 | Greenland Police Arrest Greenpeace Oil Rig Demonstrators |
BAFFIN BAY, Greenland, September 2, 2010 (ENS) - Four Greenpeace activists who climbed a Cairn Energy oil rig in Greenland waters were arrested this morning and are now being held in police custody in Greenland. The activists first scaled the oil rig Stena Don on Tuesday. They attached hanging platforms to the underside of the rig where they camped out in tents with self-heating meals until last night.
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Police Kill Protester Who Took Hostages in Discovery Channel Building |
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, September 1, 2010 (ENS) - Police shot to death a gunman who held three hostages for several hours at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring. The hostages were not injured. Before they shot him, police were negotiating with James Jay Lee, who had for years protested the nature of the Discovery Channel's environmental programming. >>more
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Greenpeace Climbers Shut Down Oil Rig in Greenland Waters |
BAFFIN BAY, Greenland, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - Greenpeace campaigners from the ship Esperanza today evaded Danish military security to scale a Cairn Energy oil rig in the icy seas off Greenland to dramatize their "Beyond Oil" campaign. >>more
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Amur Tigers to Get Protected Area on China-Russia Border |
HUNCHUN, China, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - China's Jilin province and the neighboring Primorsky province in Russia have agreed to jointly establish the world's first transboundary protected area for the endangered Amur tiger, which is now believed to number just 500 animals in the wild.
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Hurricane Earl Batters Caribbean Islands, Heads for U.S. East Coast |
MIAMI, Florida, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - Hurricane Earl blowing across the northeastern Caribbean Sea is now a Category Four hurricane, generating sustained winds of 135 miles per hour with higher gusts on a course that could hit the eastern United States later this week. >>more
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'Hunger, Homelessness and Desperation' in Pakistan |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - On board a helicopter crossing the watery wasteland that was once Pakistan's fertile farmland, UN's World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran today said an extensive crisis is brewing. "People have lost seeds, crops and their incomes leaving them vulnerable to hunger, homelessness and desperation." >>more
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