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Nine dead in Poland floods, high-water reaches WarsawWarsaw (AFP) May 21, 2010 The death toll from floods which have swept Poland for the past week rose to nine on Friday, officials said, as the waters which have battered the south finally reached the capital Warsaw. "Nine people have died, and three are missing. The latest victim was a 70-year-old man who drowned in his house in Tarnobrzeg," national rescue service spokesman Pawel Fratczak told AFP, referring to a town in the southeast. Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday presented parliament with a report on the floods ... read more |
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Paris, France (SPX) May 24, 2010Ten years ago, ocean acidification was a phenomenon only known to small group of ocean scientists. It's now recognised as the hidden partner of climate change, prompting calls for an urgent, substantial reduction in carbon emissions to reduce future impacts. The 'Impacts of Ocean Acidification' science policy briefing presented by the European Science Foundation on 20 May for European Mari ... more 
Cambridge MD (SPX) May 24, 2010A new study to be published in the academic journal Reviews in Fisheries Science recommends that efforts to restore the endangered California delta smelt and other declining pelagic fish should more sharply focus on reducing nutrient pollution to the species' native waters. The research indicates these fish populations would greatly benefit from reductions in the amount of nitrogen flowing ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 23, 2010A top US official warned Sunday that even though the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico represented an "existential crisis" for BP, he was not confident in the British energy giant's ability to solve it. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar insisted the full force of the federal government was bearing down on BP, which is legally responsible for dealing with the ruptured pipe gushing oil from the wre ... more |
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Hundreds flock to Nigeria in search of foodKano, Nigeria (AFP) May 21, 2010 Hundreds of Niger nationals, mostly women and children, have flooded into neighbouring Nigeria in search of food, officials and residents said on Friday. "We are aware of the recent influx of people from Niger into some parts of (southern) Katsina State," Sani Makana, the state agriculture commissioner told AFP by phone from the state capital Katsina. The number of of Niger nationals in northern Katsina state, which shares a land border with Nigeria, has soared in the past two months, residents ... read more |
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