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CABO PULMO, Mexico (AFP) - A 20,000 year-old coral reef, the only one in the Gulf of California, is at the center of a dispute over a huge tourist development which could draw thousands to a remote part of Mexico.Published 8 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes ago |
PARIS (AFP) - Inequalities in early deaths between different parts of Britain have nearly surpassed those seen shortly before the economic crash of 1929 and the ensuing depression, a new study said Friday.Published 8 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes ago |
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was heckled by rowdy protesters on Friday as she announced her new climate change policy ahead of next month's elections.Published 8 days, 18 hours, 24 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic lawmakers scrapped plans Thursday to introduce climate change legislation, recognizing they do not have enough votes and preparing instead an energy bill addressing the BP oil spill.Published 8 days, 22 hours ago |
HANOI (AFP) - The United States on Thursday announced a three-year programme to help countries in the Mekong River basin adapt to the impact of climate change on water resources, food security and livelihoods.Published 9 days, 3 hours, 55 minutes ago |
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday demanded compensation for an oil spill off northwestern Australia that campaigners say destroyed fishermen's livelihoods.Published 9 days, 4 hours, 24 minutes ago |
WARSAW (AFP) - Instead of using insecticides, a village in Poland has bet on "bat boxes" to attract the insect-consuming flying mammals in a bid to wage war on swarms of mosquitoes driving local residents batty.Published 9 days, 5 hours ago |
PARIS (AFP) - Thirty-two natural wonders and cultural treasures including the remote Bikini Atoll in the Pacific are competing to join UNESCO's top world heritage list when it meets in Brazil next week.Published 9 days, 5 hours, 7 minutes ago |
BERLIN (AFP) - Swedish energy group Vattenfall said it had launched a major pilot project Thursday using algae to absorb greenhouse gas emissions from a coal-fired power plant in eastern Germany.Published 9 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes ago |
BURAS, Louisiana (AFP) - A potential cyclone forced managers of the BP oil disaster Thursday to draw up plans to evacuate deep-sea engineers trying to permanently seal the gusher and to protect the blown-out well.Published 9 days, 6 hours, 39 minutes ago |
