The next couple of months are critical to influence the new federal Labor government's decision to implement or to reject Howard and Putin's proposed uranium sales treaty. The uranium industry is claiming

Of nearly 2,000 Americans responding to a survey, zero percent say they favor lifting import tariffs on Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane. But without Brazil, can America meet its target of a 20% drop in gas consumption over ten years?

The issues raised on the Nuclear Deal (also popular as the 1-2-3 Deal) are however not purely environmental. Though the deal is said to strengthen India 's energy independence, sovereignty and autonomy by putting an end to the sanctions that seem to have

Urbanization, intensive farming, damming, and warring political ideologies are just a few of the hurdles that researchers will need to overcome to protect the Mekong River, one of the most important waterways in Asia. Luckily, they have a plan.

"Two decades ago, the rains in southern Sudan began to fail. The drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from man-made global warming. It is no accident that the violence in Darfur erupted during the drought."

Due to a lack of animal protein in their diet, many refugees are forced to resort to illegal hunting, including endangered species, to find meat.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors have arrested 10 people on suspicion of murdering investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya and will soon charge them, the country's chief prosecutor said on Monday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's government has implemented all the recommendations of an inquiry panel into last year's Lebanon war on tackling crises more effectively, officials said on Monday.

STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - The unrecognized Caucasian statelet of Nagorno-Karabakh, almost completely penned in by a military and economic blockade, is enjoying an unlikely boom thanks to the patriotism of Armenia's foreign diaspora.

Firefighting aircraft from several countries are helping Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed at least 60 people...A 1m euro (£678,000) reward has been offered to help catch fire-starters.