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Floods force a million Sri Lankans from homesColombo (AFP) Jan 13, 2011 Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than one million people out of their homes, the government said Thursday as it began distributing emergency food, clothing and bedding. At least 23 people have died during a week of monsoon floods, with the centre and east of the island worst hit by rising water levels and mudslides. A spokesman for the disaster management centre in Colombo said the eastern district of Batticaloa, which saw bloody fighting in the civil war that ended in 2009, was badly affec ... read more |
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Brisbane a 'war zone' as huge flood smashes city Australia's third-largest city Brisbane resembled a "war zone" Thursday with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades hit 30,000 properties. ... more | .. |
  States, cities to pursue Asian carp study Great Lakes cities and states are fast-tracking research on blocking the invasive Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan, a consortium of officials said. ... more | .. |
  WHO battles malaria treatment resistance The World Health Organization began efforts to stop the spread of parasites resistant to the most potent treatment for malaria, the Geneva-based agency said. ... more |
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  Tagged penguins could skew climate studies - scientists Tagging penguins with flipper bands harms their chances of survival and breeding, a finding which raises doubts over studies that use these birds as telltales for climate change, biologists said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Citing rights failings, firm divests Cisco holdings A US investment management firm has divested of its holdings in Cisco, accusing the networking giant of failing to respond to human rights concerns, particularly in China, and lacking transparency. ... more | .. |
  South Sudan: Birth of a failed state? Sporadic violence has marred the historic referendum in southern Sudan, cockpit of a 22-year civil war in which an estimated 2 million people perished. ... more | .. |
World agriculture threatened by water gluttony: report World agriculture employs more than one billion people but is in trouble because it's the biggest consumer of ever scarcer water and a huge producer of greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Wednesday. ... more |
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  Rueful but not remorseful, Wyclef Jean back in Haiti Wyclef Jean, the pop singer who had hoped to become Haiti's next president, is rueful but not remorseful about his brief foray into politics. ... more | .. |
  British airports firm BAA says snow chaos cost 24 million Pounds British airports operator BAA said on Wednesday that the recent harsh wintry weather, which sparked travel chaos, had cost it about 24 million pounds ($38 million). ... more | .. |
 Haiti grieves its quarter million dead Haitians on Wednesday grieved for the nearly quarter of a million people wiped out in last year's earthquake, while praying for their beleaguered country to be given another chance. ... more | .. |
Brisbane besieged by once-in-a-century floods Australia's third-biggest city Brisbane was besieged Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods that could hit more than 30,000 homes, as the death toll in raging torrents rose to 12. ... more |
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  China tightens building rules after deadly fire Authorities in Shanghai have pledged to step up supervision of construction projects, nearly two months after a fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building in the Chinese city and left 58 dead. ... more | .. |
  British health tech startups seek US foothold British entrepreneurs touting new technologies for concerns such as keeping tabs on addled elderly or trouble getting pregnant were courting Silicon Valley connections on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Obama prepares to be comforter-in-chief President Barack Obama flew Wednesday to Arizona to lead Americans in national mourning after a shooting tragedy that has unleashed debate about the violent rhetoric in polarized US politics. ... more | .. |
  Indian vessel seized by Somali pirates: Indian Navy Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian vessel carrying 14 fishermen off the coast of Oman, and Indian Navy official said Wednesday. ... more |
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China bans German pork, egg imports Germany's dioxin problems deepened Wednesday as China banned pork and egg imports and it emerged that tainted meat may be in circulation, adding to pressure on Berlin's embattled agriculture minister. ... more | .. |
S. Korea raises alert against bird flu South Korea has raised its alert against bird flu to reflect the rapid spread of the disease across the country, the government said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
German pig cull after dioxin find German authorities ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs on Tuesday after finding high levels of dioxin in pork for the first time since shutting down thousands of farms for tests last week. ... more | .. |
More Balkan swine flu deaths recorded Five people have died of swine flu in Croatia and neighbouring Bosnia this season, while hundreds have contracted the virus, the authorities in both countries said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Floods cost to Australia 'higher than Katrina' Australia's devastating floods could slice more than Aus$10 billion ($10 billion) off GDP and hammer the economy worse than Hurricane Katrina affected the United States, economists said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Wild cat once thought extinct spotted in Borneo One of the world's rarest wild cats, an elusive creature once thought to be extinct, has been spotted in camera traps in Malaysian Borneo for the first time since 2003, researchers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Obama to Arizona as shot lawmaker fights for life President Barack Obama will lead Americans in national mourning Wednesday after an Arizona shooting tragedy unleashed a polarizing national debate about the violent rhetoric rocking US politics. ... more | .. |
Hapless Haiti: A timeline of misery Haiti has been plagued by pestilence and natural disasters since a catastrophic earthquake a year ago killed more than 220,000 people. Here is a chronology of the main events: ... more |
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