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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2009 
Six farmers were killed in eastern China Sunday when the hut they were sheltering in during a storm was struck by lightning, state media reported. Another farmer in the hut was injured and taken to hospital, the Xinhua news agency quoted local officials in Anhui province as saying. The accident happened during a heavy rainstorm in the village of Qiaodong, around 650 kilometres(400 miles ... read more 
La Paz, Mexico (AFP) Aug 30, 2009Potentially deadly Hurricane Jimena, churning in the Pacific off Mexico, now has a "high possibility" of crashing into the coast, the National Weather Service warned Sunday. After earlier moving on a track that looked as if it would curve away from the coast, the service said there is a "high possibility of a direct (land) hit by Hurricane Jimena in the next 72 hours," in Baja California ... more |
Floods hit eastern Australia, 190,000 properties blacked out
Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16 Floods hit eastern Australia, 200,000 properties blacked out Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety Energy industry meets after Trump tears up US green agenda Argentina flooding death toll rises to 16, two girls missing Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years brought under control: mayor Floods, mass power cuts as wild weather bashes eastern Australia Wild weather blacks out 300,000 properties in Australia Wild weather leaves mass blackouts in Australia 
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Geneva (AFP) Aug 28, 2009Changing weather patterns mean experts face fresh challenges trying to forecast conditions, a leading meteorologist warned ahead of Monday's meeting of world leaders and environment experts in Geneva. Climate change had brought about a "new situation," World Meteorological Organisation Director General Michel Jarraud warned ahead of the World Climate Conference. This meant that basing ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2009An analysis published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases sheds new light on the toll that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) take on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated 500 million people suffering from these debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases. Helminth infections account for approximately 85% of the NTD burden. Overall, the NTD burden may be ... more  
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009Lakes in Antarctica, concealed under miles of ice, require scientists to come up with creative ways to identify and analyze these hidden features. Now, researchers using space-based lasers on a NASA satellite have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under Antarctica's ice. They have revealed a continental plumbing system that is more dynamic than scienti ... more |
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Nairobi (AFP) Aug 28, 2009The Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army's negotiating team on Friday announced it had a new leader and demanded that a peace deal already signed by Kampala be revised. Justine Labeja told reporters in Nairobi he was the new acting head of the peace team of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), following the August 14 announcement by former delegation head David Matsanga that he was stepping ... more 
Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2009Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 percent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official warned in an interview appearing Saturday. "This virus travels at an unbelievable, almost unheard of speed," World Health Organisation Director General Margaret Chan told France's Le Monde daily in an interview. "In six weeks it travels ... more  
Long Nen, Malaysia (AFP) Aug 30, 2009In the language of the nomadic Penan there is no word for forest, it is simply their universe, and its destruction is snuffing out the ancient lifestyle of this tribe who are among the world's last hunter-gatherers. Wielding spears and dressed in loincloths, one small band who emerged from the Borneo jungles to tell their tale said that encroachment by timber and plantation firms has made ... more |
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