Innocent humans as guinea pigs
Documents have revealed that the US clandestinely conducted several radioactivity experiments on unsuspecting patients.
Violence ushers in the New Year
In Chiapas state of Mexico, 1994 was heralded by a peasant uprising. Though opposition to NAFTA is said to be the immediate cause for the revolt, …
Win some, lose some
The Uruguay round of GATT resulted in a severe backlash by small farmers all over the world, but made exporters and big farmers happy.
A matter of consequence
Science's search for the Holy Grail finally comes to an end with the uncovering of the 5th state of matter
Bumpy ride
At the recent Berlin Climate Summit, amid North-South wrangles, an agreement was reached to detail how to - and who has to reduce greenhouse gas …
Climate convention generates heat and dust
India passes back the buck to industrialised nations as wranglings over the Climate Change protocol continue
Heated protests over nuclear waste
Global resentment brews as Japan plans to ferry a new consignment of radioactive waste across maritime boundaries, flattening the latest …
The inside story
The interpretation of the genetic code of the baker's yeast has brought scientists to within a couple of steps of their final objective - …
Life someplace else?
Evidence of water vapour in the solar system and the possibility of existence of another solar system elsewhere in the Universe has raised …
Pushing back the past
Australian scientists have found that life on Earth existed much earlier than previously believed
River jordan on the other side
Their recent patch-up was heartening, but Israel's water supply to a parched Jordan is a frustrating dribble
Asia laid waste
With growing pollution and staggering waste levels, the world's largest continent is fast emerging as the most lucrative hunting ground for firms …
Treaty in a snarl
Noisy vehicles through the Brenner Pass is not only threatening environment but also causing hindrance to the Transit Treaty
Greening German politics
The Green party, until recently the dark horse of German politics, is finally sitting pretty in the Bundestag, after years in the radical fringe
China goes car crazy
The land of proletarian bicycles might soon be taken over by cars, which will bring in their wake the problems of pollution and dwindling energy …
The shrinking sea
Central Asian states wrangle over water use, even as the world's 4th-largest inland waterbody dries up
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Timber trouble
Malaysia is infuriated by Australia's moves to ban logging by foreign companies in South Pacific countries
Putting the brakes on emissions
To reduce emissions of ozone-depleting substances, a state government in Germany has hauled the reins on motorists rocketing down highways
Britain sounds red air alert
Searing heat and vehicular emissions skyrocketed ozone levels in Britain, prompting the government to caution against using cars, jogging or even …
Where will the moolah come from?
The Third World feels that the move by the industrialised countries to link ADB's lending policies to social objectives may hamper growth in Asia
Checking gold fever
Brazil develops a cheap device to increase gold yield and control mercury pollution in the devastated Amazon basin
Voices against protectionism
Several Third World countries derided the North's attempts to link trade with social and environmental issues
Squabbles thwart Third World projects
North vs South differences of opinion and the donor countries' control over funds has impeded the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances in …
Indonesia toes ITTO line
Indonesia's decision to comply with the International Timber Trade Organisation's policy on tropical timber, has sparked fears of an adverse …