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Warming melting huge Antarctic glacier
AFP, Published on 26/01/2015
» SYDNEY - The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing ice equivalent to a six-metre (20-foot) rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean water, Australian scientists said on Monday.
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China firms fined $26m for pollution
AFP, Published on 31/12/2014
» BEIJING - Six Chinese companies have been fined $26 million for discharging tens of thousands of tonnes of waste chemicals into rivers, state media said, the biggest such penalty ever in China.
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Bodies, debris found as AirAsia plane believed found in sea
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared at an end Tuesday as wreckage and bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives of the 162 people aboard.
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Nature reserves on the rise but funds lacking: UN
AFP, Published on 13/11/2014
» Vast areas of land and sea have become environmental sanctuaries in recent years but the world is not funding them adequately, the United Nations warned Thursday.
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China lights the way to Apec fashion show
AFP, Published on 10/11/2014
» Beijing rolled out a gleaming red carpet for Asia-Pacific leaders garbed in sleek, high-collared Chinese tunics as it kicked off a regional summit in spectacular fashion on Monday.
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Thailand totters towards waste crisis
AFP, Published on 01/09/2014
» A blaze at a vast rubbish dump home to six million tonnes of putrefying trash and toxic effluent has kindled fears that poor planning and lax law enforcement are tipping Thailand towards a waste crisis.
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Australian couple 'want Gammy back'
AFP, Published on 11/08/2014
» PERTH - The Australian couple at the centre of the surrogate scandal Sunday denied they deliberately abandoned their baby son because he had Down's syndrome and said they would fight to get him back.
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Malaysia air quality 'unhealthy' as haze obscures skies
AFP, Published on 29/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Air quality around Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was "unhealthy" on Tuesday, with one town reaching "very unhealthy" levels as haze -- mostly from forest fires in Indonesia -- obscured skies.
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Malaysia air quality 'unhealthy'
AFP, Published on 29/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Air quality around Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was "unhealthy" on Tuesday, as haze mostly from forest fires in Indonesia, obscured skies.
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Vietnamese boat sunk by China ship
AFP, Published on 27/05/2014
» A Vietnamese fishing boat was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel amid a tense territorial confrontation in the South China Sea over Beijing's deployment of an oil rig, a Vietnamese official said Tuesday.
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