, Sunday, April 13,; War
protesters persevere despite rain Although the fighting is
nearly over, spirited opposition to U.S. policy in Iraq
continues Joe Garofoli, Julian Guthrie, Ryan Kim and Jim
Herron Zam, Chronicle Staff Writers Vowing their work was
far from done, several thousand anti-war demonstrators...
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2003/04/13/MN255722.DTL
16) Rumsfeld again challenges Syria on support for Iraq By
Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - U.S.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged on Sunday that
Syrian fighters had been killed or captured by U.S. forces
in Iraq, but declined to say what Washington might do if
Saddam Hussein were found in Syria. "The last thing I would...
17) The Observer Online, UK, Sunday April 13, 2003; Comment
All for one...
The rebirth of Iraq is too important to be left in
American hands alone David Aaronovitch The Observer So
that's what 'catastrophic success' looks like. No
Stalingrads, no months spent trying to kill the enemy...
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http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,936039,00.html
18) Reuters, Sun April 13, 2003 07:21 AM ET ; Lack of Water,
Power Hits Baghdad Hospitals GENEVA (Reuters) - A lack of
water and power is crippling Baghdad hospitals struggling
to treat the sick and wounded, the International Committee
of the Red Cross said on Sunday. Medical equipment is also
in short supply after looters cleaned out government...
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2555487
19) The Independent on Sunday, 13 April 2003; America targeted
14,000 sites. So where are the weapons of mass destruction?
By Andrew Gumbel They were the reason the United States and
Britain were in such a hurry to go to war, the threat the
rank-and-file troops feared most. And yet, after three
weeks of war, after the capture of Baghdad and the collapse...
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=396733
OCEANS
20) Sydney Morning Herald April 14, 2003 Monday News And
Features; Pg. 3; Green Sea Turtles Slumming It Off Seaside
Suburbs BYLINE: James Woodford BODY: Green sea turtles are
symbols of tropical paradise, yet a new study is revealing
that colonies of the reptiles are living permanently in
some of the state's most degraded estuaries even in Sydney....
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/13/1050172475987.html
21) Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Spanish youths to spend
Easter break cleaning oil-hit beaches DATELINE: SANTIAGO DE
COMPOSTELA, Spain, April 13 BODY: More than 10,000 young
volunteers will descend on the beaches of northwestern
Spain over Easter to try to clean up oil left from the
Prestige tanker spill, officials said Sunday. The...
22) The Associated Press April 12, 2003, BC cycle Domestic
News; Federal regulators impose emergency limits on West
Coast trawl fishing DATELINE: VANCOUVER, Wash. BODY:
Federal regulators imposed emergency limits on West Coast
trawl fishing because groundfish stocks remain depleted
despite drastic restrictions imposed last year. The Pacific...
TOXICS
23) The Globe and Mail Online, Canada, POSTED AT 12:41 PM EST
Sunday, Apr. 13, 2003; Ontario's hazardous waste rules
weak, study says Globe and Mail Update Toronto - Despite
generating and importing about two million tonnes of
hazardous waste each year, Ontario still lacks
comprehensive rules for handling and disposing of dangerous...
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030413.whazar0413/BNStory/National
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