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BREAKING NEWS Mexico on high alert for triple whammy: "Larry," "Olaf," "Nora" MEXICO CITY (AFP) Oct 05, 2003 Mexico declared a state of emergency in much of its East Coast south to the Guatemalan border as Tropical Storm "Larry" lashed the Gulf Coast and two others threatened the Pacific side Sunday. Thousands march in Spain against controversial water plan ZARAGOZA, Spain (AFP) Oct 05, 2003 More than 100,000 people took to the streets of the Spanish city of Zaragoza on Sunday to protest against a controversial government plan to redistribute the country's vital water resources. |
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EU withdraws approval for potentially harmful herbicide atrazine BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) Oct 05, 2003 The European Union has withdrawn approval of the widely-used herbicide atrazine, the product's maker, Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta said on Sunday. Taiwan's 11 incinerator plans endangered after "referendum": report TAIPEI (AFP) Oct 05, 2003 A town has held a "referendum" to vote against the plan to build a garbage incinerator, sparking fears that the government's plans to build 11 other incinerators islandwide could be killed, it was reported Sunday. Flooding forces relocation of tens of thousands of people in China BEIJING (AFP) Oct 05, 2003 Flooding along the mighty Yellow River and one of its tributaries has forced 300,000 people to flee their homes in north China, while another 11,000 people in the east must be relocated, officials said Sunday. Croatia proclaims marine conservation zone in Adriatic Sea ZAGREB (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 The Croatian parliament approved Saturday creation of a marine conservation zone off its Adriatic coast after the government dropped plans for an exclusive economic zone following protests from neighboring Slovenia. Hurricane heads away from Mexico as tropical storms approach MEXICO CITY (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 Hurricane Nora moved away from Mexico's Pacific coast Saturday, but the edges of tropical storms Larry and Olaf continued to dump heavy rains across southern Mexico, the National Weather Servicesaid. Hurricane Nora heads away from Mexico, as Tropical Storm Larry weakens MEXICO CITY (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 Tropical Storm Nora grew into a category-one hurricane overnight, bringing heavy cloud cover over Mexico's Pacific coastline as it moved away from the country early Saturday, the National Weather Service said. |
More than 86,000 people threatened as flood waters rise in central China BEIJING (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 More than 86,000 people are facing the threat of rising floodwaters after dikes on the Yellow River in central China's Henan province ruptured in three places, state media reported Saturday. One dead, two missing as storms lash New Zealand AUCKLAND (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 One person was dead and two were missing on Saturday as severe storms lashed New Zealand's North Island, cutting off main arteries to the capital Wellington with floods and mudslides. One dead, two missing as storms cut off New Zealand capital AUCKLAND (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 One person was dead and two were missing on Saturday as severe storms lashed New Zealand's North Island, cutting off main arteries to the capital Wellington with floods and mudslides. Larry triggers hurricane watch, tropical storm warning MIAMI (AFP) Oct 04, 2003 The US weather service issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Mexico as Tropical Storm Larry churned in the Gulf of Mexico Friday. Drought hits Argentine farm exports BUENOS AIRES (AFP) Oct 03, 2003 The farm exports Argentina desperately needs to climb out of its four-year-old recession have been drying up during the worst drought in decades, experts said Friday. Russia no nearer ratifying Kyoto as climate conference winds up MOSCOW (AFP) Oct 03, 2003 President Vladimir Putin said Friday Russia's economic growth must come first as a five-day conference on climate change wound up in Moscow with the country no nearer to ratifying the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gases. |
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