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EU Says Will Fulfil Kyoto Target Early, in 2010Brussels, Belgium - The European Union will meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, two years before the global environment treaty's final deadline, a report by the EU executive showed on Thursday. |
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EU Hopes To Reach Deal on Landmark Chemicals Bill Next MonthBrussels, Belgium - The European Union hopes to reach agreement soon on a controversial bill designed to protect people from effects of chemicals used in products of everyday use, Britain said Thursday. |
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AFRICA: Belgian minister proposes joint EU-AU peacekeeping training centresBrussels, Belgium - Belgian Development Cooperation Minister Armand de Decker is seeking support from his counterparts in the European Union for his proposal to create peacekeeping training centres in Africa, in partnership with the African Union (AU), a senior official in the Belgian government has said. |
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Denmark may Compensate for GMO Contamination - EUBrussels, Belgium - Denmark became the first European Union country on Wednesday to win EU permission to compensate farmers who have detected genetically modified (GMO) material in traditional or organic crops, the EU executive said. |
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EU Parliament toughens laws on chemicalsBrussels, Belgium - The European Parliament on Thursday approved a law on industrial chemicals that will require companies for the first time to test and register their products to prove they are safe. The measure, approved 407 to 155 after rancorous debate, had been fiercely opposed by Europe's powerful chemical industry. |
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EU Launches New Measures to Protect Seas and OceansBrussels, Belgium - Climate change, oil spills and commercial fishing have put oceans and seas at risk, driving the EU's executive branch to launch new measures to clean up and protect waters surrounding the European Union. |
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UN focuses on forgotten Aids orphansBrussels, Belgium - In the face of this impending tragedy, Unicef along with UNAIDS and other organisations on Tuesday launched a global campaign - Unite for Children, Unite against Aids - to reach at least 80% of these children, the "missing face" of Aids. |
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EU bans import of exotic birds to combat avian fluBrussels, Belgium - The EU has slapped a ban on the import of budgerigars, parrots and all other pet birds as the authorities stepped up efforts to combat the spread of avian flu. |
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Aids virus ‘could be weakening’Antwerp, Belgium - The virus which causes Aids may be getting less powerful, researchers say. |
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EU tackles air pollution in multi-billion euro planBrussels, Belgium - Wide-ranging proposals to clean up Europe's polluted air won approval from the European Commission on Wednesday after a debate over the package's multi-billion euro price tag threatened to scupper it. |
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