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Mud torrent kills 42 on Portuguese tourist islandFunchal, Portugal (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 Troops and rescuers dug through mud-filled houses and streets on Portugal's tourist island of Madeira Sunday after flash floods unleashed brown torrents that killed at least 42 people. The government in Lisbon rushed medical teams, rescuers, divers and relief supplies to the Atlantic island. But morgue pathologists also sent a grim warning that more bodies would be found in the mud that swept people off their feet as they tried to escape. The heavy rains ended Sunday, revealing scenes of devasta ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2010China on Friday bitterly condemned US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing to protest. The denunciation came swiftly after Obama vowed support for Tibetan rights in his White House talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday, a meeting that China had repeatedly warned a ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 19, 2010The rain came in the middle of the night, turning the ground under tents made of blankets into mud, and all anyone could do at Haiti's sprawling homeless camps was be thankful it was not May. They sought better cover or just stayed where they were. Some were resigned to not sleeping. "You've got to stand up," said Markson Jean, a 24-year-old who lives with his three-year-old child in a m ... more  
Paris (AFP) Feb 21, 2010Weather experts say they have a tip that could give up to 14 months' warning before the onset of an El Nino, the weather anomaly that whacks countries around the Pacific and affects southern Africa and even Europe. At present, scientists are unable to give little more than a few months' notice that an El Nino is in the offing, which is often too late for farmers, fishermen and others to prep ... more |
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Geo-engineering: the planet's savior or untested danger?San Diego, California (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 US researchers are studying the steam from ships, condensation trails of airplanes and volcanic eruptions as they try to understand how and even if the fledgling science of geo-engineering could slow global warming. But where some researchers are forging ahead with the new science of tinkering with the atmosphere to change the climate, many others are warning that geo-engineering is untested, potentially dangerous and distracting the world from reducing greenhouse gases. Geo-engineering is based ... read more |
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