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Ten more die in northern India as cold wave continues NEW DELHI (AFP) Jan 09, 2006 Ten more people died of the cold in northern India as homeless people lit bonfires to ward off the chill in cities shivering since the onset of an extreme cold spell last weekend, officials said Monday. Long-term development key to beating chronic EAfrica drought: UN advisor NAIROBI (AFP) Jan 09, 2006 Long-term sustainable development assistance is key to managing and preventing natural disasters in impoverished areas like east Africa where millions are now at risk of famine from chronic drought, a senior UN official said Monday. Quake survivors suffer in harsh Himalayan chill SRINAGAR, India (AFP) Jan 09, 2006 Survivors of the devastating earthquake that shook Kashmir three months ago are showing signs of hypothermia and frostbite, a doctor said Monday, as temperatures plunged below zero. |
Northern India shivers as cold wave continues NEW DELHI (AFP) Jan 09, 2006 Northern India woke to another icy morning Monday as an extreme cold spell continued and farmers expressed fears that frost will damage their winter crops. 1,000 evacuated in Malaysia after floods KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jan 09, 2006 More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from villages in Malaysia's southern Johor state after heavy rain caused flooding in five districts, police said Monday. Lightning kills three in DRCongo cemetery: radio KINSHASA (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Three people were killed by lightning in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a cemetery where they were attending a funeral, a UN-sponsored radio station reported Sunday. |
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Strong quake strikes Greece ATHENS (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 A strong undersea earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked southern Greece on Sunday, according to the Athens observatory, causing at least two injuries and property damage. Strong tremor felt in Greece ATHENS (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 A strong tremor was felt in the Greek capital Athens on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of damage. Delhi gets first winter ice in 70 years, Indian cold toll rises NEW DELHI (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 The Indian capital Sunday saw its first winter frost in 70 years as a cold wave sweeping in from the frigid heights of the Himalayas killed more people in northern India overnight, officials said. |
Pakistan quake survivors to get stoves, fire safety training MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Authorities have decided to distribute kerosene oil stoves among earthquake survivors in Pakistan to save them from freezing temperatures despite fears of tent blazes that have claimed several lives, the United Nations said Sunday. Food shortages, health scares in flood-ravaged central Mozambique BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Thousands of people living in central Mozambique were Sunday facing the aftermath of flooding which has killed at least 21 people and aroused fears of epidemics and food shortages. Search for bodies ends after Indonesian landslide disaster JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Rescuers Sunday ended their asearch for bodies in an Indonesian village hit by a landslide after recovering 75 corpses, saying they do not believe anyone is still buried under tons of mud. |
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