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BREAKING NEWS Five killed in forest fires in France; Chirac warns arsonists SAINTE-MAXIME, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Firefighters on Tuesday struggled to contain fast-moving fires that have killed five people and ravaged large areas of woodland in southern France, as President Jacques Chirac promised tough penalties for arsonists. Four dead as fires rage near French resorts; Chirac warns arsonists SAINTE-MAXIME, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Firefighters battled Tuesday to control forest fires sweeping through southern France that have killed four people and forced thousands to flee their homes, as President Jacques Chirac promised tough penalties for arsonists. 85 killed as torrential rains wreak havoc in southern Pakistan KARACHI (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 At least 85 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in one of the worst monsoon spells in a decade in southern Pakistan, officials said Tuesday. |
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Army joins battle against huge fire in northern Portugal LISBON (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Some 100 soldiers joined hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday in a battle against a huge fire that has raged in a mountainous region in northern Portugal for over two days. India and Bangladesh plan joint census of tigers in Sunderbans CALCUTTA (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Wildlife officials in India and Bangladesh plan to conduct a joint census of tigers in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest that sprawls across their common borders, an official said Tuesday. New forest fires kill three, threaten towns, near French Riviera coast LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Fast-moving new forest and brush fires killed three people, destroyed several dozen houses and forced the evacuation of thousands from towns near the French Riviera coast, emergency services said on Tuesday, while a local official said that some of the fires may have been set deliberately. France forest blazes kill at least three, thousands evacuated LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Several thousand people spent the night Tuesday in temporary shelters after raging forest and brush fires in southeastern France killed at least three people and forced the evacuation of two towns, emergency services said. France forest blazes kill four, leading to evacuation of thousands LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Several thousand people spent the night Tuesday in temporary shelters after raging forest and brush fires in southeastern France killed four people and forced the evacuation of two towns, emergency services said. Chirac promises severe punishment for French forest fire arsonists PAPEETE (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 French President Jacques Chirac said Monday arsonists responsible for deadly forest fires in the south of France that have left four dead would face "exceptionally severe" punishment. |
Death toll in French forest fires rises to four LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 A fourth victim of brush and forest fires raging in southeastern France has been found by firefighters, an official said. France forest fires kill three, force evacuation of thousands LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 Several thousand people were spending the night Tuesday in temporary shelters after raging forest and brush fires in southeastern France killed three people and forced the evacuation of two towns, emergency services said. Environmentalists take aim at GM's civilian version of US military Humvee WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 US environmentalists launched a Web site Monday targeting General Motors Corp's Hummer H2, the civilian version of the US military's gas-thirsty Humvee vehicle, for its fuel economy and hulking size. US launches new campaign to fight illegal logging in developing world WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 29, 2003 The United States on Monday launched a new initiative to combat illegal logging in the developing world that is said to cost poor countries between 10 billion and 15 billion dollars per year in revenue as well as devastating environmental damage. Forest fire kills three in southeast France, 1,5000 evacuated LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 28, 2003 A forest fire killed three people, two of them Britons, in southeastern France Monday, the first victims of brush fires which have swept across wide swathes of French forest land this year, emergency services said. Forest fire kills three in southeast France LA GARDE FREINET, France (AFP) Jul 28, 2003 A forest fire killed three people in southeastern France on Monday, the first victims of the brush fires that have wrecked swathes of French forest land this year, emergency services said. |
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