Beijing faces challenge to "civilize" population
[Reuters international
] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 8:34BEIJING (Reuters) - Spitting, pollution, dirty toilets, text messages advertising weapons and a nationalistic sports media -- Beijing officials admitted on Wednesday they had many problems to face some 500 days before the Olympics open.
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Beijing faces challenge to "civilize" population
[Reuters international
] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 8:34BEIJING (Reuters) - Spitting, pollution, dirty toilets, text messages advertising weapons and a nationalistic sports media -- Beijing officials admitted on Wednesday they had many problems to face some 500 days before the Olympics open.
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U.N.'s al-Hariri inquiry finds out more about bomber
[Reuters international
] - 15. Marzo 2007 - 22:30UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri will take air samples from five Middle East nations after it found the suspected suicide bomber grew up in a polluted city.
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River Nile under threat
[BBC World
] - 20. Marzo 2007 - 1:23Dams, shipping, pollution and climate change are among the threats to major rivers, a report concludes.
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Ban on plastic supermarket bags introduced
[Telegraph International
] - 29. Marzo 2007 - 2:01San Francisco is to introduce a ground-breaking ban on plastic supermarket bags in a bid to cut down on pollution.
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Saving Europe's Great River
[CBS news world
] - 30. Marzo 2007 - 19:09Environmental efforts are under way to save the Danube from becoming a "lost" river. Europe's 1,800-mile waterway is threatened by hideous pollution, and the European Union's continuing expansion could either save the river or kill what life remains.
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US 'must regulate car pollution'
[BBC World
] - 2. Aprile 2007 - 21:40The US Supreme Court rules the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate vehicle emissions.
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US 'must regulate car pollution'
[BBC Science
] - 2. Aprile 2007 - 21:40The US Supreme Court rules the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate vehicle emissions.
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Radiation risk 'like pollution'
[BBC Science
] - 3. Aprile 2007 - 9:07People's exposure to radiation carries a lower health risk than many imagine, a study suggests.
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Fish pollutants' link to diabetes
[BBC Science
] - 12. Aprile 2007 - 9:55Eating oily fish could increase the risk of diabetes because of the pollutants this food can contain, scientists suggest.
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Yangtze pollution 'irreversible'
[BBC Science
] - 16. Aprile 2007 - 13:17Pollution is now largely irreversible in parts of China's longest river, the Yangtze, a study finds.
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Makeover for Arctic mosque
[Times - World
] - 17. Aprile 2007 - 0:00Despite a congregation too tired and ill to worship, temperatures of minus 50C (-58F) and a situation on the edge of one of the world’s most polluted cities, the Nurd Kamal mosque in Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, is to be restored, its caretaker said. “There are many Muslims, but few come to the mosque,” said Mukum Sidikov. “Every second person is ill.” Repairs to the mosque will be paid for by its founder, who lives in Sochi, 2,500 miles (4,000km) away. (Reuters)
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Olympics: Beijing smog worries
[BBC World
] - 19. Aprile 2007 - 13:58Olympic officials are worried about the air quality in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Games.
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Pollution 'hits China's farmland'
[BBC World
] - 23. Aprile 2007 - 9:21Some 10% of China's arable land is polluted, threatening food production, state media reports.
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Pollution 'hits China's farmland'
[BBC Science
] - 23. Aprile 2007 - 9:21Some 10% of China's arable land is polluted, threatening food production, state media reports.
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Indonesia pollution trial ending
[BBC World
] - 23. Aprile 2007 - 21:31The trial of a US mining executive accused of dumping toxic mining wastes into a bay in Indonesia concludes.
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US mine firm cleared of pollution
[BBC World
] - 24. Aprile 2007 - 5:45A US mining executive and his company, Newmont, are found not guilty of polluting an Indonesian bay.
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China to overtake US as polluter
[Guardian unlimited World
] - 25. Aprile 2007 - 2:00Tipping point for CO2 predicted in 2010 now this November.
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China admits 'grave need' to cut pollution
[Telegraph International
] - 27. Aprile 2007 - 2:01China's prime minister has taken personal charge of efforts to repair the country's disastrous environmental record, after they were repeatedly blocked by local government officials obsessed with economic growth.
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Economic boom, environmental gloom
[Telegraph International
] - 27. Aprile 2007 - 2:01• More than 70 per cent of major rivers, lakes and groundwater supplies to 90 per cent of China's cities are polluted.
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