Positive news from Romania
States unite to protect primeval European forestsEuropes largest areas of old growth forests outside Russia are to be protected across the seven country span of the Carpathian Mountains.
“In the International Year of the Forest, the governments of the seven Carpathian countries have committed themselves to protecting and preserving Europe’s greatest remaining forest treasures, including the continent’s largest remaining areas of natural and virgin forests outside of Russia, which are in urgent need of protection,”
- ndreas Beckmann, Director of the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme |
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States unite to protect primeval European forestsEuropes largest areas of old growth forests outside Russia are to be protected across the seven country span of the Carpathian Mountains. |
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Rescued lions join African wildlife sanctuaryBethlehem, South Africa - The wide-eyed lion cub inched slowly to the edge of the wooden crate and stared around him. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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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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Romanian hostages freed in IraqBaghdad, Iraq - Three Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq in March have been freed, the Romanian government has announced. |
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Euro nations agree to cut mine pollutionCluj, Romania - Ten central and eastern European states pledged on Friday to cut back the level of pollution caused by their mining activities. |
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