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Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said Tuesday. "Most of the victims were because of serious floods that hit the provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Gia Lai in particular," the official said after the storm hit the communist country's central coastal area ... read more 
Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Nov 04, 2009A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The trial, which is expected to involve up to 16,000 children, is on schedule, with more than 5,000 children already enrolled, researchers announced Tuesday at the 5th Multilateral ... more |
UN climate chief says door still open to Paris deal
US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling Activists slam 'destructive' Indonesia forest conversion plan Indonesia launches international carbon exchange Australia earmarks $1.2 billion for 'green' aluminium Russians take Epiphany dip in waters hit by oil spill Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month Rome shoppers take pot luck in 'blind sale' of unclaimed packages Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit east 
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Manila (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Philippine authorities on Tuesday reported three more deaths from Typhoon Mirinae, which battered the storm-weary nation at the weekend, bringing the total number of those killed to 19. The National Disaster Coordinating Council said the deaths were due mostly to drowning and occurred in suburban areas just south of Manila and in two eastern provinces. Three other people are missing prim ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Coral reefs off Taiwan will need up to 100 years to recover from Typhoon Morakot, which lashed the island in early August killing more than 600 people, a scientist said Tuesday. Latest research shows the reefs, near volcanic Orchid Island southeast of Taiwan, have sustained even worse damage than initially feared, according to Academia Sinica, a Taipei-based scientific institution. "Some ... more  
Berlin (UPI) Nov 2, 2009 Helmut Kohl, Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush met this weekend in Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Friedrichstadtpalast cabaret in central Berlin, a few steps from where the wall once stood, is famous for its long-legged showgirls. On Saturday, however, the stage was set to host three graying Cold War leaders: Kohl, 79, who led Germany ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said Tuesday that it would invest 1.0 billion dollars (680 million euros) in research and development in China to latch on to growing demand for health care. The five-year investment will include an expansion of the company's Institute for BioMedical Research in Shanghai (CNIBR) which specialises in basic research and developing new drugs, Novartis said in ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Officials in China have called for special laws to halt pollution of the nation's thousands of lakes, which are drying up at a rate of about 20 per year, state media reported. Chen Zhili, one of China's top legislators, urged the establishment of special lake protection regulations and stricter supervision of industrial, agricultural and household waste, the official Xinhua news agency said. ... more  
Ouagadougou (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Burkina Faso's president, mediating in Guinea after a massacre in September, on Tuesday called on the opposition, labour unions and civil society to devise an alternative to the junta. "President (Blaise) Compaore asked us to make concrete proposals for the transition, notably setting up another organ (in place of the military junta) to run the transition, the electoral process and condition ... more |
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