Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:30:20 +0200 (AFP/File) - Bangladeshi labourers work at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu, on the outskirts of Chittagong, in July 2008. Bangladesh's Supreme Court has reimposed strict environmental controls on the country's ship-breaking yards, in a verdict likely to trigger protests from the sector.(AFP/File/Farjana Khan Godhuly)
Abul Kalam (R) standsin front of a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu ...
Sun, 02 May 2010 07:50:18 +0200 (AFP) - Abul Kalam (R) standsin front of a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu some 30 kms from the port city of Chittagong. Kalam survived the 1991 cyclone by hanging on to a coconut tree. Those who survived -- including Kalam and his wife -- owe their lives to the protection provided by the trees, which is why they are concerned about the deforestation they're witnessing around them.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)
Bangladeshi workers are seen at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu, ...
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:42:15 +0200 (AFP/File) - Bangladeshi workers are seen at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu, on the outskirts of Chittagong. The government in the South Asian nation has sued four of the country's ship-breaking yards for causing "excessive pollution" and operating without proper licenses.(AFP/File/Farjana Khan Godhuly)
Bangladeshi labourers at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu on ...
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:00:39 +0200 (AFP/File) - Bangladeshi labourers at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakundu on the outskirts of Chittagong in 2008. Environmental campaigners branded a move by Bangladesh to ease strict controls on its vital shipbreaking industry as "suicidal", saying it would expose tens of thousands to toxic waste.(AFP/File/Farjana Khan Godhuly)
German soldiers partol with Afghan police in Kunduz, Afghanistan ...
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:00:02 +0100 (AFP/DDP/File) - German soldiers partol with Afghan police in Kunduz, Afghanistan in October 2009. Germany is to speed up the training of Afghan security forces, making this its primary task in the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday ahead of an international conference on Afghanistan.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)
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