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"China's High-Speed-Rail Revolution" [1]

"China has begun operating what is, by several measures, the world's fastest rail line."

Transportation [2]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: Technology Review [5], 01/12/2010

Inter Press Service [6]

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Get an international perspective with IPS news stories written by professional journalists of Africa, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, MidEast & Mediterranean, and North America, about their local areas.
Useful Links [7]
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Public [3]
International [8]
Asia [4]
Europe [9]
Africa [10]
Middle East [11]
South America [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]
Journalism & Media [14]

"China Diesel Spill Reaches Yellow River" [15]

"A spill of around 150,000 litres of diesel oil from a broken pipeline in northwestern China into a river has started reaching the Yellow River, but drinking water is safe for now, state media said on Monday."

Pollution [16]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: Reuters [17], 01/06/2010

"China Defends Wen Jiabao's Role In Copenhagen Talks" [18]

"China on Friday defended the role played by premier Wen Jiabao at climate change talks in Copenhagen this month after a barrage of international criticism blaming China for obstructing negotiations."

Climate Change [19]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: Reuters [20], 12/29/2009

"Nuclear Power Expansion in China Stirs Concerns" [21]

"China is preparing to build three times as many nuclear power plants in the coming decade as the rest of the world combined, a breakneck pace with the potential to help slow global warming."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: NYTimes [23], 12/17/2009

"Mystery of Bangladesh's Mass Arsenic Poisoning Solved" [24]

"Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published Sunday. For nearly three decades scientists have struggled to figure out exactly how arsenic was getting into the drinking water of millions of people in rural Bangladesh."

Water & Oceans [25]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: AFP [26], 11/17/2009

Report: "The Dangers for Journalists Who Expose Environmental Issues" [27]

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Around the world, journalists face considerable risks when they expose environmental misdeeds. A new report from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened or censored for reporting on the environment.
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Africa [10]
South America [12]
Journalism & Media [14]

SciDev.Net's Climate Change & Insect-borne Disease [28]

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September 10, 2009: SciDev.Net (The Science and Development Network) published a spotlight on the impact of climate change on the spread of insect-borne disease that considers how countries can prepare for these changes.
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Climate Change [19]
Health [29]
Biodiversity [30]
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Asia [4]
Africa [10]
Middle East [11]
South America [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]

Japan: "Hunters Pass On Opening Day Of Dolphin Season" [31]

After the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan, was covertly filmed in the award-winning documentary, "The Cove," no hunting seemed to be going on on the opening day of this year's hunting season.
Biodiversity [30]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: NPR [32], 09/08/2009

"Wild Asian Cattle Resembling Antelopes Near Extinction" [33]

"One of the world's rarest mammals, discovered just 16 years ago, is on the brink of extinction, warn conservation biologists."
Biodiversity [30]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: ENS [34], 09/04/2009

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