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Migrant workers, having helped at home, head back to work
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008After rushing back to their families following China's devastating quake, many migrant workers are returning to their jobs in the industrial heartland to funnel desperately needed cash home. Still grieving and in shock after the tragedy that killed more than 60,000 people in largely mountainous and rural Sichuan province, the young men and women from farming areas feel they have no choice bu ... more China aftershock death toll rises to six: official media 
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008The death toll from a strong aftershock in southwestern China rose to six on Monday, with four more deaths reported, state-run media said. The four newly reported deaths from Sunday's aftershock came in the city of Hanzhong in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, Xinhua news agency said. Another 20 people were injured there, Hanzhong major Hu Runze said, adding to hundreds of injured a ... more Death toll rises to 11 in Colombia quake, aftershocks reported 
Bogota (AFP) May 25, 2008The Red Cross said on Sunday the death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Colombia has risen to 11, as aftershocks shook the region. Walter Cote, director of the country's aid organization, told reporters that 54 people were seriously injured as a result of Saturday's 5.5 quake, which also badly damaged about 400 homes. Among the dead were five people killed on the road between B ... more Wet springs threaten Scottish bees 
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) May 24, 2008 Wet spring weather in Scotland has reduced the sex drive of queen bees and threatens the future of the country's hives. Alan Teale, vice president of the Scottish Beekeepers Association, told The Scotsman that the past two years have been bad for bee reproduction. "The appalling summer last year was one of the worst in living memory for bees and that was followed by this cold and ... more Report: Superbugs killed record number 
London (UPI) May 23, 2008 Superbugs are killing a record number of patients in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices, the British Office for National Statistics indicated. The office's statistics linked MRSA and Clostridium difficile to more than 8,000 deaths in England and Wales in 2006, up from 5,300 the previous year, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. A total of 6,424 deaths were linked to Clostridi ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2008Nearly 5,500 children have been left without their parents following the massive China earthquake, either because their parents were killed or cannot be found, state media reported Sunday. Xinhua news agency, citing sources at the national disaster relief headquarters, said at least 5,498 children were alone following the May 12 quake, which has killed more than 62,500 people and left nearly ... more Tornadoes tear through northern Oklahoma 
Washington (AFP) May 24, 2008Supercell storms plowed across northern Oklahoma state Saturday spawning several tornadoes that crushed structures and sent debris flying miles away, US media reported. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that the storms would drop "a few tornadoes near an outflow boundary where wind shear is very favorable for rotation. Other scattered severe storms are possible farther southward thro ... more Burkina Faso distributes seeds to combat drought, price spiral 
Ouagadougou (AFP) May 24, 2008The poor west African nation of Burkina Faso, hit by soaring food prices, began Saturday distributing 3,500 tonnes of seeds of maize, millet and other staples to some 140,000 destitute farmers. The administration is receiving five million dollars (3.16 million euros) of assistance from the World Bank for the emergency operation, prompted by drought and failing harvests that have left farmers ... more Uganda, Ethiopia deny their troops arming Somali rebels 
Kampala (AFP) May 24, 2008Uganda and Ethiopia denied Saturday that their troops in Somalia were selling arms to local insurgents fighting government and Ethiopian troops in the shattered African country. United Nations monitors this week accused Ugandan officers in the African Union peacekeeping force -- which also groups Ethiopian and Somali commanders -- of selling arms to Islamist rebels in violation of a 1992 arm ... more Chinese leader says quake death toll may top 80,000 
Yingxiu, China (AFP) May 24, 2008China warned Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged the world's support. The UN secretary general travelled to Yingxiu, the epicentre of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake which turned this former town of 10,000 people in southwestern Sichuan prefecture into rubble. "My heart was filled with sadne ... more |
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Naples, Italy (AFP) May 24, 2008At least a dozen people were injured Saturday in clashes with police as hundreds of locals resisted plans by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to dump waste in their neighbourhoods. Demonstrators chanted "Resistance! Resistance!" in the streets of Chiaiano on the outskirts of Naples, one of a series of localities earmarked by Berlusconi's government as sites which can absorb thousands of tonn ... more Global warming threatens Chesapeake Bay 
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2008 U.S. conservationists said the Chesapeake Bay region could lose more than half of its ocean and estuarine beaches if global warming continues unabated. A study by the National Wildlife Federation projected rising sea levels will significantly reshape the region's coastal landscape and threaten hunting and fishing, which contribute about $725 million to the region's economy. ... more Acidified ocean water close to shore 
Corvallis, Ore. (UPI) May 23, 2008 A team of North American scientists said corrosive, acidified water has been discovered within 20 miles of the shoreline of the U.S. West Coast. The report, published in Science Express, said the discovery raises concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexico, Oregon State University said Thursday. Researchers said the acidified water, which is coming up from the deeper ocea ... more Forecast: 6 to 9 Atlantic hurricanes 
Tampa, Fla. (UPI) May 23, 2008 U.S. weather forecasters said the Atlantic hurricane season is expected to feature a normal or slightly above normal number of storms this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center said there is a 90 percent chance of a near normal or above normal season. The 2008 outlook indicates a 60 percent to 70 percent chance of 12 to 16 named storms, in ... more World Bank, UN agency chiefs to discuss food crisis: WB 
Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2008The World Bank, the World Food Organisation and other aid groups will hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss ways to deal with the global food crisis, a World Bank official said Friday. Senior officials including World Bank president Robert Zoellick will meet Thursday on the sidelines of an African development conference in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, the Bank's Tokyo office chief ... more
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