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Green Olympics Effort Draws UN Environment Chief to Beijing
August 6, 2008
BEIJING, China, August 4, 2008 (ENS) – The head of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, will attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics on August 8 as part of the agency’s continuing support for the greening of the games, the UN announced today. UNEP has been working with the Beijing Olympic Committee [...]
Read More »Scientists Identified Earthquake Faults in Sichuan Last Year
May 19, 2008
CHENGDU, China, May 18, 2008 (ENS) – Six days after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that rocked southwest China’s Sichuan province, the death toll has risen to 32,476 nationwide, the emergency response office under the State Council said today. The number of injured now stands at 220,109, the officials said, according to the state news agency [...]
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