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New Indonesia landslide as search for victims continues
Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 30, 2007A new landslide buried more than 30 homes on Indonesia's Java island Sunday as rescue workers continued searching for victims of earlier landslides and floods, an official said. No one was injured when the landslide hit Tengklik village in Tawangmangu area of Central Java around 1:00 pm, health ministry official Rustam Pakaya said. "Fortunately, there are no lives lost, however 177 peopl ... more Arctic ice melt Canada's top weather concern in 2007 
Montreal (AFP) Dec 27, 2007The "shocking" record loss of Arctic sea ice was Canada's top weather event in 2007, Canada's environment ministry said Thursday. Each year for the past 12, Environment Canada has published a list of the top 10 climate or weather phenomena to impact Canada that year. For 2007, "the dramatic disappearance of Arctic sea ice -- reported in September -- was so shocking that it quickly became ... more 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 |
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Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 29, 2007Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged better forest management across the nation Saturday as he toured an area stricken by deadly landslides and floods this week. "That would be a brilliant way to take care of the Earth," he said, according to the state-run news agency Antara, adding that it would help prevent further disasters in the world's fourth most populous nation. Th ... more Activists attack China ruling on Hong Kong democracy 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 29, 2007China said Saturday it may allow Hong Kong's leader to be directly elected within 10 years at the earliest, but activists seeking quicker democratic reform in the territory criticised the decision. The announcement is Beijing's clearest indication yet of the city's political future but has upset democrats pushing for 2012 as the deadline to achieve full democracy in the Asian financial hub, ... more Snowstorms disrupt travel in central US 
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 '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 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 |
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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 Analysis: Eye on Uzbek energy 
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 Since the 1991 collapse of Soviet communism, the 15 newly independent republics have been scrambling both to assert their newfound independence and assert their place in the post-communist world. Yet legacies remain. The Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin has consistently attempted to reassert Moscow's control over the post-Soviet sphere in countries of the former Soviet ... more Outside View: Nabucco cut by Caspian line 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 The last few months of 2007 were good for Russia, which has been fighting this year to affirm its leadership in the hydrocarbons market. And it may have spelled the end for the Nabucco pipeline, which Europe has wanted as a way to bypass reliance on Moscow. On Dec. 20 Russia agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build the Caspian gas pipeline across Russia. The agreement was signed ... more China says wants quick fix to East China Sea dispute with Japan 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2007China said Thursday it wanted a quick end to a territorial dispute with Japan over lucrative gas fields, but stopped short of saying a deal would emerge during Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's visit. "We are devoted to the proper settlement of the East China Sea issue," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said hours before Fukuda's arrival in Beijing. "We hope that Japan can meet w ... more
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