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A huge expanse of ancient ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic has broken away in a dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists have said.
05/09/2008
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A government-appointed panel in China has blamed poor construction for the collapse of hundreds of schools during the devastating Sichuan earthquake in May.
05/09/2008
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Bill Clinton, the former US president, has said more must be done to address the global Aids crisis and warned there was no "silver bullet" to defeat the disease.
05/08/2008
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California has said it plans to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft as well as construction and agricultural equipment.
01/08/2008
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Chile's southern Llaima volcano has spewed rocks, lava and clouds of ash into the sky, setting six nearby communities on evacuation alert.
11/07/2008
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Chile has declared a red alert around the Llaima volcano, just days after it spewed lava down one of its sides.
05/07/2008
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A meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Chile has hit a deadlock over proposals for new whale hunting rights and a proposed whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic.
25/06/2008
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Heavy rain forecast for the coming days is threatening to bring renewed flooding across large areas of China, officials have warned.
18/06/2008
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The death toll in flooding across southern China has risen to at least 169, the authorities say, as alerts were raised that several of the country's major rivers could burst their banks.
17/06/2008
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