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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2009 
Six farmers were killed in eastern China Sunday when the hut they were sheltering in during a storm was struck by lightning, state media reported. Another farmer in the hut was injured and taken to hospital, the Xinhua news agency quoted local officials in Anhui province as saying. The accident happened during a heavy rainstorm in the village of Qiaodong, around 650 kilometres(400 miles ... read more 
Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Aug 31, 2009Scientists have said at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit-unlike virtually all other trees-holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations. With its nitrogen-fixing qualities, the tall, long-lived acacia tree, Faidherbia albida (Mgunga in Swahili) could limit ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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New Delhi (AFP) Aug 29, 2009India faces a "severe" drought but the country's ample food grain stock will ensure no one goes hungry, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. Monsoon rains, the lifeline for farms that support more that half of India's 1.1 billion population, have been scant and about 40 percent of India's districts have declared a drought. "No one has control over drought. It's a severe ... more  
Buenos Aires (UPI) Aug 28, 2009 A new farm strike looms over Argentina and is poised to deliver another blow to the country's fragile economy and pose new challenges to the presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. A previous strike in June damaged the president's parliamentary majority and cut away at her approval ratings. Industry sources said the new strike, set to start at midnight Friday and last a week ... more  
Djeddah-Thiaroye Kaw, Senegal (AFP) Aug 27, 2009Every year, in the rainy season, the floors of Omar Barro's house in the suburbs of Senegal's capital Dakar are submerged, like others all around. "We are like fish," he says. The flooding, which on Thursday led the government to enact an emergency plan, forces this 17-year-old tailor's assistant and thousands like him to "eat, pray and do everything in the water." Sandbags mark out the ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2009They say there's no place like home. But scientists are reporting some unsettling news about homes in the residential areas of California. The typical house there - and probably elsewhere in the country - is an alarming and probably underestimated source of water pollution, according to a new study reported today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. In the ... more 
Cobram, Australia (AFP) Aug 24, 2009Farmer Mazzareno Bisogni fights back tears as he stands among the remains of trees he planted 35 years ago, victims of a drought hitting "Australia's Mississippi". Bisogni's orchard lies in the heart of the once-mighty Murray-Darling river system which irrigates Australia's food bowl, the vast southeastern corner responsible for 40 percent of agricultural output. The eight-year 'big dry' ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2009The image, taken by the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X, shows the mangrove-covered islands of the Bakassi peninsula, which are situated at the extreme eastern end of the Gulf of Guinea. Due to the outstanding accuracy of its calibration, TerraSAR-X is able to detect very small changes in the returned signal caused by changes in vegetation or deforestation. By monitoring endangered ... more |
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