Rulings deal setbacks to nations that hunt whales
Iceland stormed out of the annual world whaling conference on Tuesday and a fellow pro-whaling nation, Japan, suffered a blow when the International Whaling Commission voted down its attempt to
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Mexico city asks if it can get moving
Rush hour is an oxymoron in this impossible metropolis. It takes two hours to crawl across town. The city is choking on the fumes from 3 million private cars, 150000 taxis and 100000 buses. Andres
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11 plant species found
Eleven species of plants have been discovered on a remote French Pacific island, the Tahitipresse news agency reported from Papeete. It said about four American scientists, sponsored by National
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Japanese port city aches with memory of whaling's better days
Huge tenders once slipped into port here heavy with the frozen carcasses of whales, blood-red slabs of meat brought from the city's 40 whaling boats that prowled the far Antarctic Ocean. The city
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New doubts over yearly prostate tests
A large study has found that many men who get yearly prostate tests may need them half that often or even less, researchers reported at a meeting of cancer specialists in Orlando, Florida. The PSA
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China, citing US, says it can aid farmers under WTO rules
A Chinese official said that under the rules of the World Trade Organisation, Beijing had room to protect its farmers in the face of looming foreign competition, especially after President George W
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Worst locust plague in 30 years whirs across 8 Afghan provinces
Moroccan desert locusts voracious and prolific bugs that eat virtually everything in their path. This swarm reached Ghausruddin's village three days before, and he was racing to hand spray
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Japanese harden their pro-whaling stance
During the five-day meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Shimonoseki, Japan derided the delegates of anti whaling nations as "mimics for Greenpeace," asked Australia and New Zealand to
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Whaling body ends meeting on bitter note
The International Whaling Commission's weeklong annual planer ended Friday with a ban on commercial hunting in place for another year but nations bitterly divided over aboriginal whaling.
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Health is greatest wealth
Health issues are inextricably intertwined with all the concerns that will be addressed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in