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BREAKING NEWS Seven die as two boats sink in swollen east Indian rivers PATNA, India (AFP) Sep 07, 2003 Four women and three children died when two boats sank in the monsoon-swollen rivers of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said Sunday. Hurricane caused "minimal damage" in Bermuda -- police MIAMI (AFP) Sep 07, 2003 Hurricane Fabian caused "minimal damage" in Bermuda, and the tiny mid-Atlantic British dependency is recovering quickly, a police spokesman told AFP early Sunday. Near 500,000 protected, endangered animals held by Thais: report BANGKOK (AFP) Sep 07, 2003 Nearly 500,000 protected and endangered animals kept privately by Thais have been registered following an amnesty granted under new wildlife legislation, press reports said Sunday. |
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Northern Chinese province braces for new floods BEIJING (AFP) Sep 07, 2003 China's northern province of Shaanxi is bracing for a new wave of flooding after having been seriously hit by floodwaters in recent days, state media said Sunday. Four missing in Bermuda in aftermath of Hurricane Fabian MIAMI (AFP) Sep 06, 2003 The powerful Hurricane Fabian lashed Bermuda with fierce winds and battering waves, leaving four people missing and some 25,000 homes without power on the mid-Atlantic British dependency. Hurricane Fabian slams Bermuda, as Henri weakens over Florida MIAMI (AFP) Sep 06, 2003 Bermuda residents early Saturday began to cleanup from the ravages of Hurricane Fabian, which unleashed furious winds and dumped heavy rain on the mid-Atlantic British dependency. Russia's Far East again in throes of water crisis VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Sep 06, 2003 Every morning for the past two months, Svetlana Cherepanova has gotten up at five o'clock hoping that water will flow out of her faucet in her apartment in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East metropolis. Powerful Hurricane Fabian unleashes furious winds on Bermuda MIAMI (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 A powerful Hurricane Fabian slammed Bermuda Friday, unleashing furious winds and battering waves on the mid-Atlantic British dependency, forecasters said. Hurricane Fabian closes in on Bermuda MIAMI (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 Hurricane Fabian unleashed furious winds along the Bermuda coast Friday as it thundered toward the British dependency, which is braced for the full brunt of the storm, forecasters said. |
Global environmental congress kicks off in South Africa DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 Thousands of environmentalists will descend on South Africa Monday to focus on the world's 44,000 protected areas in a once-a-decade global event which is being staged for the first time in Africa. Africans blame moral meltdown, individualism for Europe's heatwave deaths LIBREVILLE (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 People in Africa, where high temperatures, poor sanitation and tight-knit families are a way of life, blame the deaths of thousands of elderly Europeans during the recent heatwave on a moral meltdown in the West. Large hurricane threatens Bermuda MIAMI (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 A "large and severe" Hurricane Fabian, was likely to slam the Atlantic Ocean island of Bermuda Friday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, urging residents of the British dependency to batten down. Freak weather spells misery for 12 million Chinese BEIJING (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 Freak weather has brought misery to 12 million Chinese, as the worst typhoon in a quarter century has ravaged the south while flooding is threatening lives in the north, state media and officials said Friday. French PM voices regret and anger over heatwave deaths PARIS (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has voiced sadness, regret and anger over the thousands of deaths caused by France's recent heatwave. Forest fires continue to rage in western Canada MONTREAL (AFP) Sep 05, 2003 Forest fires flared anew in western Canada Thursday, forcing another evacuation of the 3,200 residents of the town of Kelowna in southeastern British Columbia, local officials said. |
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