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UN warns climate change could trigger 'mega-disasters'Sydney (AFP) June 6, 2010 Weather-related catastrophes brought about by climate change are increasing, the top UN humanitarian official said Sunday as he warned of the possibility of "mega-disasters". John Holmes, the UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, said one of the biggest challenges facing the aid community was the problems stemming from changing weather patterns. "When it comes meteorological disasters, weather-related disasters, then there is a trend upwards connected with climate change," Holmes, ... read more |
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Valletta (AFP) June 5, 2010A Greenpeace activist was recovering in hospital in Malta on Saturday after surgery for an injury caused by a grappling hook slung by tuna fishermen in a clash at sea, he told AFP. Frank Hewetson, 45, was trying to free endangered bluefin tuna from a commercial fishing net in the Mediterranean on Friday when the fishermen threw the hook at the Greenpeace dinghy he was in and it pierced his l ... more 
Hinche, Haiti (AFP) June 4, 2010Thousands of farmers marched in central Haiti Friday claiming the government was misleading them with seed donations from US multinational Monsanto. The region was spared the worst of the January quake which leveled much of the capital Port-au-Prince, but with a dire shortage of seeds in the Caribbean country farmers are struggling to get the supplies to work their land. Giant company Mo ... more  
Budapest (AFP) June 5, 2010Several thousands of people were still stranded Saturday in northern Hungary as the flooding situation remained critical after over a month of near-continuous rainfall, authorities said. "Along the banks of the Hernad, Sajo and Boldva rivers some 2,300 people were evacuated due to the water flooding homes in the towns and villages" in the northeast region, a spokesman for the rescue services ... more |
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Liberia hopes to find money growing on treesGreenville, Liberia (AFP) June 5, 2010 Conserve the rainforests and we will pay you... so goes the gist of an ambitious plan by the West to protect forests in developing countries including Liberia. And it could earn Africa billions of dollars. With its lush forests vulnerable to miners and loggers, Liberia is well-placed to join the scheme, through which African nations would earn money while at the same time helping the West to meet its climate change goals. Simply put, the scheme would see developing nations preserve their fo ... read more |
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