Plan to sink oil platform abandoned amid protest
Greenpeace's pressure led Royal Dutch Shell to drop plans to sink the Brent Spar platform in deep water and seek an onshore dismantling license from Britain. Shell cited strong objections and maintained deep-sea disposal as the preferred option, while government and European leaders urged restraint amid protest and boycott campaigns across several countries.
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Protests Rise Over Shell Platform Sinking Plan
Greenpeace deployed four activists by helicopter to halt the sinking of an aging Shell platform 1 1/2 miles below the sea. In Parliament John Major faced jeers as he defended the plan amid world opinion signals from Helmut Kohl. Consumers in Germany Switzerland the Netherlands and Britain boycotted Shell gasoline stations with some German stations firebombed.
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European Firms Press for Broader Backing
Report notes European companies feel they are in an untenable position and cannot continue without wider financial and political support, warning of risks to jobs and investment if aid is not forthcoming.
Wrapped Reichstag Goes Online for Berlin Art Event
Berlin based artist Christo presents the Wrapped Reichstag on the Internet. Kulturbox chronicles the project with digital photos every five minutes from a bell tower as virtual visitors rise with the sun on the partially shrouded parliament. Top site addresses are kulturbox.de and nbn.com.
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Christo
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Ingo Braun
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Diary listing lost U.S. planes aids Vietnam War missing in action cases
A Vietnamese man gifted a diary listing U.S. aircraft shot down near Haiphong during 1964 to 1967 to the U.S. MIA office in Hanoi. Experts study the document, hoping to locate missing Americans as Clinton urges Hanoi to help resolve 1,618 unresolved cases before full ties.
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