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BREAKING NEWS No relief from stifling heat in Europe, wildfires rage on PARIS (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 Europeans were bracing themselves Saturday for another week of record-breaking heat as fast-moving forest fires rage on across the southern part of the continent. Six dead in Yemen sandstorm SANAA (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Six Yemenis died in a sandstorm in the Hadramaut region of eastern Yemen, oil industry sources said Friday. Hottest day follows hottest night in Germany BERLIN (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Daytime temperatures in Germany hit a new record on Friday as the country emerged from its hottest night on record, with thermometers not expected to cool until the middle of next week. |
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Portugal sets deadly wildfire damage at one billion euros, blazes continue LISBON (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 The Portuguese government on Friday said wildfires that have torn through the country for several weeks have caused nearly one billion euros (1.1 billion dollars) in damages, as exhausted firefighters battled with new blazes in central Portugal. More evacuated as wildfires continue to assail Italy ROME (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Wildfires continued to assail Italy on Friday, forcing dozens of people from their homes and temporarily closing a motorway in the north of the country, civil protection officials said. After devastating floods, diseases invade southern Pakistan KARACHI (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Thousands of people in southwest Pakistan have caught a number of diseases carried by insects that infest waters left by devastating floods during month-long monsoon rains, an official said Friday. Portugal wildfire damage totals one billion euros: minister LISBON (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 The deadly wildfires which have swept through Portugal over the past week have caused nearly one billion euros in damage, Interior Minister Antonio Figueiredo Lopes said Friday. Two exposed shipwrecks could block traffic on the Danube BUCHAREST (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Two ships that sank in the Danube during World War II in southwestern Romania have surfaced as a result of the drought and low water levels and risked blocking traffic on the river, port authorities said Friday. Rock-falls, dead chickens and catacombs - France roasts in heat wave GRENOBLE, France (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Authorities in the French Alps on Friday advised climbers and hikers against taking a key access route to Mont Blanc because of a growing risk of rock-falls caused by the current heatwave. |
A hot night for the Germans, who say it's great BERLIN (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Germany sweated through its warmest night on record overnight and the thermometer is not expected to cool until the middle of next week, metereologists said Friday. India orders tests on Coke, Pepsi as protests bubble NEW DELHI (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 India, caught in anti-cola protests, ordered two state-run laboratories Friday to check if Pepsi and Coca-Cola were selling soft drinks laced with pesticides. Typhoon Etau leaves five dead or missing in Japan TOKYO (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Powerful typhoon Etau lashed the Pacific coast of western Japan with strong winds and downpours Friday, leaving at least five people dead or missing and injuring nearly 30 others, official said. Heatwave hits German nuclear plants BERLIN (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Rising water temperatures due to the heatwave affecting much of Europe have forced German authorities to close a nuclear power station and reduce capacity at a further two, officials said. Pakistan acts to curb migratory bird hunting ISLAMABAD (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Pakistani conservationists have embarked on a new scheme to curb the hunting of migratory birds that transit or make their winter homes in the wetlands of South Asia, a state conservator said Friday. Savage weather kills at least 26 in Indian ski resort SHIMLA, India (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 At least 26 people were killed and another 14 missing when a savage downpour caused flash-flooding in the popular northern Indian ski resort town of Solan Nallah, police said Friday. |
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