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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 :::

U.S. to Look into "Vanished" Iraqi Nuclear Gear UNITED NATIONS — The United States will investigate a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency that equipment and materials that could be used to make nuclear arms have vanished from Iraq, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. Soldiers Recover More Than 170 Bodies in Flooded Indian State GAUHATI, India — Soldiers pulled bodies from mud and debris Tuesday after flash flood waters receded in northeastern India's Assam state, where flooding killed 171 people in six days. Cameroonians Kept in Limbo over Oil-Rich Peninsula MUNDEMBA, Cameroon — The Cameroonians of the Bakassi Peninsula have learned like many other communities that the prospect of oil can be more of a curse than a blessing. Hungary Wants Romania to Stop Gold Mine Development BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's parliament said Tuesday that the European Union should ensure that Romania halts the development of a gold and silver mine that is regarded as a serious environmental threat. Iran Says It Won't Be Made to End Uranium Enrichment TEHRAN, Iran — The European Union cannot force Iran to give up its right to enrich uranium, Iran's foreign minister said, dealing a blow to E.U. efforts to halt the process and ease fears Tehran is seeking a nuclear bomb. Scientists Say Food Poisoning Killed at Least 16,000 Pink Flamingoes in Tanzania ARUSHA, Tanzania — Unusually high levels of toxins in algae may have killed at least 16,000 pink flamingoes nesting near two northeastern Tanzanian lakes between July and August, scientists said in a report. Chinese Experts Name Civet as Primary SARS Source BEIJING — Chinese health experts have concluded that the civet cat, considered a delicacy in the south of the country, was the primary source of last year's SARS epidemic. "FeederWatchers" Track Birds in Unexpected Places, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Seeks Volunteers to Watch Birds Irrawaddy Dolphins Gain Trade Protection Under CITES; WWF Urges Countries to Stop All Live Captures Why Some Like It Hot: New Book on Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity Green Mountain Power Joins Chicago Climate Exchange ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENN is a Registered Trademark of the Environmental News Network, Inc. Copyright © 2004 Environmental News Network, Inc. This Newsletter is sent in accordance with the CAN- SPAM Act of 2003 Environmental News Network - P.O. Box 6782 - San Rafael, CA 94903 Phone: (415) 459-2248 Fax: (512) 681-0652 To subscribe or unsubscribe from the ENN Daily or Weekly Newsletter please click here or copy and paste the following link into your web browser's address bar http://cubert.routesys.com/~enn/homepage.php