 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Landmark moment in the battle for banks of the Thames; 25,000 homes planned along river _One tower would be tallest in Europe _Schemes pit residents against Mayor.
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Byline: MIRA BAR-HILLEL
A DECISION tonight could change forever one of London's most familiar riverside landmarks.
Plans to transform the site of Lots Road Power Station into 500 flats and a 39-storey tower go before Kensington and Chelsea council.
It is the culmination of a bitter battle between developers on the one side and residents and conservationists on the other.
It is also the latest in a list of developments which, as our graphic shows, are transforming the skyline alongside the Thames.
Until the Eighties, riverside ...
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Kiribati, Air Pacific discuss Kiritimati future Service.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; ...Pacnews) ------ Future flights of Air Pacific from Nadi to Kiritimati, the headquarters of the Line and Phoenix Group in Kiribati...service, Pacific Magazine reports. The flights that connect Kiritimati Island with the outside world are chartered by the Kiribati...
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Britain debate 1950s nuclear testing on Kiritimati Island.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; 16 OCTOBER 2007 LONDON (Pacnews) --- The British parliament is opening an inquiry into nuclear testing on Kiritimati Island in Kiribati in the 1950s. Hundreds of British, New Zealand and Fiji veterans say the test fallout made them ill and...
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New findings reported from University of California describe advances in ecohealth.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation
; ...chain of the central Pacific (Kiritimati Island and Palmyra Atoll). Palmyra...Atoll is relatively pristine while Kiritimati Island is heavily fished, investigators...was higher at Palmyra compared to Kiritimati for all five fish species. Fishes...
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'Reefs without people' appear to be healthiest Overfishing hurts coral, study finds
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...robust, they said, while Tabuaeran and Kiritimati to the south, the most populated atolls...population estimated in 2005 at 2,500, and Kiritimati, with 5,100 people and growing even...virtually absent" at Tabuaeran and Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island. The...
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A panorama of coral reefs' health Broad study finds harm from fishing
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...robust, they said, while Tabuaeran and Kiritimati to the south, the most populated atolls...population estimated in 2005 at 2,500, and Kiritimati, with 5,100 people and growing even...virtually absent" at Tabuaeran and Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island. The...
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Marine alert
Newspaper article from: The Press
; Rocket launches near Kiritimati Island, a wildlife sanctuary, could...outside the exclusive economic zone of Kiritimati Atoll in Kiribati. The rockets will...by thousands of birds heading for Kiritimati Island, the former Christmas Island...
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Japan helps coastal fisheries development in Kiribati.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; ...handling area at the fishing port in Kiritimati Island. The Japanese Government has...Ronton area, the only fishing port at Kiritimati Island, as well as to provide relevant...Fishing is the key industry of the Kiritimati Island employing directly or indirectly...
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SCIENCE NOTEBOOK
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...ranging from uninhabited Kingman Reef to Kiritimati, home to more than 5,000 people...sparsely populated Palmyra, their share of Kiritimati's biomass plummeted to 19 percent...four atolls, showing that those around Kiritimati's reefs had a higher percentage of...
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PACNEWS DIGEST: SCIENTISTS STUDY REEF MANAGEMENT IN KIRIBATI.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; ...more than 50 years and is now based in Kiritimati, are - "What do these fishy tales...sites of Kuria, Abemama, Abaiang and Kiritimati is the openness and frank consultations...the Gilbert Group and the Line Group (Kiritimati). These two island groups differ in...
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Researchers' work from University of Wollongong focuses on asia-pacific research.(Report)
Newspaper article from: China Weekly News
; "Kiritimati, the largest land area atoll in the...patterns were observed, and the soils of Kiritimati are relatively unique in the Pacific...study in Pacific Science (The Soils of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Kiribati, Central...
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