South Africa on alert after TB outbreak

Human stem cells without destroying embryo

Volcanic eruption in Ecuador kills four

Government gives in

At loggerheads

Human transit evidence of bird flu found in Indonesia

Foul play in Katrina, Rita relief operations

Papua New Guinea cabinet votes against copper mine

Gujarat NGOs demand separate environment court

Solid biomass as cooking fuel is a killer

Use of biomass takes high toll

South Asia

New radar allows scientists to see through ice

Mendozan parliament in Argentina suspends open-pit mining

Natural Selection

Ailments afflict endangered Nukak-Maku community

New Zealand air force discovers ice bergs floating 300 km off coastline

TERRESTRIAL TRAIL

Locust infestation

Fibreglass igloos for rare penguins

US reaction to cola controversy exaggerrated India Inc

States take the fizz out of cola

Namibia inoculates population post polio attack

In Court

US's free trade agreement for growth in Africa

UK environment regulator pulled up for failing to check pollution