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Freak snowfalls strand 6,000 on Franco-Spanish borderBarcelona, Spain (AFP) March 9, 2010 A freak snowstorm dumped more than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow on the Pyrenees mountains, stranding more than 6,000 travellers Tuesday and blocking some 40 roads between France and Spain. Barcelona on Monday saw its heaviest snowfall since 1962, triggering emergency measures. Disruption was felt across the region, as far away as the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Cross-border traffic was halted, leaving a tailback of 1,750 trucks on the French flank of the mountains, parts of which suffe ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) March 9, 2010A senior US military officer cautioned Tuesday against pulling UN peacekeepers out of the Democratic Republic of Congo too quickly, saying the war-torn nation was fragile. UN peacekeepers said last week that the first batch of the 20,000-strong UN mission may withdraw by the end of June in the west of the country as requested by President Joseph Kabila to mark the 50th anniversary of indepen ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 9, 2010China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of trying to "create chaos" in Tibet, on the eve of the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule that drove the Buddhist monk into exile. Two years ago, protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa marking the anniversary of the March 10, 1959 uprising descended into deadly violence, prompting a massive security clampdown in the Himalay ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 9, 2010A senior US military officer voiced support Tuesday for efforts by the Somali government to take control of the capital Mogadishu, saying it could help ease the country's chronic instability. Mogadishu and other parts of central and southern Somalia under insurgent control have been bracing for a major offensive by the government and the African Union peacekeeping mission, known as AMISOM. ... more |
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Cities In MotionColumbus OH (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil. These preliminary measurements, produced from data gathered by researchers from four universities and several agencies, including geophysicists on the ground in Chile, paint a much clearer picture of the power behind this temblor, believed to be the f ... read more |
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