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Brazil Vows Slow Down of Amazon Destruction
Reuters -
Mon Feb 21, 6:19 PM ET
Destruction of Brazil's Amazon
rain forest will slow down in 2005 after the murder of a U.S.
nun prompted the government to launch an unprecedented
crackdown on illegal loggers and ranchers, the head of Brazil's
environment agency said on Monday.
Environmental Change May Be Boosting Diseases - UN
Reuters -
Mon Feb 21,11:45 AM ET
Environmental changes wrought by
population movement, destruction of habitats and other factors
may be behind a resurgence of infectious diseases, a United
Nations study says.
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Camera-Mounted Spectacles May Restore Sight - EU
Reuters -
Mon Feb 21,12:42 PM ET
A small camera mounted on spectacles
and connected to the optical nerve could restore the sight of
thousands of people suffering from deterioration of the retina,
European scientists said on Monday.
Family of Peru 'Mermaid' Fed Up with Freak Show
Reuters -
Mon Feb 21, 4:04 PM ET
Ricardo Cerron is fed up with people
staring or even laughing at his baby, dubbed Peru's "Little
Mermaid" because of a rare birth defect in which her legs are
joined together.
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Bush Disappoints Europe with Climate Change Ideas
Reuters -
Mon Feb 21,12:27 PM ET
President Bush on Monday disappointed
European environmental activists who had hoped for a wider
commitment from the world's largest polluter to fighting global
warming.
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Think It's Possible to Predict Quakes? Think Again
Reuters -
Sun Feb 20, 7:23 PM ET
Think scientists are close to being
able to predict earthquakes? Think again, U.S. quake experts
said on Sunday.
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Shipping, Not Drilling, Main Oil Risk for Arctic
Reuters -
Sun Feb 20, 8:24 AM ET
A major oil spill from a tanker is the
main danger to the Arctic environment if oil exploration
increases in the region, not drilling which is increasingly
clean, the author of an eight-nation survey said.
Global Warming Could Worsen U.S. Pollution: Report
Reuters -
Sat Feb 19, 3:57 PM ET
Global warming could stifle
cleansing summer winds across parts of the northern United
States over the next 50 years and worsen air pollution, U.S.
researchers said on Saturday.
Full Coverage
Egyptian Doctors Remove Baby's Second Head
Reuters -
Sat Feb 19,10:49 AM ET
Egyptian doctors said they removed
a second head from a 10-month-old girl suffering from one of
the rarest birth defects in an operation Saturday.
Full Coverage
Careful Flooding May Restore Iraq Marshes -Experts
Reuters -
Sat Feb 19, 2:48 PM ET
Wetlands that once sheltered Marsh
Arabs and a host of wildlife in southern Iraq are being partly
restored and could offer a haven once again if it is done
right, experts said Saturday.
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