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HEALTH: Tropical Species Migrating North
New species of insects have begun to establish themselves all across Europe, raising concerns about the impact of global warming on biodiversity and public health.TRADE-EUROPE: EPAs Will Destroy African Economies – German NGOs
The economic partnership agreements (EPAs), proposed by the European Union (EU) to African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, constitute a "neo-colonial instrument" which will destroy the economic and social basis in African states, according to some German non-governmental organisations.RIGHTS-EUROPE: 'Non-lethal Weapons' Tackle Protests Against Globalisation
Several European governments are arming their police forces with a new range of "non-lethal weapons" to put down protests against globalisation, and among immigrants.LABOUR-EUROPE: Strike Culture Changes Course
The joint strike action by French and German railways workers Oct. 18 disguises wide differences in approach to industrial action in the two countries.FRANCE: Sarkozy’s Honeymoon May Have Ended
Five months after taking office as president, Nicolas Sarkozy has run into a crisis over labour issues. Railway workers and staff at electricity companies, among others, plan to strike Oct. 18.GERMANY: Doubts Rise over Afghan Intervention
German non-governmental organisations operating in Afghanistan are urging the government to reduce its military focus in favour of development and civil cooperation.CORRUPTION: Dirty Business Arises in Top European Companies
New investigations have thrown up serious questions about corruption in leading European companies.FRANCE: Under Sarkozy, Ever Closer to Bush
The announcement by President Nicolas Sarkozy that France wants again to be a full member of the Washington-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is further proof of Sarkozy's eagerness to improve ties with the government of U.S. President George W. Bush.GERMANY: ‘War on Terror’ Divides Government
National policy on the 'war on terror' is dividing the German coalition government, with some right-wing Christian Democrat leaders urging radical measures such as the right to shoot down commercial aircraft hijacked by terrorists, and the Social Democrats vigorously rejecting such proposals.HEALTH: Billions More Dollars Needed to Save Lives
A further 9.7 billion dollars agreed last week for a global fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria may still not be enough.
ENVIRONMENT: Algae Against Climate Change?
Research into the use of algae to capture carbon dioxide from the air is changing the negative reputation of these organisms, often seen as a plague associated with agricultural fertiliser run-off.
Algae Against Climate Change?
Scientists are testing the capacity of algae to absorb carbon dioxide and to produce from their own biomass a fuel that is less polluting than gasoline.CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘Incentives Offered to Destroy Forests’
Instead of providing positive incentives to tropical nations to conserve their rainforests and so reduce greenhouse gases emissions, the world indirectly gives "perverse incentives" to destroy them by demanding goods produced by intensive logging, a leading environmental activist says.
ENVIRONMENT-GERMANY: What a Lake Says About Climate Change
When the East German nuclear power plant Rheinsberg was shut down almost 20 years ago, environmentalists expected that fauna and flora in nearby Stechlin lake would survive without further damage.CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. Talking, Up to aPoint
Despite its new willingness to participate in a UN-monitored regime for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the U.S. government continues to oppose legally binding caps.CLIMATE CHANGE: The New Utopia, Keeping the World As It Is
Utopias have always inspired humankind - from the defence of enlightenment against religious fanaticism during the Middle Ages, to reconstruction after last century's wars, to the end of colonialism.CLIMATE CHANGE: Crisis After Kyoto Confronted
Human-made emissions of greenhouse gases believed to provoke damaging climate change must peak in the next 10 to 15 years, and be reduced afterwards by well over 50 percent from current levels until 2050, a top UN climate official said here Tuesday.
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Digitising Police Archives to Clarify Past Abuses
With international support, experts in Guatemala are salvaging and digitising millions of National Police records discovered two years ago in a munitions depot. Thanks to their painstaking work, light could be shed on the tens of thousands of murders and forced disappearances committed during the country’s bloody 36-year civil war.MIGRATION-GERMANY: New Hope Arises for Integration
A summit on integration of some 15 million migrants into German society has produced an ambitious new programme.GERMANY: Doubts Rise Over Afghan Engagement
Doubts are being raised about German military engagement in the so-called Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan ahead of a crucial vote in parliament due October.GERMANY: Breakdowns Renew Case Against Nuclear Energy
A series of technical breakdowns in two of the oldest nuclear power stations in Germany has led to renewed demands to phase out nuclear energy.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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