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BREAKING NEWS Bush defends forest protection policy TUCSON, Arizona (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 President George W. Bush made the case Monday for greater protection against forest fires, during a visit to an Arizona forest devastated last year. Five dead in Spanish forest fire as heatwave toll rises to 22 BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Five people died in a forest fire which ravaged northeastern Spain overnight Monday and forced hundreds of others to be evacuated from their homes, Catalan regional government officials said. Portuguese villages evacuated from path of huge fire LISBON (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Firefighters on Monday evacuated four villages in Portugal's touristic Algarve region, as a fire that had been blazing out of control for three days during a record-breaking heatwave started advancing on their homes. |
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Controversy in France over plight of elderly in searing summer heat PARIS (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 As a punishing heat wave dragged into its second week in France, controversy erupted Monday over the number of deaths attributable to the summer heat, with a top emergency doctor warning of an imminent disaster. Europe's heat wave dangerous for the homeless: French medics PARIS (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 France's homeless are bearing the brunt of the heat wave scorching Europe because many people mistakenly believe that those living in the street are more able to fend for themselves in summer, according to France's paramedics service, the SAMU. Early German harvest as sun ripens grapes SCHLIENGEN, Germany (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Vintners in southwestern Germany began harvesting their grapes Monday, three weeks earlier than normal because of the unusually hot weather, a producer said. Fire outbreak in Sardinia threatens millionaires' homes ROME (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Wildfires which broke out Monday in the Sardinian millionaires' playground of Costa Esmerelda were threatening hotels and holiday homes, including the villa owned by the singer Peter Gabriel, Italian authorities said. Heat goes on in Europe amid fears of health crisis in France PARIS (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 A heat wave blanketing much of Europe dragged into its second week on Monday, fuelling forest fires, sparking concerns about power supplies and prompting fears in France about a looming public health crisis. Sweden launches test oil drilling in Baltic Sea STOCKHOLM (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 A Swedish company will test drill for oil east of the island of Gotland next year in the first Baltic Sea exploration attempt in a decade, local media reported Monday. |
Fires rage on in southern Portugal, hundreds evacuated LISBON (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Hundreds of firefighters fought on against major wildfires raging in the mountains of southern Portugal on Monday, with many families evacuated from their homes. Indian court orders tests of Pepsi for deadly pesticides NEW DELHI (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 A court Monday asked the Indian government to check if Pepsi sold locally contains pesticides, as Maoist rebels joined a drive against Pepsi and Coca-Cola firms and sales of their drinks dipped. World Bank to give 22.4 mln dlr loan for Lake Baikal clean-up BAIKALSK, Russia (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 The World Bank is to hand a cellulose plant on Russia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest reserve of fresh water, a 22.4-million-dollar (20-million-euro) loan to enable it to stop polluting the lake, a company official said Monday. Heatwave unearths German missing since 1989 WERTHEIM, Germany (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 The heatwave baking Germany has revealed the watery final whereabouts of a man reported missing 14 years ago, police said Monday. European farms turning to dustbowls in grip of drought BRUSSELS (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 The heatwave gripping Europe has led to withered crops in dusty fields, livestock dying en masse and warnings that governments will have to come to the aid of hard-pressed farmers. Four Portuguese villages evacuated because of huge fire LISBON (AFP) Aug 11, 2003 Four villages in southern Portugal were evacuated Monday as a fire blazing out of control for the past three days approached houses. |
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