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Natural Disasters Become More Catastrophic

A research suggested that the number of natural disasters stemming from geological reasons such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis

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China says at least 75,000 dead or missing from quake

China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to be at least 75,000, as rescuers

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Brazil says Amazon deforestation rising

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Destruction of the Amazon is again on the upswing despite a recent crackdown on

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Alps hit by two-decade decline in snowfall

PARIS (AFP) - A forthcoming study has added to worries that the Alpine ski industry will be badly affected

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Italy hit by flash flood

Heavy rains in Italy have caused the River Aniene in Tivoli to burst its banks. Hundreds of people looked

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Woman rescued after 196 hours

A 60-year-old woman has been rescued from rubble eight days after the earthquake hit Sichuan province in China. Wang

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Drought and soaring food prices threaten millions of Somalis

ROME (Reuters) - Soaring food prices, a devalued currency and drought mean millions of people in Somalia cannot feed

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U.S. food price rise to be largest in 18 years

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food prices will rise by 5 percent this year, the largest increase since 1990 and

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Some biofuel crops could become invasive species: experts

BONN (AFP) - Countries thinking of joining the rush for biofuels run the risk of planting invasive plant species

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Climate change raising extinction risk among birds

BONN, Germany (AFP) - Climate change has emerged as a major factor behind the growing risk of extinction facing

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