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BREAKING NEWS French firefighters battle blazes in south near Nice, Saint-Tropez LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 Deadly Italian storms cause up to one million euros in damage ROME (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 Vicious storms which lashed through northeast Italy, triggering massive landslides and killing two people, have caused between 500 million and one billion euros (550 million to 1.1 billion dollars) in damages, authorities said Sunday. Former US environmental chief under fire over weak 9-11 health warnings WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 The former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Christine Todd Whitman, is under fire for downplaying health risks to New York residents in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Newsweek magazine reported Sunday. |
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Firefighters in southern France battle raging forest blaze LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 Some 1,000 firefighters backed by 12 water-dropping aircraft on Sunday battled brush fires in hills off France's Mediterranean coast, a region already devastated by massive blazes last month. UN forum exposes rifts over Central Asian water crisis DUSHANBE (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 Antagonism surrounding water issues in ex-Soviet Central Asia surfaced on Sunday at a UN-sponsored forum in Tajikistan intended to kickstart efforts to rescue the regions fast deteriorating environment. French minister says he won't resign over heat wave, warns toll could rise PARIS (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 French Health Minister Jean-Francois Mattei on Sunday rejected calls for his resignation in the wake of a devastating two-week heat wave that killed more than 11,000, but warned the death toll could still rise. French health minister says he won't resign over heat wave deaths PARIS (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 French Health Minister Jean-Francois Mattei on Sunday rejected calls for his resignation in the wake of a devastating two-week heat wave that killed more than 11,000, but warned the death toll could still rise. Typhoon Dujuan gains power as it sweeps towards Taiwan TAIPEI (AFP) Aug 31, 2003 Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau issued a warning Sunday for gale-force winds and torrential rains as Typhoon Dujuan gained momentum and approached the island. Bulgarian Danube sinks to lowest-recorded level SOFIA (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 The waters of the Danube river sank to their lowest recorded level in northeast Bulgaria on Saturday as the country roasted in temperatures that climbed above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some areas, officials said. |
At least 15 die in bus trapped in flooded Indian river SHIMLA, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 At least 15 people were killed Saturday as the bus they were travelling in was washed away in a river hit by flash floods near this north Indian hill resort, police said quoting the bus driver. UN forum told one billion lives threatened by bad water DUSHANBE (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 Nearly one billion people -- or one in every six people in the world -- lack access to safe drinking water and the developed world must understand this threat, a UN-sponsored forum heard here Saturday. 40 bus passengers trapped in flooded river in northern India SHIMLA, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 About 40 people were marooned in the middle of a river near this north Indian hill resort Saturday when flash floods trapped their bus as it tried to cross the water, police said. Tajik leader's alarm signal on Central Asian water problems DUSHANBE (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmonov sounded the alarm Saturday at a UN-sponsored forum here on a water crisis in Central Asia, appealing for help to solve problems of the blighted Aral Sea basin. Panic on Africa's Comoros islands amid reports of volcanic eruption MORONI (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 Residents on the Indian Ocean Comoros archipaelgo were sent into panic Saturday by claims that the larger of the main island's two massive volcanoes had erupted, despite official denials of the reports. Karthala volcano erupts on Africa's Comoros islands MORONI (AFP) Aug 30, 2003 The Karthala volcano on the Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago erupted Saturday, sending a stream of lava towards a nearby village where troops were heading to evacuate residents, witnesses said. |
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