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KAZAKHSTAN: Environmentalists call for caution in mercury cleanup in north

ALMATY Wednesday, July 25, 2007 (IRIN) - As a long-planned operation to clean up a major source of mercury pollution in northern Kazakhstan gets under way, environmentalists and academics are calling for caution in dealing with the highly toxic substance. If the operation to remove the mercury discharged into the River Nura over several decades is not carried out with care, it could create more problems than it solves, they warn. “The work should be carried out transparently so that it is...

Waki report is a potent political seed of discord

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka who, in what has been considered appalling reaction, recently stated the Waki Report should be looked at with great caution because, "we are also talking about people’s political careers here".

22 Youths Caution

Twenty-two youths that were arraigned at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on charges of common nuisance were on Monday 20th October 2008 cautioned and discharged. They denied the charges when they were first arraigned on the 16th October but the trial magistrate, Abdoulie Mbackeh, remanded them in to custody until last Monday when the case resumed. Magistrate Mbackeh advanced that the government wants to see that peace and tranquillity prevail in the country as well as the crime rate is...

Youth and Sports Secy Urges Caution

As Gambia Host Senegal on Sunday As the senior national team of The Gambia, the Scorpions, prepares to take on the Teranga Lions of Senegal in the first leg encounter of the World and African Nations Cup qualifiers, Mass Axi Gai, Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, has called on the general public to be focused, saying that failure to do so would without doubt spell a certain misery. “This game has been taken as a high risk game because FIFA and CAF will be jointly sending inspectors for...