Positive news from Japan
Tokyo enters ‘Green Olympics’ bidTokyo has vowed to make the 2016 Olympic Games a thoroughly green affair should it be successful in its bid to host. |
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First global illegal fishing treaty agreed: UNA group of 91 countries have agreed on a treaty that will block ships involved in illegal fishing from entering signatory ports and thus help prevent the fish going to market, the UN said on Tuesday. |
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Taiwan: Relief goods continue pouring in from abroadRelief goods continued to pour into Taiwan from abroad yesterday, while the United States is dispatching two heavy-lift helicopters, one of which is expected to arrive today to carry large crane excavators to the flood-ravaged area to help re-open blocked routes of transportation. |
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Most complete Earth map publishedThe most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published. |
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Flower power to stem burglaries in TokyoA Tokyo district plagued with burglaries has turned to planting flowers to beautify its streets and help stamp out crime. |
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Ambitious global pact on climate change in sightAn ambitious and effective global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is in sight, the top United Nations climate change official said Friday, as the latest round of negotiations wrapped up in Bonn, Germany. |
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U.S. airman spots aircraft fuel leak at 35,000 feet on Narita-bound flightMost of us hear stories of Airmen saving lives in combat, but a U.S. airman who saves the lives of more than 300 passengers is definitely a story worth hearing. |
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News Analysis: Path to healthy oceans wide open following marine protection declarationFinally, after two years of effort to convince the world that ocean destruction is as much important as climate change effect, the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Indonesia ended its session by issuing the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) on marine environmental protection on Thursday. |
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Solar Powered Hybrid Car From Toyota - Prius
Source: MEADinfo, Sun May 03, 2009 |
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Germany to Join Other Eur. Countries in Ban Against Monsanto’s Genetically Modified MON 810 CornIn the European Union, there is only one permissible genetically-modified crop — and that is Monsanto’s MON 810 engineered corn. |
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News from East Asia
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR rays
- Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
- Chinese police ‘smash’ trafficking gangs, frees 181
- China to ban shark fin soup from official functions
- 75% of Japan’s NW Pacific whale hunt unsold: official
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- Amazon removes whale meat products from Japanese site
- North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium
- Shark Fin Soup Off The Menu At China Luxury Hotels