Heat wave takes 23 lives in Europe
High temperatures seared southeastern Europe, and left 23 people dead in a heat wave, sparked hundreds of fires and sent thermometers climbing to 45 degress centigrade, or 113 degress Fahrenheit. In
High temperatures seared southeastern Europe, and left 23 people dead in a heat wave, sparked hundreds of fires and sent thermometers climbing to 45 degress centigrade, or 113 degress Fahrenheit. In
Six years into the ANC's imperfect but breathtaking overhaul of South Africa, the government failure to cope with AIDS jepardizes practically everything the country has achieved. More people are
The Security Council has voted to impose a worldwide ban on the purchase of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone until the country's government can establish a system to certify the origin of stones
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The European Court of Justice imposed a fine on Greece for failure to respect European Union environmental laws. The ruling is a legal landmark, representing the first time that the EU's highest
As part of a conservation effort, beginning to flourish across the state, California is planning to spend more than $80 million this year to revitalize parts of the 51 miles of the Los Angeles River
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Some 30 industrial countries reached agreement on new international guidelines for multinational business covering areas from human rights to the environment, according to sources close to the talks.
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have produced a substance that rapidly shuts down appetite in mice, leading to a loss of as much as 30 percent in total body weight within a week