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BREAKING NEWS Alarm bells ring in Mali as river Niger starts to suffer BAMAKO (AFP) Jul 31, 2003 The worsening pollution and silting up of the river Niger is beginning to worry the authorities in the landlocked west African state of Mali, which depends heavily on it for agriculture. Red tide threatens fisheries in south China BEIJING (AFP) Jul 31, 2003 A large "red tide" feeding off pollution will hit southern China in the "near future", prompting authorities to warn of heavy penalites for anyone selling infected seafood, state press said Thursday. Huge forest fire in Portugal rages on, claims two lives LISBON (AFP) Jul 31, 2003 Two people were killed in northern Portugal on Wednesday in a forest fire which has blazed out-of-control for more than three days in a rugged mountainous area, police and emergency services said. |
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Thirty killed in Afghan landslide: report KABUL (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 Thirty people are dead after a massive landslide in the Panjshir valley northeast of the Afghan capital, a television report said Wednesday. Drought cuts German grain harvest by 10 to 15 percent: farmers BERLIN (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 German grain crop harvests will drop by 10 to 15 percent this year compared to 2002 because of a drought that has hit many European regions, the German farmers federation said Wednesday. French firefighters struggle to contain blazes in south, region on alert DRAGUIGNAN, France (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 Firefighters battled more devastating forest fires along France's Mediterranean coast on Wednesday, as hot weather and powerful winds kept the region in a state of high alert. Huge forest fire in Portugal rages on, claims first life LISBON (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 A huge forest fire killed a man who was helping fight it in northern Portugal on Wednesday, making him the first victim of an out-of-control blaze which has raged for over three days amid sizzling temperatures, emergency services said. Most fires under control but southern France remains on high alert DRAGUIGNAN, France (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 Firefighters on Wednesday succeeded in controlling the worst of the forest fires that have killed four people in the hills behind France's Mediterranean coast, but the region remained on high alert as more hot weather and high winds were forecast. Six die in rain-sparked Bangladesh landslide CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 At least six people died and five others were injured Wednesday in a landslide sparked by torrential rain in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said. |
Four killed, four missing in landslide in southern Nepal KATHMANDU (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 At least four people were killed and another four were missing Wednesday following a landslide in southern Nepal, state-run radio said. Spanish ecologists warn Madrid ozone levels at record high MADRID (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 Spanish environmental group Ecologistas en Accion (ecologists in action) Wednesday warned levels of ozone pollution in Madrid were at record levels and regularly surpassing the accepted summer norm of 180 micrograms per cubic metre (mg/m3). 'Monsoon baby' rescued as 100 die in torrential rains in Pakistan KARACHI (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 A new born baby was miraculously rescued along with her mother six hours after she gave birth to a girl under open sky in heavy rains that have claimed 100 lives in southern Pakistan, aid workers said Wednesday. Bitumen costs 35 Spanish beaches blue flag status MADRID (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 The presence of bitumen residue has temporarily cost 35 beaches in northern Spain their blue flag status, the Spanish Campaign for Blue Flags (ADEAC) said on Wednesday. Indonesian volcano belches hot lava, top alert issued JAKARTA (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 Villagers in Indonesia's Central Java province have been warned of a possible eruption after a volcano belched hot lava. Floods worsen in east India as toll rises to 27 PATNA, India (AFP) Jul 30, 2003 The death toll from floods in the east Indian state of Bihar has risen to 27 as incessant rains in recent days cause further destruction, officials said Wednesday. |
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