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BREAKING NEWS French president vows to tackle wildfire arsonists after firefighter deaths LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 President Jacques Chirac vowed Tuesday France would show no mercy to those responsible for starting fires that have turned its Mediterranean hills into charred wasteland, after three firemen died in the latest blaze. Hong Kong spared powerful typhoon, two feared dead in Taiwan HONG KONG (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Hong Kong was spared a direct hit when powerful Typhoon Dujuan brought heavy rains and gale-force winds to the territory on Wednesday, slamming into southern China's Guandgong province. UN conference on desertification closes in Cuba without agreements HAVANA (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 The sixth UN conference on desertification closed here Tuesday with poor countries complaining about apathy among the richer ones in tackling a scourge that affects a third of the world's surface. |
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Fox replaces his environment, energy ministers: official MEXICO CITY (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Mexican President Vicente Fox is to replace Environment Secretary Victory Lichtinger and Energy Minister Ernesto Martens, as well as other top government officials, his spokesman said Tuesday. Chirac honors firemen killed in French fires LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday France would show no mercy to those responsible for starting fires that have turned its Mediterranean hills into charred wasteland, after three firemen died in the blaze. Inquiry critical of planned Russian pipeline to China MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 An official Russian ecology commission has criticised government plans to build an oil pipeline to China because of the environmental risks, agencies quoted Deputy Natural Resources Minister Kirill Yankov as saying Tuesday. French firefighters battle massive blaze on Riviera after three killed LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Some 2,000 firefighters on Tuesday battled to contain a brush fire in the scorched hills above France's Mediterranean coast, a blaze that claimed the lives of three firemen. Typhoon Dujuan hits southern China BEIJING (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Typhoon Dujuan slammed into southern China's Guangdong province Tuesday, state media reported, after the storm lashed Taiwan, where it was feared to have caused two deaths. Burial Wednesday for Paris's unclaimed heat deaths PARIS (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 The bodies of dozens of mainly elderly Parisians who remain unclaimed after their deaths in last month's heatwave will be interred in a cemetery south of the French capital on Wednesday, city authorities said. |
Hong Kong braces for powerful typhoon, two feared dead in Taiwan HONG KONG (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Hong Kong braced for a direct hit from Typhoon Dujuan Tuesday as the storm barrelled towards the territory after battering Taiwan, leaving at least two feared dead and a trail of destruction. French firefighters battle massive blaze in south after three killed LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 More than 1,500 firefighters on Tuesday battled a brush fire fanned by heavy winds in the scorched hills above France's Mediterranean coast, a blaze that claimed the lives of three firemen. 17,000 houses collapse, 200,000 evacuated in flood-hit China BEIJING (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Torrential rains and floods have destroyed 17,000 houses in China's Henan province while 200,000 more people have been evacuated in neighbouring Shaanxi, local officials and state press said Tuesday. Vessel suspected of carrying toxic waste intercepted at Lagos port LAGOS (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Nigerian port officials have intercepted a vessel carrying suspected toxic waste from Germany to the port of Lagos and forced it to return home, a port authority spokeswoman told AFP Tuesday. Typhoon lashes Taiwan, leaving two dead, one missing TAIPEI (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Two people were killed and hundreds of thousands of homes across Taiwan suffered power blackouts Tuesday as gale-force winds and torrential rain from Typhoon Dujuan battered the island, officials said. Three French firefighters burned alive in southern blaze LA GARDE-FREINET, France (AFP) Sep 02, 2003 Three firemen were burned alive in their truck on the French Riviera on Monday night while helping battle fierce brush fires on the scorched Mediterranean coast fanned by gusty winds. |
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