Japan faces mounting landfill crisis as waste climbs
Tokyo battles overflowing disposal sites as incineration expands. Tokyo's Hinode dump expansion faces protests and court fights while officials pledge cleaner infrastructure. Experts urge waste reduction and producer responsibility to solve Japan's looming garbage dilemma.
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Japan
Greenpeace
Hideo Minaba
Sanitation Department
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
United States
Germany
Hinode
Shinichi Hashimoto
Atsuhiro Honda
Death toll rises as fighting engulfs West Bank and Gaza
Heavy clashes leave seven Palestinians and three Israelis dead as Palestinian gunmen ambush settlers and Israeli tanks strike a police post. Tensions escalate ahead of a U.S. inquiry into the violence amid renewed calls for renewed peace talks.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Marwan Barghouti
Yasser Arafat
West
Oees Fitetér
Ehud Ak Méetica
Britain imposes safety measures on mobile phones
London reports a government package of safety precautions for cell phones including a $10 million research fund and radiation disclosure for every model. Leaflets urge limiting use by children under 16 and explain how to compare handset radiation, with future display options on phones under review.
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London
United States
Britain
Michael Dolan
Federation of the Electronics Industry Trade Group
Health Department
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Liam Donaldson
England
Donaldson
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Russia urged to pardon ailing U S businessman Pope
Russia's pardons commission urged President Putin to free Edmond Pope ailing from cancer after a 20 year espionage sentence. President Clinton pressed Putin by phone urging release citing health and humanitarian concerns. Pope has spent months in Lefortovo prison awaiting appeal and faces a lengthier penalty.
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Russia
Vladimir Putin
U.S
Edmond Pope
Clinton
Pope
Putin
Lefortovo
Commission
Anatoly Pristavkin
White House
Jake Siewert
Siewert
Nebraska
Federal Security Service
Boris Yeltsin
Uganda Ebola death toll hits 400 infection count rising
In Uganda the Ebola outbreak reached 400 infections with 160 deaths. Over the past three days two deaths occurred in Gulu and two in Masindi, while seven new cases were identified in Gulu, the outbreak’s epicenter, with cases confined to Gulu Masindi and Mbarara districts.
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Kampala
Uganda
Gulu
Masindi
Alex Opio
National Disease Control Center
Opio
Mbarara
Court notices and docket details in Franklin County Kansas
Court records from the Franklin County district court describe proceedings in the 4th Judicial District, East Courtroom. The filings span late November to early December 2000, outlining case actions and upcoming deadlines in this Kansas court.
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District Court
Franklin County
Kansas
4Th Judicial District
John D. Furmanski
Christopher J. White
Main Street
Ottawa
Patricia M. Thomas
Kansas Legal Services
Minnesota Ave
Suita
Kansas City
Tal
Dasignan
John Dowell
Iliescu vows to root out corruption in runoff bid
Former president Ion Iliescu pledges to fight corruption even within his party if elected in the presidential runoff. At 70, he said his government would not swap one set of corrupt officials for another as he faces radical nationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor. Iliescu was favored in the race Sunday.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ion Iliescu
Iliescu
Associated Press
Corneliu Vadim Tudor
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