Pope’s Wife Visits in Moscow Ahead of Espionage Verdict
Cheri Pope returned to Moscow to comfort Edmond Pope as his espionage trial nears a verdict. U.S. Rep. John Peterson said authorities allowed the visit to Lefortovo prison on Tuesday, the couple’s fourth meeting since Pope’s April arrest for allegedly obtaining classified torpedo blueprints. Final remarks are expected Wednesday in a closed proceeding.
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Attacks in Kashmir Kill Five Wound Thirty
In Baramulla suspected Islamic guerrillas attacked Indian forces twice on Monday amid a Ramadan cease-fire. A third attack left a former militant dead, totaling five dead and 30 wounded as India, Pakistan, and Kashmir leaders hint at ending the 11 year insurgency.
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Kashmir
Summit moves to ban chemicals at last global treaty summit
Delegates from over 100 nations gather in Johannesburg to finalize a treaty banning 12 toxic chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects. The talks aim for a May 22-23 signing in Stockholm as Klaus Toepfer of the U N Environment Programme calls for a global solution to a pollution problem that harms unborn children and Arctic Indigenous communities.
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Nations seek global ban on deadly POPs chemicals
About thirty delegates to a United Nations summit aim to agree on a treaty banning persistent organic pollutants. The list includes pesticides like DDT and industrial byproducts such as dioxin, with past summits advancing objectives but stalling on how to add new chemicals.
Europe bans most animal products in fodder to fight mad cow disease
The European Union imposed a six month ban on nearly all animal product fodder to halt the spread of mad cow disease. The measure, costing about 1.3 billion dollars, aims to restore beef industry confidence. Fish meal and animal fats are exempt as unlikely spreaders.
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Forest swastika trees cut down near Berlin village
In Brandenburg near Zernikow, fall color revealed a swastika formed by larches planted in 1938. Officials move to remove the symbol to end publicity and deter neo Nazi pilgrimages, after years of prior removals failing to keep the emblem gone.
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