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- Swedish reactor clash looming

The Swedish government set itself on a collision course with Sweden's biggest independent power generator after formally deciding to order the closure in July of the first of the nation's 12 nuclear

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The MEA's children

The Ministry of External Affairs has launched a curious attempt on the Internet to try and counter international campaigns against child labour.

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Russia, Nasa will study life in space

Russian and American scientists are joining efforts to look into evidence that life may have originated on planets other than earth, a researcher has said. Scientists have found what appears to be

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140 cattle deaths from foot and mouth disease

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06/02/1998

A fresh outbreak of the "foot and mouth" disease has claimed the lives of nearly 140 cattle in the past one week in Moga district of

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The BJP in power, would protect environment

The BJP manifesto provides considerable importance to environmental protection . In fact the manifesto has a full page on this issue.It has also committed towards formulation of a national

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- Monsanto product 'helps' conserve top soil

Scientists have started advocating soil conservation methods and adoption of a holistic approach by integrating agro-forestry and livestock in farming practices for sustainable productivity. In this

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05/02/1998
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- Kochi among 6 pollution "hot spots"

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05/02/1998

In the laborious process of monitoring the sea wealth of the country's coastal waters, the central research agencies have identified six centres as 'hot spots' vulnearable to pollution. The hot spots

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- Time running out for emission target talks

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05/02/1998

Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaad now seems almost certain to call for binding carbon dioxide emission targets to be imposed on EU car manufacturers.The European Commission and the auto

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- Tobacco reform plans under fire

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05/02/1998

Health campaigners have attacked the European Commission's proposal to continue subsidising tobacco producers. But Commission officials say they are optimistic that member states will support the

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- Bid to clarify medicine instructions

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05/02/1998

New guidelines to clarify what information should be provided on medicine instruction leaflets across the EU are being drawn up by the European Commisson. The move is partly aimed at ensuring that

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