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 Istanbul (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 
Record floods left at least 31 people dead and large parts of Istanbul under water on Wednesday as desperate motorists caught in flash floods clambered up trees to save themselves from drowning. Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay expressed fear that the death toll may rise as the waters began receding from large swathes of the city after several hours of flash flooding triggered by ... read more 
Guatemala City (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom has declared a "public calamity" from drought and famine that have claimed more than 460 lives since the start of the year. "I have decided to declare a state of public calamity throughout the country," Colom declared in a nationally-broadcast address Tuesday. "This will allow us to have access to international aid resources and to mobilize resources ... more
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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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Lucknow, India (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Drought-hit farmers in northern India are resorting to selling their wives to repay debts to local loan sharks, activists say, as one of the weakest monsoons in years takes its toll. Poverty, poor administration and a lack of education means farmers in the rugged Bundelkhand region are taking extreme steps to pull through a poor rainy season, they say. "This has been happening for quite ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Plans to ban bluefin tuna fishing worldwide, which would throw the huge market for Japanese sushi into turmoil, received provisional backing on Wednesday from the European Union. "This decision marks an important step in the protection of Atlantic bluefin tuna," Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said in a statement. "We must act on the best scientific evidence available to us -- and ... more  
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Iraqis living alongside the ancient Shatt al-Arab waterway, the site local legend says of the Garden of Eden, face an environmental catastrophe because of massive dams built by neighbouring Iran. A vibrant fresh water lifeline teeming with fish has become a salty, polluted channel which is driving people away from its banks and where fishermen struggle to make a living, local residents and ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The rich diversity of food in indigenous communities across the world is threatened by the spread of Western eating habits through globalisation, a United Nations agency said Tuesday. About three-quarters of the genetic diversity once found in agricultural crops has been lost over the last century, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a study. While ethnic communities in ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The European Union is preparing to back a temporary ban on bluefin tuna fishing which would see the suspension of catches around the world, a source linked to the dossier said Tuesday. The source told AFP, on condition of anonymity, that environment and fishing experts at the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, had reached an agreement to back a ban in the interests of preserving ... more  
London (UPI) Sep 4, 2009 The ancestors of modern-day Europeans likely were farmers and not hunter-gatherers, British researchers said. DNA analysis taken from burial grounds suggests early farmers migrated into Europe with plants and domesticated animals and replaced Stone Age hunter-gatherers, geneticist Mark Thomas of University College London said in a release Friday. There is little evidence of a ... more |
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