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Mexico suffers in tomato scare

Mexican farmers say they are being unfairly affected by Salmonella fears over tomatoes in the US. The US Food and

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Pollution kills 10,000 a year in southern China

HONG KONG (AFP) - At least 10,000 deaths every year in Hong Kong, Macau and neighbouring southern China are

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Six children hit by lightning as Severe Storms sweep France

Lightning struck six children in southern France as violent storms triggered mudslides and floods that damaged hundreds of homes,

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Storms, cause chaos and in Eastern Canada

OTTAWA, CANADA, (Xinhua) -- A violent thunderstorm reaped havoc in eastern Canada's Montreal city Tuesday, causing power cut for

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Some of the world’s deadliest natural disasters

A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: (more…)

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Dry river refilled by lake water

Rivers which had been dry because lakes were formed upstream by the Sichuan quake, have now been re-flooded. James

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Scientists warn G8 of climate peril to food

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists from Group of Eight countries and the five biggest emerging nations urged next month's G8

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Report says China consumes twice its supply

BEIJING - China consumes more than double what its natural resources can supply, a report by Chinese and international

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Drought closes world’s biggest cattle ranch in Australia

The world's largest cattle ranch has been forced to sell off its livestock and mothball operations because of the

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African landmarks at threat from global warming

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Some of Africa's most famous landscapes such as snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro and Lake Chad, are at

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