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Annual income of Chinese farmers hits record high: mediaBeijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2009 The average annual income of Chinese farmers hit a record 5,000 yuan (732 dollars) this year as increased demand for migrant workers saw more money sent back to rural areas, state media reported Monday. The per capita net income of farmers rose more than six percent in 2009 from a year ago, Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement issued by the central government's annual conference on rural policies. The increase was partly driven by a recovery in demand for migrant workers, the report said, as factories and construction companies started hiring again in response to improved economic conditions. ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) Dec 29, 2009North Korea has issued a special health decree to fight swine flu as the highly contagious virus spreads nationwide, a Seoul-based welfare group said Tuesday. The decree called "Urgent Matter Number 11" indicates the North is treating the outbreak as an epidemic, said Good Friends, which has extensive cross-border contacts. "It indicates North Korea is taking the disease very seriously," ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Dec 29, 2009Australian officials urged residents to evacuate a wheat farming district in the west of the country Tuesday as towering wildfires with flames higher than rooftops threatened homes. People in the Dandaragan area north of Perth were told to flee immediately as the fast-moving and out-of-control blaze, fanned by "catastrophic" conditions in Western Australia, showered embers. "Homes will b ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 29, 2009We've made it through a year of relatively few natural disasters, German re-insurer Munich Re said Tuesday, but climate change is still a threat and the failed Copenhagen summit ensures costs will rise in the future. Munich Re said natural catastrophes took many fewer lives and caused much less damage on average in 2009 than in the previous decade. In an annual look at the cost of natura ... more |
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Nelson, New Zealand (AFP) Dec 28, 2009More than 125 whales have died in two separate strandings in New Zealand, conservation officials said Monday. At Farewell Spit, west of the South Island tourist town of Nelson, 105 long-finned pilot whales died in a mass beaching on Saturday, while 21 pilot whales died Sunday at a beach on the east coast of the North Island. Both areas have a history of whale strandings. Conservation ... more  
Legaspi (AFP) Dec 28, 2009Philippine troops have been ordered to stop foreigners from getting close to the volatile Mayon volcano after two tourists ventured inside the "danger zone," authorities said Monday. Extra troops have been deployed at checkpoints blocking access to Mayon after the tourists and their local guides were seen riding all-terrain vehicles near its foothills on Sunday. "They looked Chinese. The ... more  
(UPI) Junau, Alaska (UPI) Dec 28, 2009 Melting glacial ice in the Gulf of Alaska affects the marine food chain from microbes to the fish that feed on them, scientists said. The organic matter of the gulf's watersheds is "remarkably" biologically active and is likely to decrease as glacial ice melts and the biomass is not replenished, said Rick Edwards, an aquatic ecologist with the Pacific Northwest Station in Juneau, Alaska ... more |
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