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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 
South Korea on Tuesday launched a 19 billion dollar project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact. Excavators started shifting soil to build temporary dams on two of the rivers after the environment ministry gave the green light following a four-month survey. Under the plan the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers will be ... read more 
Dakar (AFP) Nov 10, 2009The cereal crop will decline sharply in Chad, Niger and Mauritania in 2009-2010 because of drought, the permanent Inter-state Committee to Fight Drought in the Sahel (CILSS) announced Tuesday. "Compared with last year, drops in cereal production are expected in Chad (34 percent), Niger (36 percent), Mauritania (24 percent), Burkina Faso (10 percent) and Cape Verde (eight percent)," the ... 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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Manila (AFP) Nov 10, 2009The Philippines will tender for a record 600,000 tonnes of rice to guard against potential supply shortfalls from crop damage caused by recent storms, officials said Tuesday. The December 1 tender, the country's biggest ever, would likewise be a "forward-buying" operation in anticipation that prices may jump next year, a senior agricultural official told AFP. The official conceded that ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2009People love to get the big picture of hurricane alleys, and thanks to the GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., they can now get real-time satellite animations of the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Project is offering real-time HDTV movies of the east- and west-coast "hurricane alley" ... more 
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Nov 6, 2009 U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said the Middle East is "in a challenging situation" and would need stability to achieve development, emphasizing the need to fight climate change to help avoid the next major conflict in the embattled region: "Water War." "Instability does affect (development). This is clear: Where you have instability, you cannot make development. But whe ... more |
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Hanoi (AFP) Nov 4, 2009At least 90 people have been killed in flooding in central Vietnam sparked by Tropical Storm Mirinae, which slammed into the country after pummelling the Philippines, officials said Wednesday. A further 22 people were reported missing after the storm struck on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, according to regional officials who asked not to be named and local reports. Television ... more 
Miami (UPI) Nov 4, 2009 Organic animal feed extracted from cactus is emerging as a major growth industry, with China pushing forward into the market as a producer of a patented hog feed extracted from the plant. Cactus is indigenous mostly to the Americas, but various species of the plant are now grown across the world, either in the wild or in nurseries. In China, cactus has earned a huge following as a ... more 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said Tuesday. "Most of the victims were because of serious floods that hit the provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Gia Lai in particular," the official said after the storm hit the communist country's central coastal area ... more |
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