Thunderstorms lash Germany after a day of heat
Berlin - Thunderstorms lashed western and southern Germany Friday after a day of summer heat, with torrential rain flooding highways and lightning strikes causing non-fatal injuries. In one case, five people at a hill-country camping ground, at Hauen...
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Fear as tremors hit Italy's G8 venue L'Aquila - Summary
L'Aquila, Italy - Several tremors on Friday prompted frightened office workers to rush outdoors in the central Italian city L'Aquila, just days before it is scheduled to host a Group of Eight (G8) summit. No injuries were immediately reported, the AN...
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Nabucco deal to be signed in Ankara
Brussels - Top officials from four European Union nations plus Turkey are to meet in Ankara on July 13 to sign an agreement on Nabucco, the pipeline intended to deliver natural gas from the Caspian Sea to the EU, officials in Brussels confirmed Frida...
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Czech Republic reports 14th death in floods
Prague - The Czech Republic Friday reported the 14th victim of flash floods that have tormented Central Europe for over a week. A 53-year-old man drowned near the village of Bory in central Czech Republic as he was trying to clean a spillway of his p...
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Fear as tremor hits Italy's G8 venue L'Aquila
L'Aquila, Italy - A 3.6 magnitude earthquake on Friday prompted frightened office workers to rush outdoors in the central Italian city L'Aquila, just days before it is scheduled to host a Group of Eight (G8) summit. No injuries were immediately repor...
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Three new dinosaur species found in Australia
Sydney - The bones of three new species of dinosaur have been found in the Australian Outback, officials said Friday. One, a carnivore nicknamed Banjo, stood 2 metres tall and had three large claws on each hand. The other two were plant-eaters, Clanc...
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Monsoon floods displace 200,000 in north-east India
New Delhi - Floods triggered by monsoon rains have inundated hundreds of villages and displaced an estimated 200,000 people in India's north-eastern state of Assam, a news report said Friday. Heavy rains since Wednesday have seen the Brahmaputra, amo...
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