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JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 16, 2003 A landslide triggered by heavy rain has killed four people at a roadside food stall in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province and four others are missing, police said Tuesday. Cyclone building in Bay of Bengal threatens India's southern regions MADRAS (AFP) Dec 14, 2003 A cyclonic storm building up in the Bay of Bengal is threatening to hit India's southern region between the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, weather officials said Sunday. |
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Lightning strike kills nine during Swazi church service: report MANKAYANE, Swaziland (AFP) Dec 13, 2003 Nine people, including a priest and five children, were killed when lightning struck the church they were attending during a church service last week, state radio reported Saturday. Two Singaporeans among eight dead in Thailand floods BANGKOK (AFP) Dec 13, 2003 Unseasonal flooding in Thailand's southern provinces over the past five days has left eight people dead, including two Singaporean tourists, the interior ministry and police said Saturday. Two earthquakes shake regions close to Algerian capital ALGIERS (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 Two earthquakes on Friday rocked northern parts of Algeria south and southeast of the capital, where the tremors were felt but no casualties were reported, an Algerian research centre reported. Mild quake rumbles through China's Tianjin BEIJING (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 A mild earthquake rumbled through China's port city of Tianjin, close to the scene of the most devastating tremor in Chinese history, seismological officials said Friday. Mild tremor rocks western Nepal: report KATHMANDU (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 A mild tremor was recorded late Thursday in Western Nepal's Darchula district, state-run radio announced. First drought, now rising currency devastate Australian beef industry CANBERRA (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 Devastated by drought for the last two years, Australian cattle producers are facing a major new threat from a rapidly rising local currency, fresh data showed Friday. |
More aftershocks rock Taiwan after Wednesday's big quake TAIPEI (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 Three tremors with the largest measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan Friday, but no reports of damage or casualties were reported, according to the seismology center. Earthquake hits northern Japanese island, but no damage reported TOKYO (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 An earthquake registering 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. More rain, drought forecast as global warming hits Asia and Pacific AUCKLAND (AFP) Dec 12, 2003 Weather forecasters are predicting extremes of tropical downpours and drought throughout Southeast Asia and the South Pacific as the effects of global warming begin to grip. Two dead in southern Thailand floods BANGKOK (AFP) Dec 11, 2003 Two people died in flash floods affecting six of Thailand's southern provinces this week, the interior ministry said Thursday. Strong aftershock jolts Taiwan TAIPEI (AFP) Dec 11, 2003 An undersea earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rocked Taiwan Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, seismologists said. Powerful earthquake rocks Taiwan, minor damage reported TAIPEI (AFP) Dec 10, 2003 A powerful earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale and more than 400 aftershocks rocked Taiwan Wednesday, sending panic-stricken people running for shelter. |
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