Month: November 2010

More Bodies Found at Mount Merapi

Rescuers digging through several feet (a meter) of ash discovered nine more bodies on the slopes of Mount Merapi,

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Cold Weather Slows Locust March

The Department of Primary Industries says the weekend's cold, wet weather has slowed the surging locust population across Victoria. The

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More Quakes Shake Christchurch

After a couple of relatively quiet days, Christchurch has experienced another wave of aftershocks with two of them measuring

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Benin Battles Cholera after Floods

Video Report: Cholera, the water-born disease, has become a growing problem in Benin after weeks of flooding that

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Arabs Face Water Crisis by 2015

Lebanon, once considered to have an abundance of water, is threatened with acute shortages as the Arab world lurches

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Merapi Eruptions Begin to Ease

Indonesian authorities say activity at Mount Merapi in Central Java appears to be subsiding after almost three weeks of

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Greenpeace Protests Tennis Sponsor

Environmental group Greenpeace hung banners on the venue of the Paris Masters tennis tournament Saturday protesting the involvement of

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Strong Quake Hits Santo Domingo

A preliminary 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Dominican Republic early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck 155

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Merapi Death Toll Rises to 240

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Indonesia’s most volatile volcano unleashed another cloud of searing gas Saturday as rescuers pulled more

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UN Asks for Funds to Fight Cholera

The United Nations has appealed for $164 million to tackle an outbreak of cholera in Haiti. It is worried that

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