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HAMBURG, Germany, November 22, 2013 (ENS) – In a binding ruling, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea today ordered Russia to release the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and the 28 activists and two freelance journalists...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 20, 2013 (ENS) – Fourteen of the 30 Greenpeacers who demonstrated against Russian plans to drill for oil in the Arctic now have been granted bail – three on Monday, nine on Tuesday, and...
MANILA, Philippines, November 12, 2013 (ENS) – Another typhoon has struck the Philippines less than two days after Super Typhoon Yolanda, elsewhere called Haiyan, left the island nation with an estimated 10,000 people dead and nearly...
MANILA, Philippines, November 10, 2013 (ENS) – Super Typhoon Yolanda, known outside the Philippines as Haiyan, battered parts of the Philippine archipelago on Friday, making landfall six times before blowing westward on Saturday...
MANILA, Philippines, November 9, 2013 (ENS) – In the Philippines they call it Super Typhoon Yolanda, the rest of the world calls it Typhoon Haiyan, but everyone agrees this storm is one of the most powerful and dangerous typhoons...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 4, 2013 (ENS) – Russia is moving the 30 Greenpeacers who tried to scale a Gazprom drilling platform in the Barents Sea from the Arctic port of Murmansk to St. Petersburg. Despite global demonstrations...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, October 31, 2013 (ENS) – Syria’s chemical weapons facilities are now “inoperable,” the Joint Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations confirmed...
By Ajdin Kamber SARAJEVO, Bosnia, October 30, 2013 (ENS) – Large areas of land across Bosnia still need to be cleared of mines and other munitions before the rural population can move around freely. The village of Krupac lies to...
NEW YORK, New York, October 29, 2013 (ENS) – Today, on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell launched a $100 million Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program....
DAMASCUS, Syria, October 25, 2013 (ENS) – Fears of another chemical attack are still evident in Hamouriyeh, a town of some 25,000 people outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Fears persist despite the fact that the government of President...
SYDNEY, Australia, October 23, 2013 (ENS) – Live ordnance training exercises conducted by the Australian Army last week touched off a catastrophic bushfire that has burned more than 47,000 hectares of bushland, a New South Wales...
DELHI, India, October 14, 2013 (ENS) – Cyclone Phailin is weakening today after it made landfall on the coast of eastern India late Saturday, yet heavy rains are still falling – hardest hit were the states of Odisha, Andhra...
OSLO, Norway, October 11, 2013 (ENS) – The Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 goes to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. The honor comes as the OPCW oversees...
HANOI, Vietnam, October 8, 2013 (ENS) – Oil is spilling from a cargo vessel that ran aground on the reefs off Vietnam’s Ly Son island, roughly 730 kilometers (450 miles) south of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. The Panama-flagged...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 4, 2013 (ENS) – Russian prosecutors have charged 30 people with piracy – 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists – following what Greenpeace describes as “a peaceful protest”...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, September 26, 2013 (ENS) – Greenpeace International condemned a series of Russian court rulings today which left 30 activists in custody pending investigations into a protest against Gazprom’s Arctic...
KARACHI, Pakistan, September 25, 2013 (ENS) – A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Balochistan province in southwest Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 328 people and injuring more than 445 others. The temblor caused...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, September 23, 2013 (ENS) – Two hurricanes which struck Mexico last week have claimed the lives of 115 people as rescuers continue to search for 68 others believed to have died in a massive landslide in a remote...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, September 19, 2013 (ENS) – In a shallow sea on Russia’s northwest coast, the Russian Coast Guard today boarded the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and is arresting the 25 activists...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, September 18, 2013 (ENS) – The Russian Coast Guard has fired shots at a Greenpeace International ship in the Russian Arctic and two Greenpeace activists were arrested today during a protest of oil drilling...
