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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The latest Government safety campaign is urging parents to teach their children about online safety. More »
First there was the Green Cross Code - but parents are now being told to teach their children the Digital Code for online safety. More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »

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