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World Water Week opens in Stockholm

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World Water Week opens in Stockholm

01:49 05/09/2010

The World Water Week is opening in Stockholm on Sunday to last until September 11, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) reported.

Wildfires in Russia in 2010
09:02 04/09/2010
Temperatures across much of western and central Russia have topped 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in July, causing peat bog and forest fires and creating what is thought to be the worst drought since 1972
Siberian scientists to track snow leopards using 'photo traps'
16:38 03/09/2010
Russian scientists will install special video cameras - so-called photo traps - to monitor endangered snow leopards in southwestern Siberia, the Altai Nature Reserve's deputy security head said on Friday.
Russian activists call for independent probe into Khimki highway row
20:35 30/08/2010
Russian environmentalists sent a letter on Monday to President Dmitry Medvedev urging an independent assessment of the controversial construction of a highway through Khimki forest.
Satellites detect 131 possible wildfire hotspots in Russia
04:24 30/08/2010
The number of hotspots, visible in infrared light and possibly indicating wildfires, grew from 121 to 131 on Sunday, the fires.kosmosnimki.ru website receiving data from two NASA satellites said.
Russia's emergencies chief claims success in summer of wildfires
22:41 29/08/2010
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry successfully coped with the wildfires that ravaged large swathes of European Russia this summer, Minister Sergei Shoigu said.1
Russia, China boost joint efforts to save tiger, leopard populations
16:31 29/08/2010
Russia and China on Sunday signed an agreement for setting up trans-border wildlife reserve to save endangered populations of Siberian tigers and Amur leopards.
Thousands flee Sumatra as volcano erupts
13:40 29/08/2010
More than 10,000 fled the Indonesian island of Sumatra along of Mount Sinabung volcano erupted for the first time for 400 years on Sunday.
'Dangerous' turtle found near national park in Italy
23:16 28/08/2010
A dangerous turtle was found outside the Circeo National Park south of Rome, the ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Russia calls for international emergencies response unit
15:19 27/08/2010
France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland back Russia's initiative to set up an international unit to react to global emergencies, Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.
Thousands enter panda keeper contest in China
15:05 27/08/2010
More than 17,000 people have entered an international contest to become a panda keeper in southwestern China, the organizers said on Friday.
Putin urges ecologists not to politicize highway construction issue
14:36 27/08/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government was ready to take into account environmentalists' concerns over the construction of the controversial Moscow-St. Petersburg highway, but warned them against politicizing the issue.
Russia to step up environmental control over Arctic shelf development
14:13 27/08/2010
Russian authorities will increase environmental control while developing its Arctic continental shelf, Deputy Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi said on Friday.
Natural Resources Ministry to discuss new routes for Khimki highway
23:09 26/08/2010
Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry is to join discussions on new possible routes for a controversial highway whose construction was frozen earlier in the day by President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian bird numbers to drop following wildfires - scientist
15:29 26/08/2010
Central Russia could see a serious decrease in bird numbers as a result of this summer's wildfires, a senior ornithologist said on Thursday.
Moscow to spend $3.4 million on health care for pensioners following heat wave
12:05 25/08/2010
The Moscow authorities will spend 105 million rubles ($3.4 million) on medical care for pensioners and disabled people affected by this summer's heat wave and smog, a source in the city administration said on Wednesday.
Russia, U.S. launch trans-border Beringia National Park - paper
09:56 25/08/2010
Russia and the United States have begun implementing plans, initiated during the Soviet Union, to launch the trans-border Beringia National Park spanning eastern Chukotka in the Russian Far East and the U.S. state of Alaska, a Russian business daily said on Wednesday.
Putin takes care of bears, says they should be afraid of people
17:33 24/08/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed his concern on Tuesday over the problem of poaching bears in Russia's Far East.
Rice, buckwheat prices double in Russian Far East
09:09 24/08/2010
Prices of rice and buckwheat in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok have almost doubled in a week as a result of drought in western Russia and flooding in southern China.
Medvedev lifts emergency status in three Russian regions affected by wildfires
11:01 20/08/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has lifted the state of emergency in three of the Russian regions affected by wildfires, the presidential press-service said on Friday.

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