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Uruguay Takes Argentina To International Court Over River Blocks
The Hague (AFP) Dec 18, 2006 Uruguay on Monday asked the International Court of Justice to order Argentina to lift roadblocks which are stopping traffic across a border river between both South American countries. The blocks were erected by Argentine environmentalists in protest against a paper mill being built by Finnish company Botnia inside Uruguay near the Uruguay river separating the two neighbours. Uruguay is accusing Argentinan authorities of "passivity" towards the protesters, and says Buenos Aires is using the blocks "to put extreme pressure on Uruguay to stop the construction of a factory". Argentina had itself turned to the UN court in May, asking it to halt the mill project on the grounds that it violated a bilateral water deal because of heavy pollution. Argentina on Monday said the question of the roadblocks was outside The Hague court's jurisdiction. Since last month, Argentine environmentalists have been blocking access to Uruguay because of concerns that pollution caused by the mill would devastate livelihoods along waterways in the area. The roads and bridges over the river have been the scenes of demonstrations and blockades for months by determined environmentalists and locals. Some 22 percent of Uruguayan imports stem from Argentina, and Montevideo has argued that the protests are costing it millions of dollars.
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Underground Air Might Cause DNA Damage
Karolinska, Sweden (SPX) Dec 18, 2006Our everyday environments are full of airborne particles that are harmful to varying degrees when inhaled. Particularly damaging to our cellular DNA are the particles from the underground system in Stockholm, Sweden, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet. |
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