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Sri Lanka Floods Displace 300,000

COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka sent in troops to rescue residents marooned in the capital Colombo on Thursday after

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Merapi Evacuees Return Home

Jakarta. Despite being advised by volunteers not to do so, evacuees in Boyolali and Klaten, Central Java, left the

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Haiti Cholera Death Toll Hits 643

The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Haiti has hit 643, as the epidemic continues to spread across

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6.1 Quake Hits Indonesia no Tsunami

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred on Friday in eastern Indonesia, the archipelago Molucelor, but no tsunami alert has been

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Disasters Could Triple by “2100”

Global losses from natural disasters could triple to $185 billion a year by 2100, excluding the impact of climate

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Merapi Disrupts Australian Flights

HUNDREDS of Qantas and Jetstar passengers are facing delays after services between Australia and Indonesia were disrupted by ash

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Increased Controls over Tuna

Pacific island nations were missing out on income from lucrative tuna fisheries and should consider tripling access fees for

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Parasitic Disease Kills 260 in Sudan

KHARTOUM — A rare parasitic disease has killed 260 people in southern Sudan in the past year, a figure

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It’s Black Cloud Season in Cairo

Cairo — Every year a noxious black smog hangs over Egypt as the seasonal burning of rice straw by

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Obama Declares Disaster Record

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The White House and the Federal Emergency Management Agency passed a mayhem milestone late last month

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