 | 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. A man protesting the nature of the Discovery Channel's environmental programming held hostages inside the building this afternoon. Montgomergy County Police shut down all traffic in the surrounding area and were negotiating with the man, identified as James Jay Lee, before they shot him.
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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. At dawn four climbers in inflatable speedboats got past the military and police to board the oil rig Stena Don. They climbed up the inside of the rig and now are hanging from it in tents suspended from ropes, halting its drilling operation. >>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. >>more
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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.
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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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Climate Change Panel Needs Fundamental Reform |
NEW YORK, New York, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "needs to reform its management structure and strengthen its procedures," finds a new independent report. The InterAcademy Council says the panel's top management should be limited to the term of one assessment - about seven years. >>more
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