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26 drown, millions displaced by India floods
Kolkata (AFP) June 20, 2008The death toll from monsoon flooding in eastern India climbed to 26 on Friday, with hundreds of villages cut off and an estimated four million people displaced, officials said. Bridges were washed away and roads and railway tracks submerged by the swirling waters in West and East Midnapore districts, said West Bengal state's finance minister Asim Dasgupta. "Telephone lines were snapped a ... more Deadly typhoon may hit Taiwan: forecasters 
Taipei (AFP) June 22, 2008A typhoon which left at least 155 people dead in the Philippines and caused a ferry carrying 700 to sink may hit Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau here warned Sunday. Typhoon Fengshen lost its steam after lashing the central Philippines Saturday but could still cause problems in Taiwan, a forecaster said, saying it would likely bring strong storms and heavy rain. "Its power was reduced. ... more Surging prices may force more people from homes: UNHCR 
Nairobi (AFP) June 20, 2008The head of the UN refugee agency warned Friday that instability created by surging oil and food prices may force increasing numbers of people from their homes in search of basic necessities. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in addition to conflicts, new challenges like global warming and poverty had also added to the growing refugee crisis. "Recent food and fuel ... more Scientists Fix Bugs In Our Understanding Of Evolution 
Grenoble, France (SPX) Jun 23, 2008What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute [EMBL-EBI] have come one important step closer to answering such evolutionary questions correctly. In the current issue of Science they uncover systematic errors in existing methods that compare genetic sequences of different species to learn about their ... more Japanese whalers stand firm as controversy grows 
Tokyo (AFP) June 22, 2008As controversy grows over Japan's whaling, the small coastal towns with a history of the hunt are sticking to their guns, fearing that their way of life is under threat. Japan is expected to stand firm at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission opening Monday on plans to catch some 1,000 whales a year, and to push for a resumption of full-fledged commercial whaling. ... more |
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Paris (AFP) June 20, 2008Greenhouse gas emissions from the European Union dropped 7.7 percent from 1990 to 2006, even as the use of carbon dioxide-intensive coal increased, the European Environment Agency said Friday. If the EU maintains this pace, it would very nearly fulfill its Kyoto commitment to reduce greenhouse gases by eight percent compared to 1990 levels before 2012, the Copenhagen-based Agency said in ... more Central African government, rebels sign peace accord 
Libreville (AFP) June 21, 2008The Central African Republic's government and two rebel groups signed a "comprehensive peace agreement" on Saturday which leaves the door open for a third rebel group to sign on. The accord, which builds on individual pacts agreed by the government with each rebel movement, was signed in Libreville, Gabon, by CAR's main rebel force, the Popular Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) ... more Tibet Tourism Slumps; China Releases 1,157 Rioters 
Lhasa, China (AFP) June 22, 2008The steady flow of tourists to Lhasa has slowed to a trickle three months after anti-Chinese riots in the Tibetan capital, leaving hotels almost empty and shops struggling to make ends meet. As hand-picked spectators cheered the Olympic flame through the city in a seemingly trouble-free and tightly-controlled torch relay on Saturday, local businesses complained of slow trade since the riots ... more Italy announces opening of controversial landfill site: report 
Rome (AFP) June 22, 2008Italy on Sunday announced it is to create a landfill waste disposal site at a controversial quarry site in Chiaiano, near the garbage-plagued southern city of Naples, ANSA news agency reported. Guido Bertolaso, the minister charged with resolving a recurring garbage crisis which has struck the Campania region around Naples for much of the last 14 years, took the decision after technical ... more Somali opposition urges hardliners to accept truce 
Nairobi (AFP) June 22, 2008Somali opposition leaders Sunday urged hardline Islamists to accept a new ceasefire pact, saying it was the way to bring peace to the shattered east African nation. "We are negotiating with those who rejected the truce and hope they will join us," said Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, a top official in the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), an umbrella Somali opposition group. ... more |
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Midland, Texas (AFP) June 20, 2008The Texan oilmen dining at Midland's Petroleum Club are not very happy with the energy policies coming out of Washington these days. While they're pleased that President George W. Bush is pushing to open up drilling along the coasts and in Alaska, they're frustrated that it's taken so long for politicians to take US energy dependence seriously. And they have little hope that either of ... more Rebels abduct four French nationals in Niger 
Lagos (AFP) June 22, 2008Tuareg rebels abducted four French nationals working for nuclear group Areva in the uranium-rich north of Niger and said Sunday they would be freed quickly "with a message for the Areva management". The four were seized in the northwest African country by an ethnic Tuareg rebel group, the Movement of the People of Niger for Justice (MNJ), said an Areva spokesman. Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnie ... more Oil higher in Asia as analysts mull China fuel price hike 
Singapore (AFP) June 20, 2008Oil prices rose in Asian trade Friday after sliding following China's surprise decision to hike fuel prices, but analysts differed on the move's longer term impact. The benchmark oil futures contract, New York's light sweet crude for July delivery, was 78 cents higher at 132.71 dollars per barrel. It had tumbled 4.75 dollars to close at 131.93 in US trade Thursday following China's announcement ... more Nigerian Delta Leaders Reject Peace Summit Despite Petroleum Boom 
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jun 23, 2008Nigerian tribal leaders hailing from oil-rich states in the Niger Delta have rejected a proposed summit on the region aimed at ending the violence hampering petroleum production there. Heads of several delta ethnic groups said the Nigerian government-proposed meeting would not end the suffering of residents of the region, where militant groups in recent months have ratcheted up attacks on ... more Malaysia to mull nuclear energy amid rising oil prices: minister 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 22, 2008Malaysia may consider nuclear power generation to meet its long-term energy needs amid surging global oil prices, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said. Razak said the government would look at alternative energy sources, including nuclear power, to help the nation reduce its reliance on oil, which has hit nearly 140 dollars a barrel on global markets. The government hiked fuel prices ... more
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