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Master plan of medical solid waste treatment system
On February 8, the Prime Minister signed a Decision approving the Master Plan for hazardous solid medical waste treatment system until 2025.
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Nearly 500 people died in Europe because of the cold
An unusual 12-day cold spell in Europe has killed nearly 500 people. Meteorological agencies say the cold spell will last until the end of the week, forcing Germany to r…
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Global sea level is increasing
This data was provided by a team of University of Colorado experts at Boulder (UCB) and a spacecraft of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA). Accordingly, the global sea level…
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Russia successfully approached the most mysterious lake in the world
Speaking to an unnamed source, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported that the group of scientists had stopped drilling at 3768m and reached the bottom of this frozen…
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'The phenomenon of La Nina will end globally
On February 9, United Nations and US climbers confirmed La Nina's weather phenomenon will end in the spring of 2012 after a brief increase in the fall of 2011.
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The Caribbean region is vulnerable to climate and economic problems
On February 10, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and General Director of the United Nations Commission on Regional Economy of Latin America and the Caribbe…
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Fukushima plant reactor temperature rises
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on February 12 said the thermometer of the No. 2 reactor at Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant increased by 82 degrees.
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Belgium experienced the longest cold spell in 70 years
On the morning of February 13, the longest cold spell in over 70 years in Belgium has ended, after a snowfall has fallen. Usually when a cold wave ends, the temperature…
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Japan uses agricultural land for renewable energy
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture-Forestry-Fisheries (MAFF) has just finalized a bill aimed at simplifying procedures for concentrating abandoned agricultural land to serv…
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Chocolate can become a luxury item
Cocoa is grown in West Africa region due to suitable climate and soil conditions. Ivory Coast and Ghana, two countries that provide about half of the world's cocoa produ…
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Cold prices still raging, hundreds of people died
According to statistics from the authorities, by the end of last week, the number of homeless people killed by cold across the continent has reached more than 550 people…
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Strong earthquake in California
A strong magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred in California, the west coast of the United States, but no human and human damage was recorded.
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Earthquake shook Japan
A strong earthquake just rocked eastern Japan, but did not affect the Fukushima I nuclear plant, without tsunami warnings.
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Europe continues to cope with prolonged cold prices
Belgium is experiencing the longest cold spell in over 70 years. The Belgian Meteorological Agency report said the cold spell with temperatures below 0 degrees C has ent…
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IUCN, MFF funded the protection of mangrove forests in Nam Dinh
According to Mr. Nguyen Viet Cach, Director of Xuan Thuy National Park, the project aims to create a co-management mechanism for aquatic resources under the canopy of ma…