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New Delhi - India on Friday carried out one of the biggest evacuation operations in its history, rescuing nearly 1 million people marooned in the flood-hit eastern state of Bihar, officials said. The floods came when heavy monsoon rains caused the Ko...... - Tropical storm Gustav hits Caribbean, death toll rises
Port-au-Prince/Jamaica - The number of victims of tropical storm Gustav climbed Thursday, as the storm moved from Haiti and Cuba south to Jamaica. In Haiti, the death toll rose to 59, the countrys civil defence authorities said Thursday evening. ...... - Cambodian researchers discover large colonies of rare primates
Phnom Penh - A survey by environmental agency Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has uncovered surprisingly large populations of two globally endangered primates in a remote protected area in Cambodia, it said in a press release Friday. A census b...... - Oil spill kills 2,000 penguins in southern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - Some 2,000 penguins have been found dead since Sunday in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, victims of an oil spill from an unidentified ship, Brazilian media reported Thursday citing the authoriti...... - Gustav gains strength on way to Jamaica
Miami/Kingston/Havana - Tropical Storm Gustav gained strength Thursday with sustained winds of 110 kilometres per hour as it moved away from Cuba and toward Jamaica. On this track the centre of Gustav will move near or over Jamaica today and tonight...... - Floods in Indias Bihar state kill 50
New Delhi - More than 50 people were killed and an estimated 1.1 million people were marooned in Indias eastern state of Bihar after the Kosi river flooded and changed its course following heavy monsoon rains, officials said Thursday. Over fifty pe...... - BACKGROUND:Â Europes reliance on Russian energy
Brussels - Europe is increasingly reliant on Russia to supply its oil and natural gas, giving Moscow immense leverage over those European capitals who use its power most. What follows is a country-by-country breakdown of Russian energy imports provid...... - At least 13 dead, 6,000 displaced by Hurricane Gustav on Hispaniola
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - At least 13 people died and more than 6,000 were displaced due to the effects of Hurricane Gustav on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic said Wednesday. Gustav made l...... - WWF: UN climate change talks in Ghana show some progress
Accra - The World Wildlife Fund Wednesday said that some progress had been made at week-long United Nations climate change talks concluding in Ghanian capital Accra. Governments managed to push their critical discussions closer to conclusions on som...... - Czech power utility CEZ to build wind farms in Romania
Prague - The Czech power giant CEZ is to build two wind- powered electricity generating farms in Romania with a combined capacity of 600 megawatts, the company said on Wednesday. The state-controlled energy firm said that it bought assets a day earli...... - Spanish watchdog worried about safety of nuclear plants
Madrid - Spains Nuclear Security Council (CSN) will urge nuclear plant operators to invest more in their safety, the daily El Pais said Wednesday. The CSN, which is the countrys top authority on nuclear energy, has called a meeting with plant opera...... - Mitsubishi Electric to triple solar cell production, report says
Tokyo - Japans Mitsubishi Electric plans to triple its production capacity for high-efficiency solar cells by 2012, investing over 10 billion yen (91 million dollars), the economic daily Nikkei reported Wednesday. The electronics company was respond...... - Hurricane Gustav threatens Caribbean states
Miami - Hurricane Gustav had gathered strength early Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and was threatening Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica, forecasters said. Gustav could produce 10 to 20 centimetres of rain over Hispaniola, eastern Cuba a...... - Two people, 60 horses killed in heavy rain in Mexico
Mexico City - Two people and 60 horses were killed in sudden heavy rain that fell in and around Mexico City, local media reported Tuesday. The heavy rain in Mexico Valley, which holds Mexico City and several municipalities in the adjoining state of M...... - Birds favour better-looking offspring, Spanish research shows
Madrid - A particular bird species favours bright-coloured offspring over modest-looking chicks, Spanish researchers said Tuesday. Great tits (Parus major), 14-centimetre-long birds common throughout Europe and Asia, feed bright-coloured chicks the b...... - Big quake shakes New Zealand cities - Summary
Wellington - The New Zealand cities of Napier and Hastings escaped destruction and casualties from a 5.9 earthquake but officials said Tuesday that they were expecting up to 2,000 compensation claims for minor damage. The quake, one of the biggest to...... - Big quake shakes New Zealand cities
Wellington - Authorities in two New Zealand cities began checking for damage at dawn on Tuesday after one of the biggest earthquakes to hit a populated area in the country in recent years. The quake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, hit the c...... - Tropical Storm Fay makes fourth landfall; death toll rises to 12
Washington - Tropical Storm Fay made its fourth landfall in Florida on Saturday, drenching the state with torrential rains as it moved westward. At least 12 people have died in storm-related accidents - 11 in Florida and one in Georgia - as Fay criss...... - Tropical storm Nuri makes landfall in southern China, kills three
Beijing - Tropical storm Nuri killed three people when it made landfall in southern Chinas Guangdong province, state media said Saturday. The storm, which was downgraded to a strong tropical storm, made landfall in the province Nanlang Town, Zhongsh...... - Six dead after Tropical Storm Fay pelts Florida
Miami - At least six people have died in the US state of Florida, which has been drenched by monsoon-like rains because of Tropical Storm Fay, officials said Friday. The deaths were caused by drownings and car accidents, Florida Governor Charlie Cris...... - One man missing, 49 injured as storm hits Hong Kong - Summary
Hong Kong - One man was missing and 49 people were injured after tropical storm Nuri hit Hong Kong Friday. Nuri, which had left seven dead in the Philippines, had weakened en route and been downgraded into a severe tropical storm by the time it reach...... - One man missing, 49 injured as storm hits Hong Kong - 3rd Update
Hong Kong - One man was missing and 49 people were injured when tropical storm Nuri hit Hong Kong Friday. Nuri, which had left seven dead in the Philippines, had weakened and been downgraded into a severe tropical storm by the time it reached Hong Ko...... - Typhoon Nuri weakens to tropical storm, hits Hong Kong - 2nd Update
Hong Kong - A typhoon that left seven people dead in the Philippines hit Hong Kong Friday, snarling traffic and disrupting business activity. However, Typhoon Nuri had weakened into a severe tropical storm by the time it reached Hong Kong, bringing l...... - Flood-plagued Laos to build wall along Mekong River
Bangkok - Laos plans to build a 12-kilometre wall along the Mekong River to prevent future flooding in the capital, Vientiane, which has been hard hit this month by the worst inundation in 100 years, Lao media reports said Thursday. Deputy Prime Mini...... - Tears over whale orphan that bonded with yacht
Sydney - Animal lovers Thursday rigged up a feeding device they say could keep a month-old humpback alive long enough for its mother to reclaim it from a sheltered Sydney bay where it has been trying to suck milk from the hulls of yachts. But animal ......
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