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BREAKING NEWS Portugal wildfire deaths climb to 16 as firefighter perishes LISBON (AFP) Aug 14, 2003 A fireman became the latest victim of the wildfires which have ravaged large parts of Portugal since the end of July, taking the death toll from the nation's worst fires to 16, local media reported Thursday. Australia planning for possible bushfire terror attacks SYDNEY (AFP) Aug 14, 2003 A US report that al-Qaeda planned to set off giant forest fires in the United States has prompted concern over possible similar attacks in bushfire-prone Australia, officials said Thursday. Fire in Switzerland's Valais forest LOECHE, Switzerland (AFP) Aug 14, 2003 Hundreds of Swiss firefighters battled a forest fire in the country's southwest which broke out late Wednesday and quickly destroyed a 150 hectares, local police said. |
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Portuguese wildfire creeps towards resorts on southern Algarve coast LISBON (AFP) Aug 14, 2003 Fire in the mountains of southern Portugal threatened three more villages on Wednesday as strong winds blew it towards the Algarve coast, one of Europe's top holiday spots, threatening to increase the country's wildfire death toll which currently stands at 15. Europe gets break from punishing heat, but death toll mounts PARIS (AFP) Aug 14, 2003 Northern Europe looked forward Thursday to some cool relief from an unrelenting heatwave, but the frail and elderly continued to succumb to heat-related illnesses, with officials putting the mounting death toll in the hundreds. Portuguese fires gain ground in southern Algarve resort province LISBON (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Fires ravaging mountains in southern Portugal threatened three more villages on Wednesday as they advanced towards the Algarve coast, one of Europe's top holiday spots, in the latest battle against wildfires that have so far claimed 15 lives. Gene detectives lay bare key bacteria in global-warming fight PARIS (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Teams of gene scientists have unravelled the DNA of two key marine bacteria believed to play a vital role in the process of global warming. Climate change destroying Lake Tanganyika: study PARIS (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Global warming is wrecking Africa's Lake Tanganyika, inflicting a catastrophic decline in fish catches, a study says. Record-breaking ozone levels accompany Europe's heatwave PARIS (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Europe's heatwave has led to record-breaking levels of harmful ozone pollution almost everywhere, while authorities can do little more than inform the population and impose speed limits on cars. |
Heatwave deaths forces Paris to lift ban on Assumption Day burials PARIS (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 The climbing death toll caused by Europe's heatwave has prompted Paris authorities to take the unusual step of allowing burials to take place on Friday, a national holiday marking the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Thunderstorm alert in tourist-packed Italian Alps ROME (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Italy's civil protection authority sent out a 24-hour weather warning Wednesday expecting fierce thunderstorms in the Italian Alps currently hosting numerous holidaymakers. Brewer sends abroad for supplies as thirsty Britons demand beer LONDON (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Giant brewing firm Carlsberg-Tetley said Wednesday that demand for beer from thirsty Britons has been so high during a heatwave that it has been forced to ship in emergency supplies from Denmark. Firefighters urge army's help to fight fires in southern Bosnia BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Bosnian firefighters called on the army Wednesday to help them contain a fire that broke out in the southern part of the country, local authorities said. Heatwave reveals German bombs, submerged villages EDERSEE, Germany (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 Wartime bombs and sunken villages: as the heatwave baking Germany continues unabated, drastically lower water levels are revealing traces of the country's past. US embassy lends helping hand to embattled Coke, Pepsi in India NEW DELHI (AFP) Aug 13, 2003 The United States embassy in India Wednesday rushed to the aid of embattled beverage multinationals Coca Cola and Pepsi facing charges of selling pesticide-laced soft drinks in the country. |
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