ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-UNITED STATES: Environmentalists Reject Anti- Immigration Move

Members of the Sierra Club, one of the nation's largest and most influential environmental groups, have turned down an initiative calling for more restrictions on immigration to the United States.

ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-ARGENTINA Rural Economy in Deep Water

Hopes for record harvests turned to desperation this month as floods destroyed crops, livestock and infrastructure at a cost of one percent of the Gross Domestic Product following heavy rains in Argentina.

CHILDREN: U.N. Appeal For African Relief Falls on Deaf Ears

The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) is faulting Western donors for neglecting a serious humanitarian crisis currently taking a heavy toll on human lives in Africa.

ECONOMY: Lawsuit Filed on U.S. State Sanctions against Burma

Nearly 600 business firms combined to file a lawsuit in the U.S. federal court Thursday against the state of Massachusetts, to prevent it from enforcing a 1996 law which penalises companies doing business in Burma.