UN concern over Olympic pollution
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Air pollution in Beijing will not significantly improve before next year's Olympic Games, a UN report suggests.
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LONDON, Oct 20 (IPS) - Environmental and development groups have come   together to warn that global warming threatens the Millennium  Development  Goals.
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Russia is to set up a special environmental commission to work alongside the country's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, a top official has said after the World Wildlife Fund warned environmental concerns could scupper the bid.
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The message sent by the Live Earth concerts -- "Clean up your act" -- is being aimed particularly at China, a UN representative says.
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As many as 12 United Nations agencies have expressed serious concern about a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The organisations - including the United Nations Development
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A UN campaign launched in Greece is urging people living on the Mediterranean coast to stop treating the sea as a dustbin.
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Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will decide in the next two months whether to run in the endurance event at this year's Olympics despite fears that Beijing's air pollution will damage his health.
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Athletes will have a tricky choice next year if Beijing's polluted air doesn't improve in time for the Olympics: stay away as long as possible, or come in early and get used to it.
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By CAMILLE BAINS  VANCOUVER (CP) - The organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics say they've gone so far as moving ski runs to save frogs as part of their quest to ensure the Games are sustainable.
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The international community must respond more quickly to climate change, species extinction, dwindling supplies of fresh water and other threats to the planet, the U.N. Environment Program warned Thursday.
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The UN&#39;s nuclear watchdog raised concerns on Monday about material and equipment from Saddam Hussein&#39;s regime, which could be used to make a nuclear weapon and have since vanished in Iraq.
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EMMA ALBERICI: United Nations officials fear the death toll could double as outbreaks of disease unleash a second wave of tragedy.
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North Korea's forests are depleted, its rivers and streams are filled with runoff from factories and a reliance on coal energy has created severe urban air pollution, the United Nations said Friday in its first report on the communist nation's environment.
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The British Olympic Association will authorise its athletes to wear anti-pollution masks if they feel they are necessary during the Olympic Games in Beijing in August.
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Despite millions of dollars in research over the last decade, anti-doping authorities are uncertain if they will be able to deter use of HGH at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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Chinese officials are flouting a pledge made to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which helped to secure the 2008 games for Beijing, by harassing and abusing journalists, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
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Millions of people will be at risk of disease unless there is immediate action to provide clean water in communities hit by tidal waves in South Asia, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned.