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Iceland volcano cloud brings European air chaosReykjavik (AFP) April 14, 2010 A volcanic eruption in Iceland fired ash across northern Europe forcing the closure of huge swathes of international airspace on Thursday which grounded hundreds of flights. The eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in southeast Iceland had already melted part of a surrounded glacier causing severe floods. More than 700 people were evacuated from their homes. A huge cloud of ash from the second major eruption in Iceland in less than a month blew eastwards across the Atlantic, closing major ai ... read more |
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Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 14, 2010Thirty-one acres in extent, Tell Zeidan is situated where the Balikh River joins the Euphrates River in modern-day Syria. The location was at the crossroads of major trade routes across ancient Mesopotamia that followed the course of the Euphrates River valley. Stein said Tell Zeidan may have been one of the largest Ubaid temple towns in northern Mesopotamia, and that it was as large or la ... more  
Geneva (AFP) April 13, 2010The international Red Cross warned Tuesday that a rainy season peaking in mid-May would spark "minor disasters" in Haiti, where 1.3 million people remain homeless after January's deadly quake. "There is certain to be ... a long series of minor disasters caused by the rainy season throughout the quake zone in the improvised settlements which we'll have to do our utmost to mitigate," said Alex ... more 
Brazzaville (AFP) April 12, 2010A conference aimed at protecting the rights of central Africa's pygmies has been shelved because governments are too busy to discuss their fate, a Congolese official said here Monday. The Republic of Congo was to host an international forum this week at which more than 500 people were expected, including UN representatives, politicians and pygmies. However, the official said the meeting ... more |
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Sick climate: Wounds of Copenhagen still festerBonn (AFP) April 12, 2010 It was cast as a chance to revamp the UN arena on climate change, to rebuild trust and foment new thinking after the backbiting and sterility of the Copenhagen Summit last December. Instead, three days of talks here under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at times resembled the movie "Groundhog Day," where a grumpy skeptic is doomed to live the same events over and over again. Almost as if the shock of Copenhagen had never happened, delegates squabbled afresh over the minuti ... read more |
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