Articles by Agence France Press
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Migratory Birds, Fish and Mammals Get New UN Protection
Agence France Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Nov 2014
10 Nov 2014 – Polar bears, whales, sharks and gazelles were among 31 new species granted new protection status by the UN conservation body, following six days of “intense” talks by leading conservationists. A record 21 species of shark, ray and sawfish were added to the list.
→ read full articleExxon Sonar Surveying Blamed for the Deaths of 100 Whales Near Madagascar
Agence France Presse – Huffington Post,
30 Sep 2013
“This is the first known such marine mammal mass stranding event closely associated with relatively high frequency mapping sonar systems,” said the report released by the International Whaling Commission. “Earlier such events may have been undetected because detailed inquiries were not conducted.”
→ read full articlePalestine: More Than 400 New Colony Homes Approved by Israeli Government
Agence France Press – Gulf News,
18 Feb 2013
Israel has given approval for hundreds of new homes in West Bank Jewish colonies in a move likely to spark tension ahead of a top-level visit by US President Barack Obama, officials and an NGO said on Monday [11 Feb 2013]. On Sunday, the Israeli defence ministry confirmed that it had given the green light for the construction of 346 new homes in two Jews-only colonies in the southern West Bank, Tekoa and Nokdim.
→ read full articleNigerian Lawmakers Move Ahead on Anti-Gay Bill
Agence France Press – Daily Nation,
19 Nov 2012
Nigerian lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday [13 Nov 2012] to approving a bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights, including banning same-sex marriage and public displays of affection between homosexual couples. The bill which has already been approved by the Senate passed a second reading in the House of Representatives with an unanimous vote.
→ read full articleBhutan Aims To Be First 100% Organic Nation
Agence France Presse (AFP) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2012
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking “happiness” for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic. The tiny Buddhist-majority nation wedged between China and India has an unusual and some say enviable approach to economic development, centred on protecting the environment and focusing on mental well-being.
→ read full articleCelebrated Spanish Judge Garzon to Head Assange Legal Team
Agence France Press-AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2012
Famous Spanish human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon will lead the legal team representing WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, the whistleblower website announced on Tuesday [24 Jul 2012]. Garzon, best known for issuing an international arrest warrant against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, recently met with Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy to discuss a new legal strategy, according to a statement approved by both men.
→ read full articleFrance Bans Strain of Monsanto GM Maize
Agence France Press-AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Mar 2012
French Agricultural Minister Bruno Le Maire imposed Friday [16 Mar 2012] a temporary ban on a genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto “to protect the environment”. The French agriculture ministry said in a statement that the Monsanto maize strain MON 810 had been banned as a “precautionary measure”.
→ read full articleChevron Execs Barred From Leaving Brazil
Agence France Press-AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Mar 2012
A judge barred 17 Chevron executives from around the world from leaving Brazil in an oil spill investigation as prosecutors readied new charges over a second spill involving the US energy giant, local media reported Saturday [17 Mar 2012].
→ read full articleUN Official Slams WikiLeaks Suspect Manning’s Treatment
Agence France Press-AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Mar 2012
US authorities’ treatment of WikiLeaks suspect Private Bradley Manning was “cruel and degrading,” the UN special rapporteur on torture Juan Ernesto Mendez said Monday [5 Mar 2012]. “I believe Bradley Manning was subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in the excessive and prolonged isolation he was put in during the eight months he was in Quantico,” he told AFP, referring to the US military prison near Washington.
→ read full articlePortugal Drug Law Show Results Ten Years On, Experts Say
Agence France Press-AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2011
Health experts in Portugal said Friday [2 Jul 2011] that Portugal’s decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked. “There is no doubt that the phenomenon of addiction is in decline in Portugal,” said Joao Goulao, President of the Institute of Drugs and Drugs Addiction, a press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the law.
→ read full articleIsrael: It’s Against Our Interest to Join Anti-Nuclear Arms Treaty
AFP-Agence France Press – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Sep 2010
Israel Rejects Offer to Join UN Atomic Agency
→ read full articleAUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
Agence France Presse,
27 Jun 2009
June 26, 2009 "AFP" — BILIN , West Bank – Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. "It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy," the Canadian […]
→ read full articleISRAEL PLANS TO DOUBLE WEST BANK SETTLERS – STUDY
Agence France Presse (AFP),
3 Mar 2009
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s Housing Ministry has plans for West Bank construction that would nearly double the number of settlers there, the group Peace Now said Monday [Mar 2]. The presence of the so-called Israeli "settlers" in the Occupied Territories is illegal under international law. The group gave the estimate in research issued on the day […]
→ read full articleUN RIGHTS CHIEF IMPLORES ISRAEL TO LIFT ILLEGAL SIEGE OF GAZA STRIP
Agence France Presse-AFP, with The Daily Star,
19 Nov 2008
GAZA CITY: The top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday called on Israel to immediately lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, as invading tanks from the Jewish state sparked retaliatory rocket fire from the coastal territory. "By function of this blockade, 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children have been forcibly deprived of […]
→ read full articleMEDITERRANEAN UNION TO BE BASED IN BARCELONA
Agence France Presse (AFP),
8 Nov 2008
Foreign ministers from the new Mediterranean Union struck a deal Tuesday for Barcelona to host the forum’s headquarters and for Israel and the Arab League to take part side-by-side. The Union’s 43 member states held two days of talks in the port of Marseille to end a four-month deadlock on the two contentious issues, which […]
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