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France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor: Chirac PARIS (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 French President Jacques Chirac announced on Thursday plans to build a prototype fourth-generation nuclear reactor, reinforcing France's determination to remain a world leader in atomic energy. 2005 one of warmest years in Latvia since 1921 RIGA (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Average temperatures in Latvia last year were 0.6 degrees above the norm of 5.7 Celsius (42.26 Fahrenheit), making 2005 one of the warmest years since 1921, the meteorology agency reported Thursday. Last victim believed found in German rink disaster as toll hits 15 BERLIN (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 German police on Thursday said they believed rescuers had found the last victim of the ice rink disaster in this resort town in the Bavarian Alps after pulling the 15th body from the rubble. |
Kenya deploys rangers in border park to curb poaching surge NAIROBI (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Kenyan wildlife authorities have sent reinforcements to control a surge in illegal hunting in the country's western Mount Elgon National Park after rangers killed two Ugandan poachers last month, recovering game meat and ammunition, officials said Thursday. 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. Blizzards force evacuation of 97,000 people in Muslim part of China BEIJING (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Violent blizzards have forced the evacuation of 97,000 people in a largely Muslim region of western China, a top official said Thursday, as the nation braced for its worst winter in 20 years. |
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India begins count of endangered Bengal tigers KOLKATA, India (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 Wildlife experts Thursday began counting endangered Royal Bengal tigers in eastern India using a new computer programme and radio collars for the first time, an official said. 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. |
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. Get ready for climate change refugees, Australia told SYDNEY (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 The Australian government was urged Thursday to prepare to accept a flood of refugees fleeing Pacific islands swallowed by rising sea levels caused by global warming. |
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