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Finnish president calls for urgent steps to save Baltic

AFP - 1 hour 22 mins ago

HELSINKI (AFP) - Finland's President Tarja Halonen Wednesday called for urgent measures to save the Baltic as she opened a regional summit to save one of the world's most polluted seas. More »

Penguin future looks perkier with marine zone: study
AFP - 1 hour 57 mins ago
PARIS (AFP) - A ban on fishing around a colony of threatened penguins in South Africa has brought swift benefits to the beleaguered birds, marine biologists reported on Wednesday. More »
Baltic leaders under pressure to save sick sea
AFP - Yesterday, 07:50 pm
HELSINKI (AFP) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other leaders from around the Baltic Sea hold a summit in Helsinki on Wednesday under growing pressure to clean up one of the world's most polluted seas. More »
Swift help urged for Haiti's crucial weather forecasters
AFP - Yesterday, 05:01 pm
GENEVA (AFP) - Haiti's quake battered and greatly diminished weather service urgently needs help ahead of the flood and storm prone country's impending rainy season, the UN's weather agency said on Tuesday. More »
Green Cross Code for internet launched
ITN - Yesterday, 10:57 am
The latest Government safety campaign is urging parents to teach their children about online safety. More »
Digital code set up for children
Press Assoc. - Yesterday, 08:27 am
First there was the Green Cross Code - but parents are now being told to teach their children the Digital Code for online safety. More »
Climate change impact of soil underestimated: study
AFP - Monday, February 8 08:30 pm
HELSINKI (AFP) - Finnish researchers called for a revision of climate change estimates Monday after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought. More »
Urban growth, farm exports drive tropical deforestation
AFP - Sunday, February 7 09:01 pm
PARIS (AFP) - The biggest causes of deforestation in tropical countries are population growth in cities and agricultural exports, a finding that should shape decisions on preventing forest loss, experts said Sunday. More »
13 Spanish towns bid for nuclear waste site
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 06:44 pm
MADRID (AFP) - Thirteen Spanish towns have bid to host a major new nuclear waste storage site, a long-delayed project that is fiercely opposed by environmentalists, the government announced Wednesday. More »
Cameroon police seize 700 parrots at airport
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 05:05 pm
YAOUNDE (AFP) - Police in Cameroon seized nearly 700 parrots at an airport as they were about to be smuggled out of the country, a source close to the case said on Wednesday. More »