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Fires destroy homes as heatwave hits Australia SYDNEY (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Raging bushfires destroyed at least 10 homes and threatened scores more in southeast Australia as a scorching heatwave hit Sydney with its hottest New Year's Day on record. Wild elephant awakens Malaysian man with goring KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 A Malaysian man who awoke Sunday after feeling a sharp pain found himself face-to-face with a wild elephant goring him, a report said. Death toll in Indian cold snap tops 100 NEW DELHI, India (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 A cold snap sweeping northern India has killed another five homeless people, taking the toll to 101 since the start of December, officials said Sunday. |
French and Australian teams battle New Caledonia blazes NOUMEA (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 French and Australian teams came to the aid of New Caledonia's outgunned firefighters Sunday to battle blazes in the South Pacific territory that have set off fears of an ecological disaster. Pakistani quake survivors shiver as rain, snow hit the region MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Rain and snow that hit quake-battered areas of Pakistan on the eve of the new year have brought more misery and hardship, survivors said Sunday. Bushfires destroy homes as heatwave hits Australia SYDNEY (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Raging bushfires destroyed homes as a heatwave hit southeast Australia, with one of the hottest New Year's Days on record. |
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Dozens of beached whales shot in New Zealand NELSON, New Zealand (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Conservation officials in New Zealand shot dozens of beached pilot whales on Sunday because they said it was too dangerous to try to get the animals back into the sea. Bushfires rage as heatwave hits Australia SYDNEY (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Raging bushfires destroyed homes as a heatwave hit the southeast of Australia Sunday on one of the hottest New Year's Days on record, officials said. California floods force thousands from homes SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in the San Francisco area after a downpour triggered landslides and floods, officials said Saturday. |
Fossey legacy looms larges in Rwanda 20 years after her murder KARISOKE, Rwanda (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 As "King Kong" trampled the holiday season box office last week, Rwanda quietly remembered US primatologist Dian Fossey, who put the film ape's inspiration, the mountain gorilla, on the map and most likely saved it from extinction. New Orleans bids farewell to tragic 2005 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 Crowds gathered in New Orleans' historic French Quarter Saturday to bid farewell to a tragic year in which hundreds died in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. California floods force hundreds out of homes SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Dec 31, 2005 Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in the San Francisco area after a downpour caused floods, officials said Saturday. |
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