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Floods kill 29 in China's northeastBeijing (AFP) July 30, 2010 At least 29 people have been killed and seven are missing after floodwaters swept through northeast China, state media said Thursday, as the death toll from the worst floods in years neared 1,000. More than 254,000 people were evacuated and 21,875 buildings collapsed in the floods in Jilin province, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a statement from the civil affairs department released late Thursday. Torrential rains have cut water, electricity and telecommunications services in parts of wor ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2010Torrential rains have left 37 dead in China's ancient capital Luoyang and shut its World Heritage site as authorities on Monday warned other flood-hit areas to brace for renewed deluges in days ahead. China's worst flooding in 10 years has already left more than 1,200 dead or missing this year but government officials said some major rivers would face their biggest flood crests in decades fo ... more  
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 27, 2010The oil extracted from oleaginous plants can be used as a fuel for agricultural vehicles without any reduction in their performance - thus enabling farmers to have greater energy self-sufficiency. Besides this, a sub-product known as oilseedcake is extracted, and which is optimum fodder for animal herds, given its significant protein and fatty acids content. The Basque Institute for Agricu ... more  
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jul 26, 2010The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is engaged in the satellite mapping of the country's wetlands and will complete the project by the end of August, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday. "It is for the first time that all wetlands in the country will be mapped. ISRO will provide us with an upto date inventory of wetlands, estimated at around 7-10 million hectares, by ... more |
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New China floods feared as Yangtze swellsChongqing, China (AFP) July 23, 2010 China, already reeling from deadly floods, braced Friday for a potential new deluge on the Yangtze downstream from the huge Three Gorges Dam as its reservoir's level hit a high for the year. The warnings came as officials sought to dampen expectations that the dam could completely tame the swelling river amid the worst flooding in a decade, which has left more than 1,100 people dead or missing. The Three Gorges reservoir's water level reached its highest point in this year's floods, the water re ... read more |
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