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BREAKING NEWS Devastating drought in China leaves 8.6 million short of water BEIJING (AFP) Aug 03, 2003 A devastating drought gripping large parts of China has left 8.6 million people short of drinking water and laid waste to millions of hectares (acres) of arable land, state media said Sunday. Fires in western Canada force thousands to flee MONTREAL (AFP) Aug 03, 2003 Thousands have fled forest fires raging out of control in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada, officials and reports said. Airport closed, trees uprooted as Storm Morakot approaches Taiwan TAIPEI (AFP) Aug 03, 2003 Taiwanese authorities on Sunday closed an airport on the offshore Green Island as weathermen issued an alert for Storm Morakot approaching the southern part of the island. |
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Pakistani tanning city faces water crisis, ailments from chemical run-off KASUR, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 03, 2003 Pools of untreated effluents discharged by industrial units have brought Pakistan's key leather tanning city of Kasur to the brink of environmental and health disasters, experts said. Portugal seeks help to battle fires, respite in France LISBON (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Portugal Saturday sought help from fellow EU members to battle devastating forest fires as blazes flared in neighbouring Spain and in France exhausted firefighters prayed that a respite would last. New forest fire on Croatia's Adriatic coast ZAGREB (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 A new forest fire broke out Saturday in Croatia near the coastal town of Zadar, as firefighters brought two other devastating blazes under control, on the Adriatic islands of Hvar and Brac, officials said. Bangladesh to protest Indian plan to link rivers DHAKA (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Bangladesh will lobby India to stop a proposed multibillion-dollar project to connect 37 of its rivers which Dhaka says could threaten life in this country at the mouth of India's major waterways, a minister said Saturday. Panic grips southeastern Bangladesh after seventh tremor in a week CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 A seventh quake in a week has jolted southeastern Bangladesh, causing hundreds of alarmed villagers to flee the area where an earlier tremor killed two people, officials said Saturday. Portugal seeks EU help to battle devastating fires LISBON (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Portugal Saturday sought help from fellow EU members to battle devastating forest fires that officials have described as one of the worst disasters to strike the country in two decades. |
Two suspected arsonists in court Monday as French fires ease PERPIGNAN, France (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Two suspected arsonists, one of them a volunteer fireman, are to appear in court in France Monday, charging with starting or trying to start forest fires. Portugal seeking EU help to battle devastating fires LISBON (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Portugal said Saturday it wanted help from fellow EU members to battle forest fires that officials have described as one of the worst disasters to strike the country in two decades. Millions of Chinese short of drinking water amid devastating drought BEIJING (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Millions of Chinese are short of drinking water as a severe drought hits vast areas and temperatures rise to levels not seen for more than a century, state media and officials said Saturday. Three dead, homes evacuated as heatwave and fires hit Spain MADRID (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 A Spanish man has died from heatstroke in the south of the country, bringing to the death toll from a heatwave to three, national radio reported Saturday, as thousands fled homes threatened by wildfires. Panic grips southeastern Bangladesh after fifth tremor in week CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 A fifth quake in a week has jolted southeastern Bangladesh, causing hundreds of alarmed villagers to flee the area where an earlier tremor killed two people, officials said Saturday. Death toll rises to 33 in east India flooding PATNA, India (AFP) Aug 02, 2003 Six more people drowned in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, bringing to 33 the death toll from floods in the province since June as more water surged south from the Himalayas, officials said Saturday. |
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