Hong Kong shivers in coldest November in more than 120 years
Hong Kong - Hong Kong recorded its coldest November 18 in 120 years as a winter monsoon continued to send temperatures falling, weather experts said Thursday. Temperatures fell to 9.7 degrees Celsius in the sub-tropical city on Wednesday morning - th...
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World population report links birth control to climate change
London - A slowdown in global population growth through contraception could help alleviate the rapid pace of climate change, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a report Wednesday. The 94-page State of the World Population Report 2009,...
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India revises air quality standards after 15 years
New Delhi - In a move to check air pollution in the country, India on Wednesday revised its national ambient air quality standards after 15 years, a news report said. We have notified the ambient air quality standards in India which are equivalent t...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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EXTRA:Russia announces strengthened 2020 climate goals
Stockholm - Russia has decided to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 20-25 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, diplomats at a summit with the European Union in Stockholm said Wednesday. Moscow's announcement of its goal should make it easier for the EU ...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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Iran will not send enriched uranium abroad
Tehran - Iran will not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday. Talking to ISNA news agency, Mottaki added that Iran would, however, consider a nuclear fuel swap inside the c...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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Vienna's favourite panda flown to China
Vienna - Panda Fu Long, the two-year-old star of the Vienna Zoo, left Austria and was flown to China on Wednesday, the zoo confirmed. The two-year-old male panda had become an attraction not only because o...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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San Diego panda named Yun Zi - Son of Cloud
Los Angeles dpa) - A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo will be named Yun Zi, Chinese for Son of Cloud, the zoo announced Tuesday. The name was selected from over 6,300 recommendations from the public. Zoo officials whittled them down to five, with...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake off Canada's west coast
New York - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday morning off Canada's western coast, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. The quake took place in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, at a depth of 13 kilometres, and about 260 kilomet...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
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Denmark seeks firm commitments at Copenhagen summit - Summary
Copenhagen - Environment ministers from some 40 countries Tuesday ended a meeting ahead of a key UN climate change summit next month with hopes that the US will announce goals for emission cuts. The moment the United States can bring specific figure...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
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US, China pledge to rescue Copenhagen climate talks - Summary
Beijing - US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on Tuesday promised a vigorous response to climate change and said they would cooperate to rescue key global talks on reductions of carbon emissions in Copenhagen early nex...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
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