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HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Dec 17, 2003 At least 49 people died and millions of dollars worth of crop damaged when a cyclone ripped through rice-growing villages on India's southeastern coast, officials said Wednesday. Canadian government orders spending freeze OTTAWA (AFP) Dec 16, 2003 The Canadian government Tuesday ordered a freeze on major capital spending as it tries to balance the budget and pay a promised two billion dollars (1.5 billion US) into the ailing national health service. |
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Canadian government orders freeze on major capital projects OTTAWA (AFP) Dec 16, 2003 The Canadian government ordered Tuesday a freeze on major capital projects as it tries to balance the budget and pay a promised two billion dollars (1.5 billion US) towards revamping the ailing health service. Ten people crushed to death, 20 injured in southern China landslide BEIJING (AFP) Dec 16, 2003 Ten people, including an elementary school student, were crushed to death in a landslide in southern China, state media reported Tuesday. 10 die as cyclone hits south India HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Dec 16, 2003 Ten people died overnight when a cyclone with winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour (75 miles per hour) lashed India's southeastern coast, police said on Tuesday. At least three dead as cyclone hits south India HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Dec 16, 2003 At least three people were killed overnight when a cyclone with winds of up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) an hour lashed India's southeastern coast, officials said Tuesday. Landslide kills four people, four others missing, in Indonesia 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. |
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. |
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