Stemming a possible deadly outbreak of bird flu in humans will be high on the agenda during a World Health Organisation meeting this week in the South Pacific nation of New Caledonia. Shingeru Omi,

On a recent hazy morning n eastern China, the Wuhu Shaoda power company revived up its production of electricity, burning a ton and a half of coal per minute to satisy more than half the demand of

The main market in Kang Chon Ha's hometown in North Korea is flush with illicit commodities : rice and corn donated by foreign governments to feed the impoverished country's hungriest and most

The number of powerful hurricanes occurring world-wide has nearly doubled in the past 35 years, according to a study appearing this week in the journal Science. The finding adds to a growing body or

China, widely regarded as the world's biggest potential environmental disaster, is talking up a new

With the haze of pollution shrouding Hong Kong's famous skyline more often this year, public dissatisfaction with the city's air quality is at a peak. But leading the chorus for change isn't just

A the world gathers in Argentina this week for its latest group hug over the Kyoto Protocol, joining in the merriment are a few faces : US energy companies. We thought readers might want to know

Now that water has receded from some of the most heavily damaged areas of New Orleans, It is becoming increasingly clear that Hurricane Katrina has left a major environmental mess in its

Scientists have completed a genetic map of the rice plant, a major scientific development they hope will accelerate efforts to feed the hungry by improving the world's most important food. Rice is

The World Health Organization and Doctors Without borders, both headquartered in Geneva, have saved many lives. But they have endangered almost as many with their strategy of using unproven and