Danish premier calls new diplomat meeting on climate change
Copenhagen - Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Tuesday said he has invited foreign diplomats in Denmark to meet in April to discuss the outcome of the recent UN climate change summit hosted in Copenhagen. Rasmussen cancelled a planned mee...
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British mining firm accused of polluting in eastern India
New Delhi - Indian authorities are ignoring pollution threats from an alumina refinery in eastern India set up by British company Vedanta Resources plc, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The report said the pollution control board of Orissa state h...
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Seven Afghans killed, hundreds stranded by heavy snows
Kabul - At least seven people were killed, 40 others were injured in avalanches and hundreds were stranded at a snow-blocked mountain pass in northern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. The avalanches took place on Monday afternoon on Salang road a...
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Iran starts 20 per-cent-uranium enrichment process
Tehran - Iran on Tuesday started to enrich its uranium to the 20-per-cent level, the Arabic network of state television reported. But the report by Al-Alam network had not yet been confirmed by the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization. ...
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Rains claim 14 lives; thousands affected in Bolivia
La Paz - At least 14 people have died in heavy rains produced by the El Nino climate phenomenon in Bolivia, the defence minister said. Ruben Saavedra said Monday that several rivers had flooded and a state of emergency was declared in the departments...
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Rainstorms lash Australia's east coast
Sydney - Two people died in storms that lashed Australia's east coast, causing flash flooding and chaos on the roads. An emergency services spokesman said Monday 2,000 requests for assistance had come in after one of the wettest weekends on record. ...
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Six soldiers killed in India avalanche, 400 missing
New Delhi - At least six soldiers were killed when an avalanche struck in India-administered Kashmir Monday, according to news reports. Over 400 people were missing, news channel NDTV said, quoting a military source. Around 70 people had been recover...
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