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INDONESIA: Shifting Sands to Prod 'Safe Haven' Singapore (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 06:00:46
| JAKARTA, Apr 2 (IPS) - Sand has become the latest weapon in
Indonesia's
diplomatic row with neighbouring Singapore,
over the latter's refusal to
sign an extradition treaty
that seeks to have corrupt Indonesian
businessmen returned from
their safe haven in the tiny island republic. |
HUNGARY: NATO Radar Runs Into Opposition (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 09:01:00
| BUDAPEST, Apr 2 (IPS) - Hungary's plans to host a NATO radar are being
met
with stiff resistance by locals who cite
health and
environmental fears. But their municipal representatives are
seemingly yielding to
government pressure. |
CLIMATE CHANGE-ARGENTINA: Failing to Prepare for Foreseeable Floods (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 06:01:00
| BUENOS AIRES, Apr 2 (IPS) - Unusually heavy rainfall has once again
highlighted the vulnerability of a vast area in eastern
Argentina to the
effects of climate change. The preliminary toll
of the catastrophe is 12
deaths, tens of thousands of people
evacuated, 3.5 million hectares of
land under water, highways
and roads flooded, and bridges down. |
TRADE: Mixed Reactions to Massive Korea-US Pact (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 09:01:06
| WASHINGTON, Apr 2 (IPS) - The United States and the Republic of Korea
reached a free trade deal that its proponents say will create
economic
opportunities, but which critics charge could lead to
the further
impoverishment of Korean farmers, violate labour
standards and follow the
failed model of other free trade
agreements. |
ENERGY-CHAD: A Solution to Deforestation That Some Also View as a Problem (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 09:01:07
| N'DJAMENA, Apr 2 (IPS) - It's affordable, and central to stopping
deforestation in Chad. But, butane gas has a long way to go
before it becomes a household staple in this Sahelian country:
many Chadians have a fixed belief that gas is simply too
dangerous to use. |
ENVIRONMENT-US: Warming Activists Hail High Court Ruling (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 09:01:07
| WASHINGTON, Apr 2 (IPS) - In a decision hailed by environmental activists
as
a milestone in the fight to curb global warming, the U.S. Supreme
Court
Monday ruled that the federal Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has
the authority to regulate carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gas
emissions that contribute to climate
change. |
BRAZIL-US: A Giant Shadow Over Ethanol Politics (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-02-2007 at 09:01:07
| RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 2 (IPS) - The friendship between Presidents Luiz
InĂ¡cio Lula
da Silva of Brazil and George W. Bush of the United States was
of little consequence while it was purely personal. But
everything has
changed, now that ethanol binds them together in
an alliance with global
effects on economics, geopolitics and
the environment. |
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