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Norwegian PM urges more aid for quake-hit Pakistan ISLAMABAD (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Norwegian premier Jens Stoltenberg Tuesday appealed to the international community for more help for earthquake-hit Pakistan to save survivors from cold weather, disease and hunger. Disasters, bombings shift British view on Christmas LONDON (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 The Asian tsunami and the London bombings have prompted 63 percent of Britons to feel differently about Christmas, according to a survey published Tuesday. Active Atlantic hurricane season in 2006, but fewer landfalls: experts MIAMI (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 The current record Atlantic cyclone year will be followed by yet another highly active season, though Americans can expect fewer major hurricanes to make landfall in 2006, top experts said Tuesday. |
UNHCR braces for exodus of mountain-dwellers who survived SAsia quake GENEVA, Dec 6 (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday said it was standing by for an exodus of mountain-dwellers who survived the South Asian earthquake but are facing increasingly bitter winter weather. Flooding forces thousands to evacuate Philippine city MANILA (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in low-lying areas of the Philippine city of Lucena after heavy rains caused flooding, the civil defense office said Tuesday. Malaysia sad at treatment of Chinese, but no apology for alleged abuse BEIJING (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 A Malaysian envoy on a fence-mending visit to Beijing expressed sadness and anger Tuesday at maltreatment of Chinese in his country but stopped short of apologizing for an alleged incident of police abuse. |
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Small aftershocks felt in eastern DRCongo after powerful quake KINSHASA (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Residents of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said Tuesday they had felt three small aftershocks from a powerful earthquake that rocked east and central Africa 24 hours earlier. Japan drafts bailout plan for quake building scandal TOKYO (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 Japan Tuesday announced an eight billion-yenmillion-dollar) bailout plan for residents of condominiums at risk from earthquakes due to fraud by a cost-cutting architect. Malaysia sad, angry at treatment of Chinese, but no general apology BEIJING (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 A Malaysian minister on a fence-mending visit to Beijing expressed sadness and anger Tuesday at the maltreatment of Chinese in his country but stopped short of apologizing for an alleged incident of police abuse. |
British officials give Asian tsunami death toll breakdown LONDON (AFP) Dec 05, 2005 The total of dead or missing in the Asian tsunami disaster of December 26, 2004 now stands at 270,000, the London inquest into the 93 of the victims was told on Monday. Inquest opens into British victims of Asian tsunami LONDON (AFP) Dec 05, 2005 A coroner's inquest opened in London on Monday into the deaths of 93 people who were among the 217,000 people killed in the Asian tsunami disaster nearly a year ago. At least one dead as strong earthquake rocks east and central Africa NAIROBI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005 A powerful earthquake shook east and central Africa on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the epicenter on the border with Tanzania. |
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