It would be merely a matter of time before oil from the freighter Selandang Ayu, which broke apart on Dec. 8, would begin oozing into the ocean, straight in to one of the world's most diverse and

Fervent appeals for a

China faces a water shortage of 40 billion cubic meters every year and severe water pollution poses a threat to the health of millions of people, state media reported. More than 400 of 669 Chinese

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Faced with growing evidence that avian influenza is spreading in birds, the World Health Organization on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding to build up

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An internal company report warned top executives at New mont Mining, the world's largest gold producer, in 2001 that the company was putting tons of toxic mercury vapors into the air in Indonesia.

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After Park Pil Soo's second child was born nine years ago, he followed national family planning entreaties to limit families to two children by undergoing a free, government-sponsored vasectomy.