China to clean Everest team reaches base camp
A 50 member expedition of climbers scientists and reporters plans to reach Mount Everest base camp on June 5 to collect garbage left by climbers since 1953. World Environment Day marks the effort reported by Xinhua News Agency. The cache includes garbage and human waste that decomposes slowly in the high cold environment.
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Veterinarians oppose cattle kill plan in Britain
Veterinarians challenge the proposed mass slaughter of cattle to fight mad cow disease, calling it scientifically and morally unjustified. The British Veterinary Association worries the plan risks arbitrary arrests and cites reports of potential slaughter of up to 30,000 cows weekly as fear and panic spread across the beef industry.
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U S revokes Colombia attorney general visa
The United States revoked the visa of Colombia s attorney general on Saturday over alleged links to drug traffickers. The decision Deepens strains with Colombia after Washington decertified Bogotá last month as an ally in the drug war.
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Donor pledges top $1.23 billion for Bosnia rebuild
At a two day donors conference, countries and financial groups pledged 1.23 billion dollars to rebuild Bosnia but most funds will not reach Bosnian Serb areas until war crimes suspects Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are handed to an international tribunal. Summers said aid to Serb areas was not targeted and the Serbs boycotted the meeting while the World Bank outlined planned projects across the country to show a peace dividend if leaders are removed.
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Search by UN team probes Bosnia Srebrenica massacre sites
U N war crimes specialists completed a two week inquiry across a dozen sites including farm fields and a dam area near Srebrenica. They gathered evidence of massacres where about 7000 Muslim men vanished after the enclave fell last July. Remains blindfolds photos and videotapes were found supporting survivors accounts.
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