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Salty water, parched earth: Vietnam's Mekong paddies dry upQue Dien, Vietnam (AFP) July 14, 2010 The rivers that should nourish his thirsty rice paddies are too salty, and the rains are late this year. Dang Roi does not know if he will be able to salvage anything from this spring's crop. Vietnam is the world's second-biggest rice exporter and the Mekong Delta, where Roi farms, accounts for more than half of its production. But Roi's paddy fields in Ben Tre province are burning up during a drought which meteorologists say is the worst in decades. The dry season should have ended already, ... read more |
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Nuevo Laredo, Mexico (AFP) July 11, 2010Two young sisters have been rescued after clinging to a tree for four days to escape torrential floods which swept away their parents and a brother, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Rescue workers were still searching for the oldest sister and another brother of Lisbeth, 10, and Lesli, nine, who remain missing after their car was swept from a bridge between Matamoros and Ciudad Victoria, in ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2010Targets set by policy makers to slow global warming are too soft to prevent more heatwaves and extreme temperatures in the United States within a few years, with grim consequences for human health and farming, a study warned this week. Although the United States and more than 100 other countries agreed in Copenhagen last year to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions "so as to hold t ... more  
Cariyes, Haiti (AFP) July 9, 2010In Haiti's rocky northern hills, Joseph Jean has planted seeds donated by a US aid group Trees for The Future hoping to reverse the deforestation that has washed away soil and impoverished farmers. Jean's field barely feeds his family and he has had to take a teaching job to make ends meet. Some aid does reach often forgotten rural communities, far from the capital of Port-au-Prince, but Hai ... more |
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Drought destroys millions of hectares of Russian crops: govtMoscow (AFP) July 9, 2010 Drought has destroyed nine million hectares (22 million acres) of crops in Russia and a state of emergency has been declared in 14 regions, a government official said Friday. Another three regions were also facing serious problems, deputy prime minister Viktor Zubkov added, Interfax reported. "It's a lot," said Zubkov of the lost production. "We have to ensure that the livestock do not suffer." Russia has about 80 million hectares of cultivated land, but on Monday the agriculture ministry re ... read more |
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