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Humpback Whale Hunt HaltedAfter negotiations with the chairman of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Japan has agreed not to target humpback whales during its annual whale hunt that is underway in the seas off Antarctica. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Asian “Atlantis” Shows Strange StructureYonaguni Jima, Japan - Not far from Taiwan, Pacific waters engulf stone structures just off the coast of the tiny Japanese island of Yonaguni Jima, part of the Ryukyu archipelago in this undated photo. |
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Agreement reached on greenhouse gas curbVienna, Austria - Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. |
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“Momentum building” for new climate deal: U.N.Vienna, Austria - The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process. |
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Lost city of of Mu ‘found’Off Yonaguni, Japan - A Japanese explorer claims to have uncovered the location of the ruins of the lost city of Mu. |
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Archaeologists discover 8-million-year-old forest in HungaryBukkabrany, Hungary - Archaeologists have found an eight-million-year old forest of cypresses, well preserved and not fossilised, in Bukkabrany in northeastern Hungary. |
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First it was hybrid cars; now Japan brings the world hybrid trainsSaku, Japan - Winding through rice paddies and lazily blowing its whistle along bubbly creeks, a two-car train in rural northern Japan is the latest entrant in the battle against global warming. |
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World Bank Sees Support for $250 Million Forest FundSydney, Australia - A planned $250 million World Bank fund to encourage developing countries to stop deforestation in return for access to carbon credits has attracted strong international support, a senior official said on Tuesday. |
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Toyota unveils plug-in hybrid, to test on roadsTokyo, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a "plug-in" hybrid car based on its popular Prius model on Wednesday, saying it would test the fuel-saving vehicle on public roads -- a first for the industry. |
news from East Asia
- Japan says to spare humpback whales again
- Wind power can prevent climate change: study
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- Anti-poverty summit raises 16 billion dollars: UN chief
- India’s iconic electric car gets volt of energy
- Beijing air measures ‘must stay’
- Boost for China panda population
- China, Taiwan resume direct flights
- China Watch: Plastic Bag Ban Trumps Market and Consumer Efforts
