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Natural catastrophes will grow with climate change: re-insurer
Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 27, 2007Natural catastrophes in 2007 were more frequent and costlier than a year earlier and climate change will make them more expensive still, the world's second-biggest re-insurer, Munich Re, said Thursday. There were 950 natural catastrophes in 2007 compared with 850 in 2006, the highest number since the group started compiling its closely watched annual report in 1974. The total cost of dis ... more Thousands without power as winds buffet Los Angeles 
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 27, 2007Around 5,700 homes across Los Angeles were without power early Thursday as fierce winds gusted across the city, downing power lines and knocking over trees. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials said at one stage overnight more than 19,000 households were blacked out as winds packing gusts of up to 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour wreaked havoc across a wide area. Nationa ... more Indonesian court clears energy company over mud volcano 
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 27, 2007An Indonesian court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought by environmentalists against an energy company alleged to have caused a mud volcano that has displaced thousands in East Java province. The South Jakarta district court ruled that the mudflow in Sidoarjo district was a "natural disaster", and not caused by gas drilling by Lapindo Brantas as alleged by Friends of the Earth Indonesia. ... more Search intensifies for Indonesian landslide victims 
Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Rescue workers stepped up a hunt Friday for victims of landslides and floods that claimed scores of lives on Indonesia's Java island and displaced thousands, an official said. The landslides smashed through homes, burying families alive, in the early hours of Wednesday after monsoon rains lashed Central and East Java provinces this week and also triggered devastating floods. More than 1, ... more Vietnam villagers ransack titanium mine site: reports 
Hanoi (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Hundreds of Vietnamese villagers have ransacked the site of a proposed titanium mine that they fear will pollute the soil and ground water, local officials and media reports said Friday. More than 300 protesters caused over 12,000 dollars in damage when they destroyed machinery and pipelines at the site near the seaside Tam Tien commune in central Quang Nam province last Sunday. Develope ... more |
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Chicago (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Heavy snowstorms continued to disrupt travel in the central United States Friday and forecasters said little relief was expected until the New Year. More than 400 flights were cancelled and delays were averaging an hour and a half at Chicago's O'Hare airport as the storm system which crippled Denver on Thursday moved eastward. But the Chicago airport authority said there was no need yet ... more Japan opposes Taiwan's referendum, says PM Fukuda 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Tokyo opposes Taiwan's planned referendum on United Nations membership, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Friday after holding talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. "We don't want a situation in which Taiwan's referendum leads to tensions between (the two sides)," said Fukuda, who is in China for a four-day visit. China and Taiwan split after a civil war in 1949 but China sti ... more 'Croc-hunter' Irwin's family to campaign against Japanese whaling 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 27, 2007"Crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin's family plans a campaign against Japanese whaling to show that scientific data about whales can be obtained without killing them, the Australian's widow said Thursday. Terri Irwin said the project would be launched in 2008 through a whale watching business she bought after her husband's death last year. "We can actually learn everything the Japanese are le ... more Analysis: Fuel curbs China combat ability 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 By calculating the amount of fuel oil required by the Chinese navy and air force in a large-scale attack across the Taiwan Strait under high-tech conditions, it becomes apparent that such an assault could not be sustained for an extended period. For an attack on Taiwan, China would likely mobilize 10 fighter divisions of the PLA air force. In fact, only one to two regiments under each d ... more Analysis: Iraq oil up end-'07, sketchy '08 
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 Iraq's oil sector ends 2007 on a relatively upbeat note, with production at levels not seen since before the war. But the year had more downs than ups, and sustaining success through next year is far from guaranteed. Iraq averaged production of 2.4 million barrels per day in November, according to the global energy information firm Platts. That's nearly a half million more than the post ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 According to Zalmay Khalilzad, the permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations, the Iranian Six -- the United States, Russia, China and the European trio of Britain, France and Germany -- have at last reached a consensus. The situation around the Iranian nuclear file reads like a crime novel, especially in view of the latest surprise moves by Tehran. Iran has found an o ... more Outside View: EU goes Russian nuclear 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 After the EU gave its approval for the Russian-Bulgarian agreement on building a nuclear power plant in the small Bulgarian town of Belene on the bank of the Danube, the two countries are in the starting blocks waiting for the main treaty to be signed in late January 2008. The European Union gave the OK for the nuclear project between Moscow and Sophia after a thorough review by expert ... more Clean coal plants mired by cost and delays 
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 Clean coal-fired plants offer a cleaner fuel source but construction costs and increased greenhouse gas standards in the United States hamper their production. Regulators canceled, suspended or refused several plans to develop clean coal-fired plants citing construction costs, technological pitfalls and regulation regarding greenhouse gas emissions, USA Today said Thursday. Clean ... more France could provide Egypt with nuclear help: Sarkozy 
Cairo (AFP) Dec 28, 2007French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is willing to help Egypt develop nuclear energy for peaceful use, the official MENA news agency reported Friday, quoting an interview with an Egyptian daily. Sarkozy said Paris could "collaborate with Egypt in nuclear energy for civilian use if Egypt wishes," MENA said, quoting excerpts of an interview to be published Saturday in the pro-government Al ... more Japan, China pledge warmer ties, but no deal on gas fields
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2007China and Japan pledged on Friday to build on their rapidly warming ties, as Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met the Chinese leadership, but a dispute over maritime gas fields remained unresolved. Fukuda, on his first visit to China since taking office in September, held talks with President Hu Jintao to lay the groundwork for closer cooperation between the Asian powers in trade, climat ... more
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