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BREAKING NEWS French PM demands shake-up of health alerts after killer heat wave PARIS (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, battling criticism over his government's handling of a record-breaking heat wave that may have killed up to 5,000 people, on Tuesday demanded the health ministry review its alert system. Mountain wild fires rage on in southern Bosnia BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Forest fires continued to ravage southern Bosnia on Tuesday, where over 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of brush and forest have been destroyed since June, local authorities said. European officials under pressure over heatwave deaths PARIS (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Cooler weather may have returned to Europe after scorching temperatures earlier in the month, but officials were starting to feel the heat over claims that thousands may have died in the record-breaking hot spell. |
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Ship grounded due to drought blocks traffic on Danube ZAGREB (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 River traffic on the Danube was blocked Tuesday after a ship ran aground as a result of low water levels caused by drought, officials in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar told the HINA news agency. Greek churches say pay up to stay cool ATHENS (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Greece's property-rich but cash-poor Orthodox churches are asking worshippers to dig into their pockets if they want to keep cool during religious services. Portugal to suffer major soil erosion following wildfires: environmentalists LISBON (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Wildfires which destroyed thousands of hectares (acres) of forest and killed 18 people in Portugal will lead to massive soil erosion when winter rains start, environmentalists warned Tuesday. Tropical storm Vamco approaches Taiwan, disrupts power supply TAIPEI (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau issued an alert on Tuesday for approaching Tropical Storm Vamco, which brought a bolt of lightning that hit a power system and disrupted electricity to hundreds of homes. More than 1,000 feared dead in Spanish heatwave: report MADRID (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Probably well over 1,000 people have died in Spain as a result of the heatwave that gripped much of Europe in recent weeks, La Vanguardia newspaper said on Tuesday. |
Bites from mystery spider kills one, sends 11 to hospital in Romania BUCHAREST (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 One man died and 11 people were sent to hospital after they were bitten by an unidentified type of spider that cropped up on the Romanian seabord during Europe's recent heat wave, a local hospital spokesman said Tuesday. Snow falls in Cape Town as storms leave hundreds homeless CAPE TOWN (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Snow fell in Cape Town as freak rain and wind storms left hundreds of the city's poor without homes, a local official said on Tuesday. Pakistan vows to claim compensation for oil slick, beach damages KARACHI (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Pakistan vowed Tuesday to seek compensation for the losses suffered by the country's environment and beach resulting from an oil spill by a grounded Greek tanker off the main port of Karachi. Wild cat on the loose in Bangkok suburb BANGKOK (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Bangkok authorities are hunting for a wild cat on the loose in the suburbs, after mauled chickens and tiger-like footprints alerted them that the beast was at large, officials said Tuesday. Indonesian province want refuge for Sumatran tigers to prevent attacks JAKARTA (AFP) Aug 19, 2003 Officials in Indonesia's Sumatra island want to create a special refuge for tigers which are being driven out of their natural habitat and are killing villagers, a conservationist said Tuesday. |
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