Category: Asia

Indonesian flash floods kill 38

AT least 38 people have been killed in flash floods in a remote region of Indonesia's North Sumatra province. The

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Eighteen Women And Children Die In Pakistan Food Stampede

Eighteen women and children have died after stampeding a center for for aid in Pakistan.

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Drought-hit farmers in India sell wives to pay debts

Drought-hit farmers in northern India are resorting to selling their wives to repay debts to local loan sharks, activists

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Floods Destroy Indian Homes, Crops; 1.7 Million People Affected

Floods in an eastern Indian state destroyed homes, damaged crops and swept away roads this week, forcing authorities to

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US House Speaker: World can learn from China on climate

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday told Wu Bangguo, the second most powerful man in China's ruling Communist

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Danish PM tells India to speed up climate talks

Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen visits India on Thursday in a bid to speed up negotiations on a

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Maldives to introduce green tax on tourists

The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a

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Japan’s next PM vows tough greenhouse gas cuts

Japan's next prime minister Yukio Hatoyama delighted environmental activists but worried business leaders on Monday by vowing to slash

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Christians Arrested for Helping Sichuan Earthquake Victims

In a bizarre turn of the situation, two Chinese Christians and relief helpers of the Sichuan earthquake were arrested

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Death toll Rises as Aftershocks follow 7.3 Java earthquake

The 7.3-magnitude quake that struck West Java on Wednesday has killed at least 65 people and injured hundreds more

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