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 Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 13, 2009 
Taiwan began airlifting nearly 1,000 people found alive in a cluster of villages flattened by muddy landslides, as survivors recounted the horror of watching their homes vanish. The island-wide death toll from Typhoon Morakot rose to 107 early Thursday following Taiwan's worst flooding in half a century over the weekend, with entire villages submerged in water and mud. The latest toll in ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 13, 2009A strong earthquake hit central Japan, including Tokyo, at 07:49 am (2249 GMT) Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The 6.7-magnitude quake struck in the Pacific Ocean, some 325 kilometres (202 miles) southeast of the capital, according to the US Geological Survey. The Japanese weather agency did not issue a tsunami warning, however. ... more |
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Kalmhout, Belgium (AFP) Aug 12, 2009An endangered Chinese tree has flowered in a Belgian arboretum, an event seldom seen anywhere in Europe, the garden's curator said Wednesday. The Emmenopterys henryi, billed as "one of the most strikingly beautiful trees of the Chinese forests" has brought flower lovers flocking to the Kalmthout Arboretum in the northern province of Antwerp and will do so for up to a month, the site's curato ... more  
Mumbai (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Indian authorities on Wednesday ordered all schools and colleges in the vast city of Mumbai to shut for a week over fears about the spread of swine flu. The state government of Maharashtra has had the highest incidence of swine flu cases in India, and two women, aged 63 and 53, have died in Mumbai after being confirmed as having the virus. "The government has decided to close down school ... more 
Rome (AFP) Aug 12, 2009People in the quake-hit mountain village of Onna, near l'Aquila, are talking of a miracle after officials announced Wednesday the discovery of a 15th-century fresco during work on a church. The discovery came during renovation work in the village, reduced to rubble by the devastating April 6 earthquake, which also killed 40 of its inhabitants. "While clearing away the walls of the San Pi ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2009A Chinese activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in last year's massive Sichuan earthquake went on trial Wednesday for subversion, his lawyer said. Environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren was charged with "inciting subversion of state power" for allegedly defaming the ruling Communist Party and the government over their handling of the Tiananm ... more 
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Canada's health minister Wednesday warned businesses to prepare now for a late 2009 swine flu surge, particularly small- and medium-sized firms that have so far lagged behind large corporations. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq told a press conference most large firms have already begun to address looming "business continuity issues," but many smaller companies have no plans in place, due larg ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2009A new study shows that new species of life on Earth emerge just as often as they die out, and that most evolution occurs in small bursts. The research has implications in understanding the history of life on our planet and the evolutionary processes that will shape the biosphere's future on Earth. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online early edit ... more |
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