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BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities battled Thursday to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact.Published 9 days, 11 hours, 21 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US judge has ordered a halt to offshore oil and gas drilling off the north coast of Alaska for further environmental review, the plaintiffs in the case said.Published 9 days, 13 hours, 47 minutes ago |
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities battled Thursday to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact.Published 9 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes ago |
SYDNEY (AFP) - Ousted Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd Thursday confirmed talks over a possible United Nations role but said he did not plan to quit the national parliament.Published 9 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes ago |
LE PETIT MONT, France (AFP) - In the Asterix comic books you only had to drink a magic potion to be able to lift a menhir. But in reality you need vast quantities of muscle power and lots of patience.Published 9 days, 17 hours, 23 minutes ago |
SYDNEY (AFP) - Deposed Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd may join the United Nations as a top-level climate change adviser, a report said on Thursday.Published 9 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Four of the world's oil giants said Wednesday they were joining forces to create a billion-dollar system to capture oil in case of another catastrophic spill like the one in the Gulf of Mexico.Published 9 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes ago |
MOSCOW (AFP) - Elderly US astronauts reunited with their Soviet-era counterparts in Moscow on Wednesday to mark the 35th anniversary of their epic "handshake in space" in 1975 at the height of the Cold War.Published 10 days, 3 hours, 42 minutes ago |
PARIS (AFP) - Global warming has been rough on polar bears, but for Colorado's marmots it has meant more food and more sex, according to a unusual study released on Wednesday.Published 10 days, 4 hours, 4 minutes ago |
JERUSALEM (AFP) - An environmental group on Wednesday called for a halt to baptisms in the Jordan River where tradition holds that Jesus was baptised, saying the waters there were dangerously polluted.Published 10 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes ago |
