Pollution Turns China River Dark Red Industrial discharge and household wastewater have polluted a northern Chinese river so badly that the water is dark red in some sections and has caused chronic illnesses among villagers, a government publication reported.
AP
08/11/2007
Scientists have discovered giant "tongues" of ozone routinely swoop down from the upper atmosphere over Eastern Canada and can exacerbate smog problems on the ground.
CanWest News
08/11/2007
New York: The UAE has voiced grave concern over the dangerous consequences of climate change and urged the industrialised nations to take necessary measures to comply with targets of green gases emissions.
Gulf News
08/11/2007
Police have questioned Prince Harry over the shooting of two threatened birds of prey near a royal estate in Norfolk, in eastern England, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday.
IOL
31/10/2007
THE World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Africa regional office based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, held a two-day workshop on dog population management in Windhoek this week.
allafrica.com
31/10/2007
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged India, one of the world"s biggest polluters, to do more to combat climate change, saying her country was willing to help New Delhi make progress.
Reuters
31/10/2007
Land clearances in Indonesia to meet the growing global demand for palm oil pose a serious threat to the environment, a report has warned. BBC News
08/11/2007
Indonesia lowered the alert status of the Mount Kelud volcano on Thursday, meaning that thousands of people who have fled its slopes for government shelters may return home.
The Associated Press
08/11/2007
Increasing ozone levels due to the growing use of fossil fuels will damage global vegetation and result in serious costs to the world"s economy, a new study has revealed.
Times of India
31/10/2007
But after a hearty breakfast of nuts, nuts and more nuts the wild creature discovered he no longer had the svelte figure he had started with earlier that day and was now too fat to squeeze back out.
RSPCA
25/10/2007
