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Record 14th Atlantic hurricane extends storm season MIAMI (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Tropical Storm Epsilon Friday strengthened into an unprecedented 14th Atlantic hurricane of the year, extending a deadly and hyperactive six-month season that officially ended two days earlier. Eight burned by tent fires in Pakistan quake zone MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Eight people, two of them Turkish aid workers, have been hospitalised with serious burns after their tents caught fire in quake-ravaged Pakistan, health officials said Friday. Floods create havoc across Albania TIRANA (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Thousands of hectares (acres) of land were flooded and hundreds of houses damaged in Albania on Friday after heavy rains hit the country, an interior ministry spokesman said. |
Tropical Storm Epsilon becomes 14th hurricane of record Atlantic season MIAMI (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Tropical Storm Epsilon Friday turned into the 14th Atlantic hurricane of the year, even though the record storm season officially ended on Wednesday. Large earthquake shakes northern Japan after moderate one TOKYO (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 A large earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit northern Japan late Friday. Rebel racket targeting France's Sri Lankans: report PARIS (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have collected some 100 million euros (120 million dollars) in a sophisticated racket targeting France's Sri Lankan immigrant community, a French newspaper reported on Friday. |
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Large earthquake shakes northern Japan, after moderate one TOKYO, Dec 2 (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 A large earthquake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale, hit northern Japan late Friday. Moderate earthquake jolts central Japan TOKYO (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 A moderate earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale hit central Japan Friday, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. UN warns Kashmir quake aid efforts on knife's edge ISLAMABAD (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Eight weeks after the South Asian earthquake, efforts to shelter thousands of Kashmiri survivors from the killer Himalayan winter are on a knife's edge, the United Nations said Friday. |
India unveils naval blueprint for Indian Ocean dominance NEW DELHI (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 India announced Friday ambitious acquisition plans for its navy and said the new military hardware would give it greater clout in the strategic energy corridors of the Indian Ocean. Swedish press calls on PM to resign after critical tsunami report STOCKHOLM (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Swedish newspapers called Friday for Prime Minister Goeran Persson and his foreign minister to resign following a scathing report blasting the government's slow response to the Asian tsunami disaster that left 543 Swedes dead. UN warns Pakistan quake aid efforts on knife's edge ISLAMABAD (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 Eight weeks after the South Asian earthquake, efforts to stop thousands of Pakistani survivors dying during the bitter Himalayan winter are on a knife's edge, the United Nations said Friday. |
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