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• Thailand's fisherfolk have been hit hard by a recent government order to remove the cap on diesel prices. Many have stopped going to the sea; others are selling their vessels. "In the next
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• Chile should reform its criminal and military justice codes to eliminate provisions that criminalise speech disrespectful of public authorities, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the
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Real action
News of Coca Cola's (Coke) crimes in the third world has reached the boardroom. Shareholders grilled chief executive Neville Isdell on Coke's role in groundwater depletion in India and killings of
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• Two men from Minnesota, USA will attempt the first summertime crossing of the Arctic Ocean, a trek sponsored by the environmental group Greenpeace to show how global warming is melting the
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Carcinogenic Rajnigandha
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of Rajnigandha brand of pan masala on the ground that it contains magnesium carbonate, a probable carcinogen the sale of which in the
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In Court
Fishing ban: The Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the Union government and some states on a petition filed by Goa Environment Federation, a non-governmental organisation, which sought a ban
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South Asia
Reviving SACEP: At the Ninth Governing Council meeting of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) on August 26, 2005, in Thimpu, Bhutan, environment ministers of India, Bhutan,
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Toilet training
At Nacka nature school in Sweden
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REACH Africa s bane
Thabo Mbeki, President, African National Congress, expressed his concerns to the eu regarding its Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (reach) legislation. reach is designed to
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Fine balance
Environmental violators in Russia will have to pay heavier fines following a recent federal law passed by president Vladimir Putin. The law introduces changes to the
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Caviar emptor
Aun body recently extended a ban on the export of caviar for all Caspian Sea countries except Iran. The un Convention on Inter national Trade in Endangered Species (cites) said it extended the
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In Short
green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to
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IN COURT
Saving red-legged frogs: The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) recently settled an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (epa) to protect the endangered California red-legged
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Land is holy
In 2003, the Conego Souto Maior Caranzalem Farmlands People's Association
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Softening up
US mild stand on mercury
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Troubled waters
Pollutants alter sexual characteristics of wild fish
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Nuclear buzz
UN s latest malaria combatant
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High yield, low agro diversity
Green Revolution crops have also snuffed out farmers wisdom in the Western Himalaya
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Thread less in 2005
Why weavers in Belgaum, Karnataka, can not go to market
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Meet Bakkar
Egyptian cartoon hero cleans up the Red Sea