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Southern Chile swamped by worst rains in 30 years
Santiago (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Emergency crews used helicopters Thursday to rescue some of the nearly 100,000 people hit by the worst rains in three decades in southern Chile, where at least four people have died, officials said. A storm has dumped torrential rain on the Araucania region 700 kilometers (435 miles) south of Santiago since Saturday, damaging at least 10,000 homes as waters flooded rivers and canals, blocked ... more Toll rises to 121 in Uganda hepatitis epidemic 
Kampala (AFP) Sept 4, 2008A hepatitis E epidemic has killed 121 people in northern Uganda, where it erupted in October last year, a health ministry official said Thursday. The outbreak has mainly affected displaced residents in the Kitgum district returning to their homes, which lack proper hygiene, said Kenya Mugisha, the ministry's director for clinical services. "These people are moving from IDP camps to areas ... more Study reveals Australia suffering from 'man drought' 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Australia is in the grip of a "man drought" where women increasingly outnumber men and a good bachelor is hard to find, according to new research from a leading demographer. From its founding as a British penal colony more than 200 years ago, Australia has traditionally suffered from a gender imbalance where men were more likely to be more numerous than the fairer sex Down Under. ... more Study Seeks Human Fingerprint On Western Australian Climate 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2008Research into the causes and extent of climate change in WA will be conducted during the third stage of the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative (IOCI) - a partnership of the state government, CSIRO, and the Bureau of Meteorology. A workshop held this week at CSIRO's facilities in Perth marked the beginning of the four-year, $8 million study. Dr Pandora Hope, from the Bureau of Meteorology, say ... more New Orleans revives as storm-slammed suburbs struggle 
New Orleans (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Desperate people queued for ice and food in the sweltering, still powerless suburbs of New Orleans on Thursday as life returned slowly to a swath of the US Gulf Coast deserted three days ago as Hurricane Gustav bore down. Power had yet to be restored to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in portions of Louisiana slammed by Gustav on Monday, and utility company crews were feverishly work ... more |
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Miami (AFP) Sept 4, 2008A powerful hurricane and two tropical storms on Thursday threaten to wreak more destruction in the waterlogged Caribbean and southeastern United States in the coming days. Tropical Storm Hanna closed in on the southeastern United States after it hammered Haiti, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 61 people and leaving thousands homeless, local authorities said. ... more Reducing Bottlenecks In Emergency Deparents 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2008"Accurate forecasting will assist many areas of health management from basic bed management and staff resourcing to scheduling elective surgery - not to mention reducing stress for staff and improving patient outcomes," said Dr David Green, Director of Emergency Medicine at Gold Coast Hospital. Collaborating with clinicians from Gold Coast and Toowoomba Hospitals and Griffith University ... more Hong Kong considers ban on fishing trawlers: report 
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Hong Kong is considering banning fishing trawlers in its waters to save fish stocks, a report said Thursday. The drastic proposal comes as annual catches were estimated to be 30 percent above sustainable levels, the South China Morning Post said, citing a consultation paper from the Food and Health bureau. "Most Hong Kong waters are fish spawning and nursery grounds," said the ... more French troops 'ready' to intervene against Somali pirates 
Paris (AFP) Sept 4, 2008French armed forces are ready to intervene against Somali pirates holding a yacht and two French crew hostage, a military spokesman said. "French military means are present in the area, in Djibouti, which is a major military base, and at sea with the Courbet frigate," said armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck in Paris. The forces are "ready to fulfil any mission entrusted to them," ... more Flooding risk for decades in China quake zone: expert 
London (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Up to 20 million people living in southwest China's Sichuan Basin could be at risk of flooding for decades following the devastating earthquake there in May, a British expert said Thursday. Ongoing landslides triggered by the deadly 8.0-magnitude quake in China's Sichuan Province will dump rocks and sediment into the river beds, said Alex Densmore, director of hazards research at Durham ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2008China has unveiled plans to build one of its largest steel plants at a cost of 30 billion dollars, state media reported Thursday. The plant is to be located in Fangchenggang, a port city in Guangxi region in China's south, the Economic Information Daily said. It will require a total investment of 204.9 billion yuan (30 billion dollars), the report said. "The setup of the steel-making ... more Nuclear suppliers reconvene in Vienna on US-India deal 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Nuclear supplier nations began a two-day meeting here Thursday to try and hammer out consensus on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India. After the US failed to drum up sufficient support for its proposal to start civil nuclear cooperation with India at a meeting last month, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology ... more Indian opposition demands PM quit over US nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 4, 2008India's main Hindu nationalist opposition Thursday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quit, accusing him of misleading parliament over a key nuclear pact with the US. The deal, which seeks to allow India to buy nuclear technology and reactors after a gap of three decades, has sparked many stormy debates since it was clinched in 2006. The fresh controversy was triggered by a report in ... more Angola's oil fields fuel economic growth 
Luanda (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Long ignored by foreign investors except China, oil-rich Angola is riding on growing foreign interest, prompting the government to play the competition card and distance itself from Beijing. "Obviously, the Angolans don't want to offend the Chinese who remain an important business partner, but relations between the two countries have cooled," said Lucy Corkin, projects director at the Centre ... more Singapore says free trade talks with China concluded 
Singapore (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Singapore and China have successfully concluded negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, the city-state said in a statement Thursday. It said the bilateral deal builds on a free trade agreement already reached between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to which Singapore belongs. The agreement with Singapore "is the first comprehensive ... more
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