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Six-year-olds forced into sex for food, group finds

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Humanitarian aid workers and United Nation peacekeepers are sexually abusing small children in war-ravaged and

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Severe Storms and Flash floods kill 20 in southern China

BEIJING, May 27 (Reuters) - Floods triggered by rain and hail storms in southern China have killed at least

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White House hopefuls serious on climate change

LONDON (AFP) - The three main US presidential hopefuls all bode well for the fight against climate change, the

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Heavy pollution warning issued in Beijing

BEIJING (Reuters) - Pollution levels rose sharply in Beijing on Tuesday, just 2-1/2 months before the Olympic Games in

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‘Quake lake’ fears in China

Vast lakes formed by landslides following the Sichuan earthquake threaten to flood devastated areas. Meanwhile, two aftershocks have destroyed

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Man speeds animals’ decline

A third of the world's animal species have become extinct in the last three decades, figures show. (more…)

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There is Nowhere to run from Global Disasters

Norman Myers, a world renowned British environmentalist and authority on biodiversity, forecast more than a decade ago that as

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AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods displace 1,200 people in Samangan

KABUL, 26 May 2008 (IRIN) - Flash floods have displaced about 200 families (roughly 1,200 individuals) in the Hazrat

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Agreement on 2020 emissions target eludes G8 ministers

KOBE, Japan - Under pressure to boost talks on a new global warming pact, Group of Eight environment ministers

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Fears for China quake dams

An aftershock has hit the Chinese province of Sichuan nearly two weeks after the devastating earthquake. Around 300 dams

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