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 EU nations adopt controversial REACH chemical bill 
Dec 18 12:37 PM US/EasternEU environment ministers adopted, without debate, tough new rules on the use of hazardous chemicals, following the passage of one of the EU's most ambitious and hotly disputed legislative...  Thai beaches full two years after tsunami, as tourists try to forget 
Dec 18 12:19 PM US/EasternTourists are finally returning to Thailand's Andaman coast two years after the devastating tsunami, but any attempts to commercialize the tragedy are being snubbed by holidaymakers. EU trade chief dismisses idea of punitive "carbon tax" 
Dec 18 12:11 PM US/EasternEU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson opposed the idea of a "carbon tax" on countries which do not ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, as France recently suggested. ... Tsunami-affected Myanmar migrants invisible in life and death 
Dec 18 3:40 AM US/EasternOn the eve of the second anniversary of the tsunami, Thailand buried the last of its unidentified victims in a quiet ceremony attended by a handful of officials. There were... Four killed in Indonesia quake 
Dec 18 12:11 AM US/EasternAt least four people were killed and many houses damaged when a 5.7 magnitude quake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, police said. The quake which hit at 4:39 am (2139 Squabbling and inaction beset tsunami warning system: experts 
Dec 17 11:15 PM US/EasternNearly two years after the tsunami, a regional warning system is beset by squabbling and inaction, officials and experts say, as individual countries instead scramble to implement their own Japan to launch giant satellite for mobile phones 
Dec 17 10:16 PM US/EasternJapan is set to launch one of the world's largest geostationary satellites in a bid to improve mobile telephone reception in remote areas, the country's space agency said. ... Air pollution killer in Asian cities 
Dec 17 6:33 PM US/EasternAir pollution is killing more than half a million people in Asian cities each year and shows no sign of improving as urban centers expand, studies by the Asian Development Bank show. Air pollution killer in Asian cities: report 
Dec 17 6:32 PM US/EasternAir pollution is killing more than half a million people in Asian cities each year and shows no sign of improving as urban centers expand, studies by the Asian Development Bank show. Corals defy odds to flourish in Hong Kong 
Dec 17 6:31 PM US/EasternCoral reefs are defying the odds in Hong Kong and flourishing in the city's polluted waters, a media report citing a government survey said. The southern Chinese city's Coral More Articles |
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