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Greenpeace activist recovering from fishermen's hook injuryValletta (AFP) June 5, 2010 A Greenpeace activist was recovering in hospital in Malta on Saturday after surgery for an injury caused by a grappling hook slung by tuna fishermen in a clash at sea, he told AFP. Frank Hewetson, 45, was trying to free endangered bluefin tuna from a commercial fishing net in the Mediterranean on Friday when the fishermen threw the hook at the Greenpeace dinghy he was in and it pierced his left leg, he said. "I managed to pull the hook out myself," said Hewetson, who was admitted to St James Cap ... read more |
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London (AFP) June 2, 2010Britain's Prince Philip opened the country's first desalination plant Wednesday, which aims to provide much-needed back-up for water-stressed London and its current leaky network. The plant in Beckton, east London, will be able to turn a mixture of seawater and river water from the River Thames into high-quality drinking water for up to one million Londoners. "When the next drought arriv ... more  
Oslo (AFP) June 1, 2010Forest fires and straw and stubble burning for farmland in regions as far afield as North America and Eastern Europe have a devastating effect on the Arctic's environment, a Norwegian study published Tuesday found. According to the study published by the Research Council of Norway, fires in North America and Eastern Europe release persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including the toxic com ... more  
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 01, 2010Droughts in the late 20th century rival some of North Africa's major droughts of centuries past, reveals new research that peers back in time to the year 1179. The first multi-century drought reconstruction that includes Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia shows frequent and severe droughts during the 13th and 16th centuries and the latter part of the 20th century. An international research ... more |
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Bluefin tuna play hard to get in waiting gameOn Board The Rainbow Warrior (AFP) May 31, 2010 Off the coast of Malta, bobbing in the Mediterranean waters, a flotilla of fishing boats is waiting to net swarms of bluefin tuna before the catching season ends in mid-June. The tuna aren't the only ones being hunted. Environmental campaigners are waiting too, their binoculars and monitoring devices trained not on the sea but on the trawlers. "Actually, I want them to start fishing," said Oliver Knowles, a campaigner for Greenpeace, which wants a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing and has s ... read more |
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