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WINDHOEK (AFP) Nov 06, 2003 Help is on the way for 60 hippos facing death in Namibia's northeastern Caprivi region because a natural water channel close to a river on the border with Botswana is fast drying up. Pakistan offers condolences to Indonesia over deadly floods ISLAMABAD (AFP) Nov 06, 2003 Pakistan on Thursday sent condolences to Indonesia for devastating floods which have killed at least 109 people and left another 113 missing. |
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UN envoy on humanitarian crisis in Horn of Africa arrives in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA (AFP) Nov 06, 2003 The special UN envoy for the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Ethiopia to review the situation in the drought-affected region. Indonesia announces forest replanting programme after flood disaster JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 06, 2003 Indonesia Thursday announced plans to replant hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests nationwide after a flood disaster blamed on illegal logging killed an estimated 200 or more people. At least 101 confirmed dead in Indonesian flood, 117 missing JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 06, 2003 The confirmed death toll from a flash flood blamed on illegal logging in Indonesia's North Sumatra province stands at 101 while 117 people are still missing and feared dead, a rescue official said Thursday. Sixty hippos face death in Namibia's drought-stricken Caprivi WINDHOEK (AFP) Nov 05, 2003 A group of 60 hippos face certain death in Namibia's Caprivi region as a natural water channel close to the Chobe River on the border to Botswana is fast drying up, the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reported Wednesday. Quake rattles Italian village a year after shock killed 30 ROME (AFP) Nov 05, 2003 A minor earthquake shook the southeastern Italian village of San Giuliano di Puglia Wednesday, a year after 27 children died when their school collapsed after a tremor, local authorities said. No casualties reported as quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 05, 2003 An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's Bengkulu province in southern Sumatra but there were no immediate reports of casualties, the state Antara news agency said Wednesday. |
Indonesia minister calls illegal loggers "terrorists" after flood disaster JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 05, 2003 Indonesia's environment minister on Wednesday branded illegal loggers as terrorists after a flood disaster blamed on tree-felling killed an estimated 200 or more people in North Sumatra. Forgotten isolated Pacific island pleading for food in face of famine HONIARA (AFP) Nov 05, 2003 A Pacific island that won global attention nearly a year ago when it was left isolated for a week after a cyclone is pleading for emergency food supplies to fend off famine in the wake of another storm, authorities said here Wednesday. Rescuers press on with grim search for bodies after Indonesia flood BAHOROK, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 05, 2003 Rescuers pressed on Wednesday with their grim search for bodies after an Indonesian flood disaster in which about 190 people are feared killed. About 170 feared dead in Indonesia flood disaster blamed on logging BAHOROK, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 04, 2003 About 170 people were feared dead Tuesday as hopes faded of finding alive dozens still missing after a flash flood linked to illegal logging smashed through an Indonesian resort town. UN's Annan sends condolences to Indonesia over flood deaths UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Nov 04, 2003 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sent his condolences Tuesday to Indonesia over the deaths caused by a flash flood that roared through the resort town of Bahorok. Confirmed toll in Indonesia flood disaster at 85, 100 more feared dead BAHOROK, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 04, 2003 Rescuers searching shattered homes in an Indonesian resort town had found 85 bodies by Tuesday afternoon but 100 people are still missing feared dead after a flood disaster linked to illegal logging. |
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