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Renewed China flooding leaves 43 deadBeijing (AFP) July 12, 2010 Heavy rains along the Yangtze River in central and eastern China have killed 43 people and left 18 missing over the past four days, state media reported on Monday. The downpours, which have caused major lakes and some Yangtze tributaries to rise alarmingly, come as the region is still recovering from widespread deadly flooding caused by torrential rainfall last month. Xinhua news agency said the new bout of rainfall had caused nearly 40,000 homes to collapse, flooded nearly a million hectares (2 ... read more |
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Ames, Iowa (UPI) Jul 7, 2010 Studying drought effects on a pristine ecosystem could show how climate change may affect flora and fauna diversity, an Iowa State University researcher said. Researcher Diane Debinski has studied meadows in the Rocky Mountains' Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem since the 1990s, finding that if the area's climate becomes drier as the Earth's temperature rises, it could change the types of p ... more  
Bucharest (AFP) July 8, 2010Environmental group WWF on Thursday urged Romanian authorities to adopt long-term measures to protect "people and nature" from floods, as the Danube threatened to burst its banks this weekend. "WWF is calling for closer consideration to be given to measures that restore the natural capacity of the Danube floodplain to retain floodwaters," said Orieta Hulea, coordinator of the group's Danube- ... more  
Addis Ababa (AFP) July 8, 2010Ethiopia has reassured Egypt that a new pact it signed with four other countries on the sharing of water from the River Nile will not harm Egypt. Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda in May signed the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework meant to replace a 1959 accord between Egypt and Sudan that gives them control of more than 90 percent of the water flow. "No one would be left disa ... more |
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China's AgBank raises 10 billion dollars in Shanghai IPOShanghai (AFP) July 7, 2010 Agricultural Bank of China said on Wednesday it raised 68.5 billion yuan (10.1 billion US dollars) from the Shanghai portion of its initial public offering. The amount included the overallotment option and put the bank on track to achieve the largest IPO on record by raising up to 22.1 billion dollars ahead of its dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the bank said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. AgBank, the last of China's four big banks to list, said it sold 25.57 billion shar ... read more |
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