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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 22, 2009 
Multiple fires were raging in the northeast of North Korea recently, with a plume of smoke extending far out over the ocean, according to satellite photos seen Thursday. Official media in the communist state has made no mention of the apparently massive wildfires. The true-colour image captured by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Aqua satellite on October 15 showed the ... read more 
Mexico City (UPI) Oct 20, 2009 Mexicans are being told to cherish water as a member of the family -- to value and hold it in high regard -- as part of a major campaign to stem wastage amid chronic shortages of the resource. Mexican President Felipe Calderon is exhorting Mexicans to be aware of the importance of conserving water and to consider saving water as important as protecting their family. "The water ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Geneva (AFP) Oct 21, 2009Asian demand for bluefin tuna, sharks' fins and ivory will come under scrutiny when 175 member states of the UN wildlife trade agency meet to consider trade restrictions, according to documents seen by AFP. Proposals to restrict or ban international trade in those three products are due to be studied when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) holds its next ... more 
Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 20, 2009European fisheries ministers have agreed on tighter controls for commercial fishing, which could see fishermen lose their license and financial assistance if they infringe rules. The new measures, most of which should be in place from January 1, are an attempt to counter depleting fish stocks and recurrent breaches of catch quotas. "Until now fishermen could infringe rules ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Oct 20, 2009The UN warned on Tuesday that flash floods could hit East Africa over the coming months and deal a devastating blow to hundreds of thousands of people who are already reeling from severe drought. The UN's humanitarian coordination office predicted that the El Nino climate pattern in the Pacific basin could trigger heavy rain in the Horn of Africa after the region was hit one of the worst ... more |
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Swoope, Virginia (AFP) Oct 16, 2009A diehard activist for some, a pioneer for others, Joel Salatin is fighting against America's genetically-modified foods and for local subsistence farming. Leading his crusade from the heart of the Shenandoah Valley in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, this anti-globalization messenger who dubs himself a "Christian Libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer" has become ... more 
Pendjari, Benin (AFP) Oct 18, 2009It has not rained much recently in the northern regions of Benin in west Africa, the soil is hard and cracking. But from it sprout small and precious white flowers of organic cotton. "At the beginning, we did not think we could cultivate without fertiliser," said Michel Boundia, head of a cotton farmers association in the village of Batia, 800 kilometres (500 miles) north of the commercial ... more 
Mexico City (AFP) Oct 15, 2009Mexico on Thursday approved its first permits for genetically-modified test crops of corn, in a controversial move to boost the staple food in the cradle of maize production. The agriculture and environment ministries announced the first two permits in a joint statement, but did not name the companies involved or specify where the fields were. They said that 35 permit requests had been made. ... more |
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