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[News-headlines] Global News Headlines - April 15
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GREENPEACE: Global News Headlines
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Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Greenbase Unit
Greenpeace International
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CLIMATE CHANGE
1) Australian Financial Review April 15, 2003 News; Pg. 5
Industry Backs Carbon Sinks BYLINE: Jason Koutsoukis BODY:
The federal government's strategy to reduce Australian
greenhouse gas emissions received a boost yesterday when
big business agreed to support a carbon emission-trading
system. In a report to Environment Minister David Kemp and...
2) The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) April 15, 2003
FINANCE; Pg. 27 Thumbs up to carbon trading SOURCE: MATP
BODY: BIG business agreed yesterday to support carbon
emissions trading as it prepared to meet the Federal
Government to find a solution to the problem of global
warming. The meeting will be held to devise a long-term...
(Greenpeace)
3) South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) April 15, 2003 NEWS;
Pg. 3 474 words Greenpeace issues energy challenge;
Contract negotiations give the government a chance to make
renewable sources of power a reality, say environmentalists
BYLINE: Heike Phillips BODY: A green group is challenging
the government to take the initiative and promote renewable...
4) More UK power plants look to burn olives,palm nuts LONDON,
April 15 (Reuters) - Two more British power stations have
applied to burn olives and palm nuts mixed with coal which
will earn green certificates, helping cushion them against
low electricity prices, the plants' owners said on Tuesday.
If they go ahead, this will bring the number of power...
5) The Washington Post April 15, 2003, Final Edition
FINANCIAL; Pg. E01; THE REGULATORS CINDY SKRZYCKI From EPA
Plan, a Whiff of Danger BYLINE: Cindy Skrzycki BODY:
Something smelled funny. At least it did to a group of
state and local air-pollution officials who monitor the
effects of federal environmental regulation on their...
Read the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26778-2003Apr14.html
FORESTS
6) Agence France Presse April 15, 2003 Kashmir's fabled
forests vanish BYLINE: BRONWYN CURRAN DATELINE:
MUZAFARRABAD, Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, April 15 BODY:
On an autumn morning last year Kashmiris in Lamnian, 60
kilometers (37 miles) south of the Pakistani-controlled
zone's capital, watched in horror as an ambulance skidded...
7) Agence France Presse April 15, 2003 Russia border guards
foil Chinese bear paws smuggler DATELINE: MOSCOW, April 15
BODY: Russian border guards have foiled an attempt to
smuggle 26 Himalaya bear paws from the Far Eastern Maritime
region into China, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported
Tuesday. Customs officials arrested a Chinese driver when...
GENETIC ENGINEERING
8) The Hindu Business Line Online, India, 15/04/2003;
Biotech: No panacea for farm sector's ills K. P.
Prabhakaran Nair NOT long ago a Chennai-based privately
funded Foundation made what was called the "Chennai
Declaration": that there is an imminent need for the public
acceptance of biotechnology. A little before this, the...
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http://thehindubusinessline.com/stories/2003041500090800.htm
MILITARY
(Greenpeace)
9) Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia) April 15, 2003 NEWS;
Pg. 8 171 words Treason pondered for war protesters BYLINE:
MICHAEL HARVEY BODY: CALLS for anti-war Greenpeace
protesters to be charged with treason raised a very valid
question, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. The
Government's legal advisers were investigating last night...
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http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6285478%255E662,00.html
10) Time Magazine April 21, 2003 IRAQ/POLICING THE
PEACE/WEAPONS; Pg. 44 The Search For The Smoking Gun
BYLINE: Romesh Ratnesar, Reported by J.F.O.
McAllister/London, Andrew Purvis/Vienna and Michael
Weisskopf/Doha BODY: While Iraqis were carrying off
everything from leather sofas to gold-plated fixtures last...
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http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030421/nhunt.html
11) Agence France Presse April 15, 2003 Tuesday 4:46 AM
Eastern Time SECTION: Domestic, non-Washington, General News
LENGTH: 311 words HEADLINE: Americans say war in Iraq is
won, North Korea next threat DATELINE: WASHINGTON, April 15
BODY: Most Americans consider the US-led war in Iraq a
success even without capturing Saddam Hussein, and that the...
12) The Moscow Times April 15, 2003 SECTION: No. 2659 LENGTH:
1389 words HEADLINE: Russia Sees War as a Free Ad for Arms
BYLINE: Lyuba Pronina BODY: Staff Writer War tends to fuel
demand for guns, fighter jets and air defense systems from
wary countries, and Russia is hoping the U.S.-led military
campaign in Iraq will lead to big bucks for its rebounding...
13) Time Magazine April 21, 2003 IRAQ; Global Agenda; Pg. 58
So, Who's Next?; Why a triumphant U.S. makes Syria and Iran
nervous BYLINE: Michael Elliott, With reporting by Scott
MacLeod/Cairo, J.F.O. McAllister/London and Massimo
Calabresi/Washington BODY: It is in the nature of empires
to confuse victory in battle with a mandate for unending...
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030421-443199,00.html
14) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) April 15, 2003, Pg. 04 US
warns Syria against becoming 'pariah' BYLINE: By Toby
Harnden in Washington BODY: SYRIA faces economic sanctions
and risks becoming a pariah state if it refuses to hand
over Iraqi officials and abandon its suspected chemical
weapons programme, America said yesterday."We will examine...
