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Hoax Tweet Sends Tsunami Warning

Jakarta. The Twitter account of Indonesia’s presidential adviser for disaster management was hacked early Thursday morning and used to

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Climate Change Brings Malnutrition

JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2010 (IRIN) - In another four decades, higher average global temperatures will lead to water stress,

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Tsunami Survivors Lack Shelter

JAKARTA, 26 November 2010 (IRIN) - One month after a deadly tsunami struck Indonesia's southern Mentawai islands, shelter for

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5.4 Earthquake Shakes Iran

TEHRAN - Iran's seismological center is reporting that a magnitude 5.4-earthquake has jolted a city in the country's south.

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Plane Overshoots Icy Runway

Nearly 200 passengers have been evacuated from a plane after it left the runway at Newcastle Airport. Tyne and

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Third Explosion at Pike River Mine

There has been a third explosion at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand, where 29 men are

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China Students Riot Over Food Cost

A group of high school students in China smashed windows and overturned tables after their canteen hiked prices, the

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Haiti Cholera Death Toll Tops 1,600

AFP - The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic rose to 1,603 on Thursday, up from 1,415 just two

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Christmas Cards Suffering Cutbacks

Britons will send 141 million fewer Christmas cards this year than five years ago in an effort to save

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Gulf Closed as Shrimpers Catch Tar

US authorities Wednesday closed to shrimping a section of the Gulf of Mexico near the area of a massive

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