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Japan marks 4th anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
Japan marked the fourth anniversary Wednesday of a quake-tsunami disaster that swept away thousands of people and sparked a nuclear crisis in a tragedy that con...
Indonesia threatens Australia with 'tsunami' of asylum-seekers
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
An Indonesian minister has warned a "human tsunami" of asylum-seekers could be unleashed on Australia in retaliation if Canberra keeps pressing for clemency for...
Four years on, Japan's tsunami victims frozen in their tragedy
Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)
In cold drizzle Takayuki Ueno combs a desolate winter beach for the bones of his three-year-old son, unable to move on in his grief until he finds the remains o...
Surviving the 'most explosive era of infrastructure expansion' in 9 steps
Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)
One of the world's most acclaimed environmental researchers has warned of an 'explosive era' of infrastructure expansion across the globe, calling for a new app...
More Filipinos pushed into poverty by Haiyan, high rice prices
Mar 06, 2015 (AFP)
Super typhoon Haiyan and surging rice prices pushed the number of Filipinos living in poverty to 25.8 percent in the first half of last year despite strong econ...
Water, electricity cuts shut Comoros main hospital
Mar 06, 2015 (AFP)
The main hospital of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros has stopped admitting patients over the last five days due to water and electricity shortages, ...
Australia PM suggests MH370 search could be scaled back
Mar 05, 2015 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday suggested the search for missing Flight MH370 may be scaled back, while expressing hope the jet would be found...
Remote-controlled search-and-rescue roaches are coming
Mar 05, 2015 (UPI)
Cockroaches may soon carry out reconnaissance work in the wake of disasters, exploring collapsed buildings and nuclear meltdowns before humans are sent into har...
Did climate change help spark the Syrian war?
Mar 05, 2015 (SPX)
A new study says a record drought that ravaged Syria in 2006-2010 was likely stoked by ongoing manmade climate change, and that the drought may have helped prop...
MH370 families trapped in 'black hole' one year later
Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese businessman Li Hua suffered a stroke, has considered suicide, and his wife has been hospitalised with heart trouble, all since their daughter went missi...
World Bank admits flaws in resettlement practices
Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)
The World Bank said Wednesday it would reform the way it handles the resettlement of people moved to make way for development projects, saying internal reviews ...
Shipping containers but no MH370 debris in underwater hunt: Australia
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
The intensive underwater hunt for missing plane MH370 has so far turned up just a few shipping containers -- and no sign of the jet, the head of the Australian ...
Twenty people killed as bus falls off cliff in China: Xinhua
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
Twenty people from an opera company were killed after a bus fell off a cliff in China early Tuesday, state media reported. Another 13 were injured in the accide...
Flooding, wildfires shake Argentina
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
The heaviest rain in decades pounded much of central and western Argentina on Tuesday, prompting evacuations, even as wildfires roared across much of the parche...
Kazakhstan Evacuating Village Where People Fall Asleep At Random
Mar 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
At least two other towns nearby have reported similar symptoms from their residents. It's been classified as an "encephalopathy," a neurological disease or diso...
US Nuclear Facility Miscalculated Workers' Radiation Exposure
Mar 02, 2015 (Sputnik)
Workers at the Palisades nuclear power plant in the US state of Michigan were not exposed to dangerous levels of radiation, but the plant's operator Entergy Nuc...
Afghan president pledges relief fund for avalanche victims
Feb 28, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Saturday pledged to set up a relief fund for the victims of avalanches that claimed over 280 lives, and called for international h...
Fukushima operator concealed radioactive leak for nearly a year
Feb 27, 2015 (Sputnik)
Tokyo Electric Power Co., TEPCO, has been slammed by fishermen, for knowingly allowing radioactive substances to flow freely into the sea for ten months. Operat...
Calling on satellites in alpine rescues
Feb 26, 2015 (ESA)
Emergency services rescued 1780 people in the Austrian Alps last year. They can now count on satellites to access maps, send messages, give warnings and stay in...
Death toll from Afghan avalanches tops 200: officials
Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)
More than 200 people have been killed in a series of avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall around Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, warning the death toll ...
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