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BREAKING NEWS Floods, natural disasters kill nearly 2,000 in China in 2003: official BEIJING (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 The torrential rains and flooding that have soaked China this year have been responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths nationwide since January, state media reported Sunday citing a senior official. Europe set for car(e)free day PARIS (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Tens of millions of Europeans were set for a breather from heatwave-related pollution on Monday, turning to bicycles, buses and their own two feet to get around, as nearly 1,000 communities hold Europe's annual "car-free day". |
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Jumbo meet seeks UN help to save elephants COLOMBO (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Researchers from Asia and Africa urged the United Nations and governments Sunday to help minimize human-elephant conflicts that claim hundreds of lives a year and destroy crops. Water shortage close to crisis levels in Middle East: World Bank DUBAI (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 The water shortage problem is close to crisis levels in most countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region a senior World Bank official warned Sunday. Pedal power reigns in Brussels on car-free day BRUSSELS (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Bicyclists, skateboarders and pedestrians had the run of Brussels Sunday as part of a Europe-wide initiative to reclaim city streets from cars. Four Greenpeace activists on trial in Gibraltar MADRID (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 The trial was set to open in Gibraltar Monday of four Greenpeace environmentalists including a Briton and an Argentinian who boarded an oil tanker as a protest last January, the environmental rights organisation announced here. Escaped Siberian tiger attacks man in northeastern China BEIJING (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Police in northeastern China were trying to capture a wounded Siberian tiger that attacked a man after escaping from a wildlife park, state press reported Sunday. Eastern US picks up after Isabel's devastating visit WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Residents along the US East Coast cleaned up Hurricane Isabel's billion-dollar havoc Sunday, as the death toll from the storm rose to 28 in seven eastern states and the nation's capital, federal officials said. |
Typhoon Choi-wan dumps rain on Tokyo TOKYO (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Heavy rains lashed Tokyo and the islands south of the Japanese capital Sunday as Typhoon Choi-wan looked on course to pass south of Japan on its way out into the Pacific Ocean, the Meteorological Agency said. Car-free day to give Europe a breather from record pollution PARIS (AFP) Sep 21, 2003 Close to 1,000 towns and cities, most of them European, will be hoping for a breather from three months of heatwave-related record pollution on Monday, the annual "car-free day". US soldier kills rare tiger at Baghdad zoo BAGHDAD (AFP) Sep 20, 2003 An American soldier shot and killed a rare Bengal tiger in Baghdad zoo during an apparently drunken party, the head of the zoo said Saturday. Typhoon Choi-wan causes landslide, heading towards Tokyo TOKYO (AFP) Sep 20, 2003 A strong typhoon brought torrential rain to southwestern Japan Saturday, triggering a landslide on a small island as it churned northeast towards the capital, officials said. Cleanup underway after Isabel's devastating visit to eastern United States WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 20, 2003 Portions of the eastern United States were cleaning up Saturday after Hurricane Isabel left at least 21 people dead, millions without power, and billions of dollars in damages in its wake. Isabel leaves 21 dead, millions without power, billions in damages WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 20, 2003 Hurricane Isabel left at least 21 people dead, millions without power and an insurance bill of several billion dollars in its devastating wake across the eastern United States Friday. |
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