Month: October 2010

Floods continue in Asia, 140 dead

HANOI, Vietnam – Asia's death toll from vicious rains spiked Thursday to nearly 140 as disaster officials reached

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Nasheed installs solar panels

Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed climbed onto the roof of his official residence and installed solar electricity panels Thursday as

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White House rejects oil spill report

The White House has rejected a preliminary report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which accuses the government

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UN climate talks choking in smog

China's capital Beijing on Thursday shared the title of most polluted city in the country, as delegates from around

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Thousands homeless in Bangladesh

A wall of water whipped up by strong winds over the Bay of Bengal has flooded coastal areas in

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Toxic red sludge reaches Danube

Hungary's toxic sludge spill, which has killed four people, has reached the Danube River, threatening to contaminate the

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UN Completes Nigeria Lead Survey

A United Nations team has finished collecting dozens of soil and water samples in a region of northern Nigeria

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130,000 evacuated in China floods

Beijing, Oct 6 (IANS) At least 130,000 people were evacuated after over 550 villages were submerged by floods by

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Strong Earthquake hits off Tonga

NEIAFU, TONGA (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake shook the Pacific island nation of Tonga on early Thursday morning,

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Indonesia flood toll rises to 97

The death toll from flash floods in a remote region of eastern Indonesia has climbed to at least 97,

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