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Floods kill 17 in famine-hit southern Africa JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 At least 17 people have been killed and more than 40,000 made homeless by floods that swept across southern Africa in the past week, striking a region already grappling with severe food shortages. Rain halts search for Indonesian landslide victims SIJERUK, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Rescuers called off Thursday the search for up to 200 people buried in a landslide that flattened a village in central Indonesia due to heavy rain as hopes of finding survivors faded. Court orders continued food aid for quake-hit Indian Kashmir SRINAGAR, India (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Indian Kashmir state officials have been ordered by a court to supply food and kerosene for another month to survivors of October's deadly earthquake, an official said Thursday. |
Last Indonesian police reinforcements withdraw from Aceh BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 The last Indonesian police reinforcements withdrew from Aceh province Thursday, completing a crucial phase of the government's historic peace deal with separatist guerrillas. Search resumes for up to 200 victims of Indonesian landslide SIJERUK, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Rescuers searched through thick mud Thursday for up to 200 people buried in a landslide that flattened a village in Indonesia's Central Java province, but hopes of finding survivors were fading. Indonesian flood death toll rises to 77 JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 The death toll from flash floods that devastated villages in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to at least 77, as the search continued for more victims, officials said Thursday. |
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Water prices rise 47 percent in southern China, as drought bites BEIJING (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have hiked water prices by 47 percent and are diverting a river in the latest efforts to fend off a severe drought, state press reported Thursday. Search resumes for victims of Indonesian landslide SIJERUK, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Rescuers searched through thick mud Thursday for up to 200 people buried in a landslide that flattened a village in Indonesia's Central Java province, but hopes of finding survivors were fading. Indonesian flood death toll rises to 71 JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 The death toll from flash floods that devastated villages in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to 71, police said Thursday. |
Thanks but now please leave, Andamans beg tsunami aid brigade PORT BLAIR, India (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 A surge in job-seekers sailing to the Andamans for a slice of the post-tsunami aid pie could alter the archipelago's demography and further squeeze its indigenous peoples, experts warn. Australia pledges aid to Indonesian landslide victims SYDNEY (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Australia on Thursday pledged 200,000 dollars (150,000 US dollars) in aid for the survivors of deadly floods and landslides which have hit the Indonesia island of Java. UN says 300 villagers feared dead in Indonesia landslide SIJERUK, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 04, 2006 At least 300 people in an Indonesian village in central Java have probably been buried and killed by a landslide unleashed by heavy rain, the United Nations said. |
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