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Thousands evacuated in Hungary due to floodsBudapest (AFP) May 17, 2010 More than 2,000 Hungarians were evacuated from their homes after flooding from torrential rainfalls that lashed central and southeastern Europe at the weekend, rescue services said Monday. "So far, 2,093 people have been forced to leave their houses, most of them in the northeast of the country," said a spokesman for the National Disaster Authority, Gyorgy Szentes. In addition to the northeast, areas north of Budapest were also hit by heavy storms, even if the capital itself was spared more ser ... read more |
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Sark, Channel Islands (AFP) May 12, 2010A windswept isle in the English channel might not seem the place for a world quality vineyard, yet a project to produce the finest of tipples is underway thanks to funds from the reclusive billionaire Barclay brothers. "I was walking around the island and I just thought we could do this," Henry Strachey, a former fine art dealer and a determined oenophile, told AFP. "We're producing a lo ... more  
Riyadh (AFP) May 10, 2010Saudi King Abdullah on Monday called for the prosecution of an unstated number of officials and businessmen after a flood in Jeddah last year killed at least 123 people and sparked a rare outburst of public anger. Abdullah said in a royal order that justice ministry prosecutors should take action on cases of alleged corruption and malfeasance in managing city construction and land which may ... more 
Dushanbe (AFP) May 8, 2010The death toll from flooding and mudslides that swamped homes in Tajikistan has risen to 21, including 10 children, with around 1,500 homes damaged, an emergency official said Saturday. The deaths and destruction in the impoverished Central Asian state followed heavy downpours on Friday in the southeast of the mountainous country, emergency services spokesman Distmurod Zabirov told AFP. ... more |
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Cuba mulls sugar industry foreign buyoutHavana (UPI) May 10, 2010 Cuba is considering foreign - possibly Brazilian - buyout of its troubled sugarcane industry after the worst harvest in more than a century cost a minister his job and led to recrimination and government threats to punish other officials suspected of poor performance. The upheaval over the sugar harvest began as statistics of the sector's poor yields reached President Raul Castro's ear. News of the sugarcane industry's woes had circulated for some time but failed to make it to the state-contr ... read more |
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