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BREAKING NEWS Alpine tunnel closed due to pollution LYON, France (AFP) Sep 26, 2003 The Mont Blanc road tunnel that links France and Italy under the Alps was closed late Thursday for an undetermined period due to pollution, according to France's traffic information service, the CRIC. Flooding in Tunisia leaves three dead TUNIS (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 Three people died in flooding caused by torrential rain that beat down on the Tunisian capital and its suburbs, state news agency Tap said on Thursday. |
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Russia's Putin to open climate change conference in Moscow MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week open a conference on climate change in Moscow, amid pressure from European countries for Moscow to sign the international Kyoto Treaty, officials said Thursday. French heatwave death toll rise to 14,800, elderly women main victims PARIS (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 The French government admitted on Thursday that nearly 3,500 more people than originally thought had died in the record heatwave that overwhelmed the country's morgues and hospitals in August, bringing the toll to 14,802, with elderly women the main victims. Shot endangered tiger operated on northeast China BEIJING (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 A highly endangered Siberian tiger that was shot after it escaped from a park in northeastern China, attacking a farmer on the way, has been recaptured and operated on, state media said Thursday. Official French heatwave toll raised to 14,802 PARIS (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 France's August heatwave killed 14,802 people, according to official government figures released Thursday. Sperm whales stranded on Australian reef but rangers powerless to help PERTH, Australia (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 Nine sperm whales were stranded on a reef off the Australian coast Thursday but wildlife officers said they were powerless to help them because of their bulk and the risk of shark attack. Jumbo job: Saving elephants from cops and culls COLOMBO (AFP) Sep 25, 2003 For captured Indian elephants, police in uniform may be a red rag yet they bond well with their keepers; but in the jungle the battle for space between pachyderms and humans is becoming wilder and more deadly, officials say. |
Flash floods hit Tunisian capital TUNIS (AFP) Sep 24, 2003 Torrential rains beat down on the Tunisian capital on Wednesday, causing flash floods in and around the city and chaos on the roads. Ugandan armed forces join war against ivory poachers KAMPALA (AFP) Sep 24, 2003 The armed forces have joined forces with the courts to fight poaching in Uganda's national parks after an army officer was court-martialled for killing seven elephants, officials said on Wednesday. Twelve Russians exposed to radiation at nuclear dump MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 24, 2003 Twelve people working at a Russian nuclear waste site have been exposed to higher-than-normal radiation levels, Russian authorities said on Wednesday. Environment chief apologises for latest Singapore SARS case SINGAPORE (AFP) Sep 24, 2003 Environment Minister Lim Swee Say on Wednesday apologised for Singapore's latest SARS case and took full responsibility for the infection which occured in a laboratory under his office. Thirty homeless, one missing after torrential Italian rains CARRARA, Italy (AFP) Sep 24, 2003 An elderly woman was swept away by floods and 30 were forced out of their homes after torrential rains battered the central Italian region of Tuscany, the national rescue service said on Wednesday. Global warming means Russian winter isn't what it used to be: expert MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 24, 2003 Russia's top weather expert Wednesday confirmed what many Muscovites have felt in their bones for several years already: the Russian winter isn't what it used to be. |
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