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IUCN lists nearly 1,700 threatened species
Barcelona - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Monday made public a red list of threatened species, compiled by 1,700 experts, which is regarded as the global standard for conservation monitoring. Some of the animals on the ...
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2008-10-06 ] Category : [
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Strong earthquake hits China's Tibet region
Beijing - An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale hit China's Tibet Autonmous Region on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The epicentre of the quake at 4:30 pm (0830 GMT) was some 80 kilometres west of the regional c...
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2008-10-06 ] Category : [
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Divers finish retrieval of toxic pesticide from sunken ferry
Manila - Divers from two salvage firms finished on Sunday retrieval of 10 tons of hazardous pesticide endosulfan from a sunken ferry in the central Philippines, a senior official said. Transportation Undersecretary Elena Bautista said the recovery of...
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2008-10-05 ] Category : [
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Nearly 800 confirmed dead in Haiti in August/September storms
Port-au-Prince - The number of deaths in Haiti in the wake of four major storms in August and September has more than doubled to at least 793, reports said Saturday. A further 300 people were still missing, Haitian civil defence director, Marie Alta ...
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2008-10-04 ] Category : [
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Floods kill at least 33 in Algeria
Algiers/Paris - At least 33 people were killed and 48 injured this week in southern Algeria in flooding caused by heavy rains, local media reported on Saturday. The flooding affected eight desert cities in the valley of M'Zab, the largest of which is...
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2008-10-04 ] Category : [
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Rain leaves 10 dead, great damage in Nicaragua
Managua - At least 10 people died in heavy rains in the past 48 hours in Nicaragua, which also caused serious damage to housing and infrastructure in the Central American country, civil defence authorities said Friday in Managua. Many rivers overflow...
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2008-10-03 ] Category : [
Environment ]
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