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Nostalgic France marks 10 years since death of Mitterrand PARIS (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 France on Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the death from cancer of the Socialist president Francois Mitterrand, with polls showing that the country looks back on his 14 years in office with growing nostalgia. 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. Leopard kills shepherd in Indian Kashmir SRINAGAR, India (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 A leopard has killed a young shepherd in a remote village in the south of Indian Kashmir in the second such attack in the past fortnight, police 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. New chemical spill threatens Chinese water supplies BEIJING (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 A third major toxic spill in China in as many months has threatened water supplies to millions of residents of two central cities, officials and state media said Sunday. 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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Toll from cold in India rises to 126, mercury plummets LUCKNOW, India (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 The death toll from a cold wave gripping northern India has risen to 126 after the temperature fell to record lows in many places including the capital New Delhi, officials said Sunday. All herdsmen relocated in blizzard-hit northwest China BEIJING (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 All the herdsmen stranded in winter pastures by a blizzard in northwest China have been relocated to safe places as an end to the snow in the region was forecast, state media said Sunday. Eighteen more bodies found after Indonesian landslide JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Eighteen more bodies were unearthed Sunday at the scene of a landslide which buried an Indonesian village, bringing the known death toll to 76, police said. |
Fossil-fuel crisis drives Europe to nuclear, green energy PARIS (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Surging oil prices, deepening concern about carbon pollution and sudden worries over Russia's reliability as a gas supplier have been a windfall for Europe's nuclear and renewable energy industries. "Bigfoot" excitement mounting in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 Excitement is mounting in Malaysia over claims of "Bigfoots" lurking in its southern jungles, with wildlife experts on the hunt for the mythical beast and a telephone hotline set up to report sightings. First storm warning of new season in South Pacific WELLINGTON (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 The first major tropical storm of the summer in the South Pacific was gathering strength off Fiji on Sunday, with residents in coastal areas warned to prepare for flash flooding. |
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