AP - His ambitious social programs are built on Venezuela's petroleum wealth, but President Hugo Chavez is increasingly talking up environmental causes and urging the world to cut back on oil use to fight global warming.
AP - An oil spill off Vietnam has spread along 124 miles of coastline and affected popular tourist spots, but the source still remains a mystery, an official said Monday.
AP - A whooping crane was spotted alive on Sunday after it was believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms, according to an organizer of a migratory project.
AP - U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time spacewalking than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.
AP - A whooping crane believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms may be alive, because a signal transmitting from the bird indicates it survived, an official said Sunday.
AFP - Rescuers and volunteers have struggled to help nearly 340,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, which have killed 20 people.
Reuters - Two astronauts left the
International Space Station on Sunday to finish hooking up a
new cooling system that will pave the way for installation of
European and Japanese modules beginning this year.
AP - Two astronauts stepped outside the hatch Sunday for the second of what could be a precedent-setting three spacewalks in nine days, making upgrades to the international space station's cooling system.
AFP - More than 80 percent of Swiss people are ready to use their car less and to pay more for alternative energy to fight climate change.
AP - At least 20 people have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by floods in Indonesia's capital, an official said Sunday, as rivers overflowing from four days of rain inundated the city.
AP - The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
AFP - Rescuers and volunteers are struggling to reach nearly 190,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods sparked by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, as the death toll rose to seven.
