U.S. to Look into "Vanished" Iraqi Nuclear Gear
UNITED NATIONS — The United States will investigate a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency
that equipment and materials that could be used to make nuclear arms have vanished from Iraq, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.
Soldiers Recover More
Than 170 Bodies in Flooded Indian State
GAUHATI, India — Soldiers pulled bodies from mud and debris Tuesday after flash flood waters receded in
northeastern India's Assam state, where flooding killed 171 people in six days.
Cameroonians Kept in Limbo
over Oil-Rich Peninsula
MUNDEMBA, Cameroon — The Cameroonians of the Bakassi Peninsula have learned like many other
communities that the prospect of oil can be more of a curse than a blessing.
Hungary Wants Romania to Stop
Gold Mine Development
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's parliament said Tuesday that the European Union should ensure that
Romania halts the development of a gold and silver mine that is regarded as a serious environmental threat.
Iran Says It Won't Be Made
to End Uranium Enrichment
TEHRAN, Iran — The European Union cannot force Iran to give up its right to enrich uranium, Iran's foreign
minister said, dealing a blow to E.U. efforts to halt the process and ease fears Tehran is seeking a nuclear bomb.
Scientists Say Food Poisoning
Killed at Least 16,000 Pink Flamingoes in Tanzania
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Unusually high levels of toxins in algae may have killed at least 16,000 pink flamingoes
nesting near two northeastern Tanzanian lakes between July and August, scientists said in a report.
Chinese Experts Name Civet as
Primary SARS Source
BEIJING — Chinese health experts have concluded that the civet cat, considered a delicacy in the south of
the country, was the primary source of last year's SARS epidemic.
"FeederWatchers" Track Birds in Unexpected Places, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Seeks Volunteers to Watch
Birds
Irrawaddy Dolphins
Gain Trade Protection Under CITES; WWF Urges Countries to Stop All Live Captures
Why Some Like It
Hot: New Book on Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
Green Mountain
Power Joins Chicago Climate Exchange
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