Archive for August, 2007

Mod extended by two days as interest soars (The Scotsman)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

ORGANISERS of the Mull Provincial Mod have had to extend it by two days because of the level of interest.

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Strong 5.4-Richter undersea quake shakes Aegean Sea, no damage reported (AFP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

ReNass (Reseau National de surveillance sismique, located in STrasbourg) website shows the graphic of the earthquake in Peru 15 August 2007 which reached 7,9 on Richter Scale. A strong undersea earthquake measuring 5.4 points on the Richter scale shook the central Aegean Sea late on Friday night.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin )AFP - A strong undersea earthquake measuring 5.4 points on the Richter scale shook the central Aegean Sea late on Friday night, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said.

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Kenya: Road Design ‘To Blame for Crash’ (AllAfrica.com)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A scene with vehicle seats littering a river is evidence of the impact of a road accident that left 29 people dead on Thursday night as engineers blamed the design of the road for the crash.

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Tropical Depression 6 forms in Atlantic: NHC (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean about 250 miles east of the Windward Islands is seen in a satellite image taken on August 31, 2007. A tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean strengthened into Tropical Depression 6 late Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. (NOAA/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - A tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean
strengthened into Tropical Depression 6 late Friday and further
strengthening was likely, the U.S. National Hurricane Center
said in its latest advisory.

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Clergy in New Orleans need counseling (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Clergymen struggling to comfort the afflicted in New Orleans are finding they, too, need someone to listen to their troubles.

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Industrial nations agree step to new climate pact (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Industrial nations agreed on Friday to
consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a
small step towards a new long-term pact to fight climate
change.

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UN climate talks in Vienna end with broad pledges, wobbly language (AFP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges but weak language to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.

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Industrial nations step towards new climate pact (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Water vapour rises from the cooling towers at a coal power plant south of Frankfurt in this March 21, 2007 file photo. Industrial nations were deadlocked on Thursday about whether to set stringent 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases at a first U.N. session about long-term climate targets, delegates said. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Industrial nations agreed to consider
stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a
small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s
Kyoto Protocol.

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Industrial nations step towards new climate pact (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Water vapour rises from the cooling towers at a coal power plant south of Frankfurt in this March 21, 2007 file photo. Industrial nations were deadlocked on Thursday about whether to set stringent 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases at a first U.N. session about long-term climate targets, delegates said. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Industrial nations agreed to consider
stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a
small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s
Kyoto Protocol.

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Climate talks end without clear pledge on emissions cuts (AFP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in January 2007. Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges, but no specific commitments, to deepen cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Parties to the UN's Kyoto Protocol wound up troubled talks here Friday with broad pledges, but no specific commitments, to deepen cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.

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