15) The Independent (London) April 15, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 6 THE
IRAQ CONFLICT: THE SYRIA QUESTION: BLAIR RULES OUT INVASION
BUT THE US CASTS AN EVER-DARKENING SHADOW BYLINE: ANDREW
GRICE POLITICAL EDITOR President Bashar al-Assad of Syria
and Tony Blair in Damascus in 2001 AP BODY: TONY BLAIR
insisted yesterday that Britain and America had no...
16) The Washington Post April 15, 2003, Final Edition A
SECTION; Pg. A01 U.S. Toughens Warnings to Syria on Iraq,
Other Issues BYLINE: Karen DeYoung, Washington Post Staff
Writer BODY: The Bush administration warned Syria yesterday
to consider "the implications" of providing safe haven for
escaping senior officials from Saddam Hussein's government...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26432-2003Apr14.html
NUCLEAR POWER
17) The Australian April 15, 2003 All-round Country Edition
LOCAL; Pg. 3 N-dump banned from bomb site SOURCE: MATP
BYLINE: Rebecca DiGirolamo BODY: THE space industry and
Defence Department have triumphed over Science with the
banning of a low-level radioactive waste dump beside the
Woomera missile testing range. The multi-million-dollar...
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6285722%255E2702,00.html
18) National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing April 15,
2003 National Edition Financial Post: Editorial; Pg. FP17
Atomic arithmetic: Dismantling Ontario's CANDU reactors,
and disposing of their waste, will cost $18-billion -- and
that's if we're lucky SOURCE: National Post BYLINE: Normand
de la Chevrotiere BODY: According to recent press reports...
19) Asahi Shimbun April 15, 2003 TEPCO'S LAST NUCLEAR POWER
REACTOR TO SHUT DOWN TODAY BODY: Tokyo could be facing a
power shortage this summer if most of the 17 reactors stay
off-line. The Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s last
operating nuclear reactor will shut down today, leaving all
17 of the firm's reactors- generating about 40 percent of...
20) The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) April 15, 2003 Pg. 2 Fukui Pref.
likely to stay pro-nuclear SOURCE: Yomiuri DATELINE: FUKUI
BODY: Issei Nishikawa's election Sunday as governor of Fukui
Prefecture indicates the prefecture's pro-nuclear power
stance will remain unchanged. The 58-year-old former vice
governor defeated Bundo Takagi, a 48-year-old lawyer, in a...
Read the article:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030415wo01.htm
21) The Herald (Glasgow) April 15, 2003 Pg. 1 Staff crisis in
nuclear industry BYLINE: Helen Puttick BODY: IT is unlikely
to be the first suggestion on a career adviser's list - but
the search is on to stave off a "worrying" shortage of
nuclear physicists. The department of trade and industry
has been touring Scotland and the north of England, in a...
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http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/15-4-19103-0-38-50.html
22) The Scotsman Online, UK, Tue 15 Apr 2003; Contamination
fear from dust JOHN INNES TWO workers at the Dounreay
atomic energy plant were checked for possible contamination
after uranium dust was found on a storeroom floor. Traces
of the radioactive material were found on the shoes of the
workers during a routine examination of stored waste. About...
OCEANS
23) New Zealand Herald Online, 15.04.2003; Chris Carter:
Protection of sea good for everyone Resting beneath the
waves off some of our shores are marine areas equivalent to
Fiordland National Park - astonishingly rich and varied
environments unique in the world. Almost a third of all our
indigenous species live in the sea, and those are just the...
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyID=3401043&reportID=162576
24) The China Post Online, Taiwan, 15/04/2003; Kenting
villagers vow to save their coral reef 2003/4/15 By Cathy
Chou, TAIPEI, Taiwan, The China Post Fishermen and hotel
operators in south Taiwan's Kenting vowed to preserve the
island's endangered coral reef by patrolling the shores.
Kenting's coral reef suffers from sedimentation,...
Read the article:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=36779&GRP=B
TOXICS
25) Manila Standard April 15, 2003 VALLE VERDE, GREEN VALLEY
JOIN OUTCRY VS PASIG PLANT BODY: Stop your operations and
relocate, or face criminal and administrative charges.
Residents of Barangays Ugong and Bagong Ilog in Pasig City
demanded that the chemical plant that leaked toxic fumes
two Sundays ago stop operating and transfer to a...
26) Los Angeles Times April 15, 2003 Home Edition Business;
Part 3; Page 3; Business Desk Looser Organic Standards
Rejected; Congress repeals legislation that had weakened
feed requirements for livestock producers. BYLINE: Melinda
Fulmer, Times Staff Writer BODY: Congress has overturned
legislation that loosened the 7-month-old standards...
Read the article:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-organic15apr15,1,5476208.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness
27) The New York Times April 15, 2003, Late Edition - Final
Section F; Page 2; Column 2; Science Desk E.P.A. Orders
Companies to Examine Effects of Chemicals BYLINE: By
JENNIFER 8. LEE BODY: Scientists and regulators are raising
concerns about the potential health and environmental
effects of an important family of industrial chemicals....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/15/science/15EPA.html
28) The Washington Post April 15, 2003, Final Edition A
SECTION; Pg. A05 EPA Probes Widely Used Chemical; Compound
May Pose Health Risk to Women and Young Girls BYLINE: Eric
Pianin, Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: The
Environmental Protection Agency yesterday launched an
expedited investigation of a chemical compound widely used...
Read the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26045-2003Apr14.html
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