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U.S. chicken marketers target Hong Kong

The red, white and blue of US flags will be flying in Hong Kong's wet markets this weekend as US poultry producers try to persuade consumers it's safe to eat American

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Greenpeace urges Paraguay and all Latin American countries to support the ban on waste trade

A Greenpeace delegation arrived in Asuncion to clarify and explain the information it gathered on waste exportations to Paraguay, research the cases recently made public and urge the Paraguan

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Greenpeace welcomes decision to throw out GE food labelling plan

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15/01/1998

Greenpeace welcomed the decision to turn down a plan from the European Commission for limited labelling of genetically engineered food products. The Regulation was rejected by the Standing Committee

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New space shuttle external tank ready to launch space station ERA

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15/01/1998

A significant achievement toward the first launch of the International Space Station will be unveiled soon. The Space Shuttle's first new, super lightweight external fuel tank will roll out during

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New York city offers help while city of Philadelphia turns its back

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15/01/1998

Nearly 10 years to the day after the infamous cargo ship Khian Sea dumped 4,000 tons of Philadelphia's toxic incinerator ash on the beach in Haiti, Greenpeace and Haiti Communications Project

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Units may soon get info on clean latest tech

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15/01/1998

In a move that is likely to have a far reaching impact, the Ministry of Environment and Forests is launching an ambitious programme to make the latest information on cleaner technologies available at

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India rallies Saarc for united stand on toxic waste trade

India has called a high level meeting of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nation representatives to evolve a common stand on the issue of cross border movement of hazardous

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Andhra unveils relief deal for its cotton growers

Suicides by farmers due to cotton crop failure in Andhra Pradesh continued unabated even as the state government announced a relief package for farmers and promised to evolve a long term measures to

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Eureka ! Secret of youth discovered

US researchers say they may have found the "cellular fountain of youth" an enzyme that in laboratory experiments causes human cells to avoid the normal process of ageing and cell death. The finding

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Bajaj to phase out polluting 2-stroke scooters

The country's two wheeler leader Bajaj Auto, often not perceived to be innovative company, finally hit the bullet and unveiled a new four stroke scooter, Legend. This is as part of the two wheeler

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