Category: Asia

500,000 Homeless in Bangladesh

DHAKA (Reuters) - Nearly half a million Bangladeshis were homeless on Saturday after three days of storms which killed

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Another Big Quake Hits Indonesia

(AFP) - An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and 6.2 according to local

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China and US in Climate stand-off

UN climate talks were set to wrap up on Saturday with China and the United States locked in a

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Japan revives push for climate bill

Japan's government agreed on Friday to resurrect a climate bill calling for an emissions trading system and an environment

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1,000 villages flooded in China

More than 1,000 villages on China's Hainan Island have been hit by flooding following the heaviest rains for decades,

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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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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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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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