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Uzbekistan gives fur-lined undies the slip TASHKENT, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 If it's fur-lined boxer shorts you need, don't bother looking for them in Uzbekistan anymore. Blizzards, ice and wind wreak havoc in Northern Europe STOCKHOLM, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 Heavy snowfalls, blustery winds and plunging temperatures wreaked havoc across Northern Europe on Friday, causing major disruptions in air, road and ferry traffic and leaving many people without power. Arctic cold snap reaches Ukraine KIEV, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 Arctic cold gripping Russia spread across Ukraine on Friday, sending people to hospital with frostbite, closing schools and mines, and taxing the nation's electricity grid, officials said. |
Russian freeze death toll tops 70 MOSCOW, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 The death toll in Russia's lethal deep freeze topped 70 Friday as Russians hunkered down for more bad weather and forecasters warned the cold snap would continue to spread through Europe. Kenya relief hampered by poor distribution, slow donor response NAIROBI, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 Bids to get aid to millions of people facing famine across east Africa are being hampered by disagreements over distribution and a weak donor response to emergency appeals that threatens to worsen an already dire situation, officials say. Freeze kills 13 in Russia MOSCOW, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 At least 13 people died in the past day in Russia from Arctic cold that has sent temperatures plunging to record lows in the west of the country this week and that was forecast to spread through Europe in the coming days. |
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Armed Sudanese herders invade Ugandan park as drought grips EAfrica KAMPALA, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 Two thousand heavily armed Sudanese tribesmen have driven 65,000 heads of livestock across the border into a wildlife reserve in Uganda in search of water and pasture for their herds, in a bid to survive the searing drought gripping east Africa, Ugandan officials said Friday. Sri Lanka to raise one billion dollars from bond issues COLOMBO, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 Sri Lanka plans to raise one billion dollars through bonds issued to international investors this year to pay for key infrastructure projects, Treasury Secretary P. B. Jayasundera said Friday. ADB approves two million-dollar aid for tsunami-hit Aceh MANILA, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 The Asian Development Bank said Friday it has approved a two million-dollar grant to improve the health of survivors of the deadly December 2004 tsunami in the Indonesian province of Aceh. |
Cold kills seven overnight in Moscow MOSCOW, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 Seven people died in Moscow overnight as a result of exposure to cold temperatures which sank to around minus 29 C (minus 20 F) as Russia remained locked in the grip of a severe cold snap, Interfax news agency reported. UN says Somalia faces drought crisis of 'historic dimensions' NAIROBI, Jan 19 (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 The United Nations said Thursday that Somalia faces a humanitarian crisis of "historic dimensions" as a searing drought that has struck east Africa adds to existing grave problems in the lawless nation. Kenyan president vows new graft crackdown NAIROBI, Jan 19 (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday ordered members of his new cabinet to submit to tough new ethics requirements and vowed strict anti-graft steps amid donor concern about his commitment to fighting corruption. |
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