Latvia battles fir tree raiders
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Latvia struggles to stop people illegally cutting down Christmas trees near the capital Riga.
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Tree rustlers are striking across the country, probably prompted by the rise in timber value and the increase in worldwide demand for American hardwood.
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A fire at a home for the  disabled killed at least 25 people in western Latvia on Friday  in what officials said could be one of the highest death tolls  from a blaze in the country's history.
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In this photo released by the Philippine Air Force, shows uprooted trees littered near a swollen river after it was hit by a storm in Infanta town, Quezon province, eastern Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2004.
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A drunk moose staggering through your backyard and nibbling on apples fallen from your tree may sound like an amusing anecdote to tell your friends, but for those Swedes who each autumn come face to face with the angry beasts, it's no laughing matter.
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Jacques Rudolph capitalised on two reprieves to spearhead a determined South Africa fightback against England in the opening Test at St Georgeâs Park.
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The last major battle before winter is one NATO has fought before. That doesn't bode well for a peaceful spring
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Politics: 7 January 2005, Friday. Bulgaria will launch a nation-wide forestation campaign this spring, it was disclosed Friday.
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The most recent of our numerous skirmishes between forest managers and environmentalists started over the weekend, when fliers appeared at the city's Dale Ball trailheads warning that the city was about to cut down 90 percent of tree cover in the area.
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Latvia should clarify the ownership of Ventspils Nafta, the country's Baltic Sea oil terminal, and a related shipping company before admitting any new Russian investor, Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga ...
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Greek firefighters backed by EU teams battled raging forest blazes that have killed 63 people and opposition parties accused the government of incompetence in handling the crisis.
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Firefighters and water-bombing planes battle forest fires that have killed three people in northern Sicily.
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Early results from Latvia's parliamentary election on Saturday showed Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and his centre-right coalition heading for a commanding victory.
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Bob Lemos of Lemos Farm on Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay is optimistic about the Christmas tree season. He started selling trees last weekend, he said.
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RIGA, Latvia  - The middle-aged teacher sweated  and swore as he switched awkwardly between Russian and Latvian,  taking his distracted class through the geography of China's  Chang Jiang River valley.
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Trees falling on power-lines have caused a number of power outages in Southern Finland on Friday morning, as a violent autumn storm sweeps across the country.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 27--The stereotype of conservatives has them admiring a stand of old-growth trees, then waving in the backhoes and logging crews to turn the forest into cash.