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BREAKING NEWS Six students drown after boat sinks in south China BEIJING (AFP) Jul 01, 2003 Six primary school students drowned after their boat capsized in a flooded river in southern China, state press reported Tuesday. At least 148 dead in China floods BEIJING (AFP) Jul 01, 2003 Torrential rains and landslides in southern China have killed at least 148 people, affected 45 million and led to almost six billion yuan (730 million US) in economic losses, state media reported Tuesday. Kyryzstan calls for urgent aid to avert nuclear risk in Central Asian valley BISHKEK (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 A senior Kyrgyz official appealed Monday for urgent help to avert the danger posed by a Soviet-era uranium mine threatening Central Asia's densely populated and seismically unstable Ferghana Valley. |
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80 die in Nigeria after drinking conaminated water: official KANO, Nigeria (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 Eighty people have died in Nigeria after drinking polluted water from an old open well in a village in northern Jigawa State, a government spokesman told AFP Monday. Russo-Chinese oil pipeline serious threat to Lake Baikal: Greenpeace MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 A Russo-Chinese plan to build an oil pipeline through Siberia is threatening the pristine environment around Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake, Greenpeace warned Monday. Spain lifts more fishing restrictions after Prestige oil disaster LA CORUNA, Spain (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 Spain's northwestern Galicia region whose economy depends heavily on fishing on Monday lifted most remaining restrictions on the local industry, seven months after the sinking of an oil tanker fouled much of its Atlantic coastline. Italy's heatwave: no new electricity cuts Monday, maybe Tuesday ROME (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 Italy's national electricity company gave good news to residents suffering in the current heat wave, saying there would be no new power cuts as expected Monday and possibly Tuesday with demand back to normal. Record cold in Moscow MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 While Western Europe swelters in record heat, Moscow experienced one of its coldest Junes ever with temperatures not seen since 1941, the deputy chief of Moscow's weather service said Monday. South African wrestles leopard to save youth's life GOTTENBERG, South Africa (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 A villager in South Africa saved a young boy's life after wrestling a leopard to the ground by jamming his fingers in the beast's mouth, local media reported Monday. |
Enraged Indian leopard dies by banging its head against cage NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 A leopard captured in the northern Indian state of Uttaranchal killed itself by banging its head against the iron railings of its cage, a report said Monday. Toll rises to 51 as Bangladesh drenched by floods CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 At least 51 people have been killed and tens of thousands affected by landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain that has drenched Bangladesh for the past five days, residents said Monday. Indonesian villagers trap rare Sumatran tiger JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 Indonesian villagers and conservation officers have trapped a rare Sumatran tiger which was mauling livestock in Sumatra island, an official said Monday. Mynah birds claiming Samoa, experts fear APIA (AFP) Jun 30, 2003 Mynah birds have reached pest proportions and threaten Samoa's biodiversity, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says. Italy's electricity company to flick switch again as heatwave continues ROME (AFP) Jun 29, 2003 Italy's national electricity company warned consumers across the country on Sunday to brace themselves for more power cuts as demand during the unusually hot weather continued to overload the system. Thousands hit as river waters rise amid heavy rains in Bangladesh DHAKA (AFP) Jun 29, 2003 Thousands more Bangladeshis were forced to head for higher ground Sunday as water levels rose in major rivers due to heavy rains, officials said. |
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