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Mogadishu (AFP) Sept 1, 2011 - Exhausted and hungry in Somalia's famine-struck capital after fleeing drought and conflict, Fadumo Shamon is determined not to leave until she gets food for her starving children.
Jun 26, 2026
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 - Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio has been asked by Indian environmentalists to withdraw his backing for a contentious river rejuvenation programme led by a celebrity globe-trotting mystic.
Jun 26, 2026
Thatta, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 2, 2010 - Relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan are being stretched by the unprecedented scale of the disaster, with the flow of international aid almost at a standstill, the UN said Thursday.
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 21, 2011 - Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Japan's Pacific coast were racing against time to ready the crippled plant against a powerful typhoon heading straight for it, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Melhan, Yemen (AFP) Sept 12, 2024 - Sitting by their ruined home, Abu Ibrahim wept for his son and seven grandchildren killed by flash floods in Yemen, where increasingly severe downpours are piling more misery on the impoverished, war-torn country.
Jun 26, 2026
Marigot (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 - People on the islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barts on Sunday contemplated the task of rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Irma destroyed homes and roads and knocked out power and water.
Jun 26, 2026
Marigot (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 - Ravaged by Hurricane Irma, Saint Martin and Saint Barts escaped a further battering by Jose, which had markedly less of an impact on the two Caribbean islands than anticipated, France's meteorological agency said Sunday.
Jun 26, 2026
Colombo (AFP) Sept 23, 2024 - Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn in to office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics but said he had no magic solution to the hardships suffered following an unprecedented economic crisis.
Jun 26, 2026
Colombo (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 - A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that has become a symbol of the ousted Rajapaksa clan's closeness to Beijing will finally open this week, its operator said Monday.
Jun 26, 2026
Colombo (AFP) Sept 2, 2011 - Sri Lanka's elephant population remains healthy despite decades of fighting between government and rebel forces, the first survey since the end of the nation's bloody civil war showed Friday.
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Colombo (AFP) Sept 14, 2016 - Sri Lanka Wednesday announced it was planning to relocate farmers living on the edges of forests inhabited by elephants to reduce the numbers killed on both sides.
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Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka (AFP) Sept 28, 2014 - Ten years after the Asian tsunami devastated Sarath Kumara's cinnamon plantation in Sri Lanka, forcing him to start over with nothing, the farmer faces a new threat from further afield.
Jun 26, 2026
Colombo (AFP) Sept 27, 2020 - Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.
Jun 26, 2026
Colombo (AFP) Sept 3, 2018 - Sri Lankan authorities on Monday began investigating the deaths of wild elephants in the east of the island after pulling seven carcasses out of a marsh, a minister said.
Jun 26, 2026
Colombo (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - Sri Lanka banned plastic bags and other disposable products on Friday after the collapse of the island's biggest dump led to a rubbish disposal crisis.
Jun 26, 2026
Jaffna, Sri Lanka (AFP) Sept 22, 2013 - Sri Lanka's main Tamil party won a landslide victory Sunday in landmark elections in the battle-scarred north, raising hopes of self-rule for the ethnic minority after decades of war.
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