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Passengers plead to be saved from burning ferry off Greek island
Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)
Desperate passengers pleaded via mobile phone to be saved from a burning ferry off the Greek island of Corfu on Sunday as rescuers battled gale-force winds to g...
Immigration crisis: Italy names Christmas baby and smuggling superboss
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
A baby born at sea on Christmas Day after his Nigerian mother was plucked from a floundering migrant boat by the Italian navy has been baptised Testimony Salvat...
PM under fire as 118,000 flee worst Malaysia floods in decades
Dec 26, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysia's worst flooding in decades forced some 118,000 people to flee as premier Najib Razak came under fire after photos showed him golfing with US President...
Second Christmas in ruins in Philippine disaster zone
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of residents of the typhoon-weary city of Tacloban in the mainly Catholic Philippines prepared Wednesday to mark their second Christmas in ruins follo...
Premature death more likely in areas with lots of alcohol outlets
Dec 23, 2014 (UPI)
There are literally thousands of books filled with thousands of pieces of advice on how to avoid premature death -- eat more brussels sprouts, up your omega-3 f...
Indonesian rescuers end search for landslide victims
Dec 21, 2014 (AFP)
Indonesian rescuers Sunday ended their search for victims of a landslide on the main island of Java, officials said, giving a new death toll of 95. "The search ...
Lives of danger, poverty on Philippines' typhoon coast
Dec 20, 2014 (AFP)
Life is a constant throw of the dice for farmer Nilo Dilao and other residents of the Philippine island of Samar, the ground zero for many of East Asia's deadli...
Improving forecasts for rain-on-snow flooding
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
Many of the worst West Coast winter floods pack a double punch. Heavy rains and melting snow wash down the mountains together to breach riverbanks, wash out roa...
Poroshenko vows to complete Chernobyl sarcophagus
Dec 16, 2014 (Sputnik)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has promised to complete the stalled construction of a protective cover over the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that went into m...
Families of Sandy Hook massacre victims sue gunmaker
Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)
Families of victims in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre filed a US lawsuit Monday seeking damages from the manufacturers of the high-powered assault rifle us...
32 dead, 76 missing in Indonesian landslide
Dec 14, 2014 (AFP)
Rescuers searching for more than 70 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed bulldozers and excavators to clear roads strewn with debris as the de...
Computer animation of Indian Ocean floor assists search for Flight MH370
Dec 13, 2014 (UPI)
Australian officials have released computer-animated video depicting topography at the bottom of the Indian Ocean as the search for a missing Malaysian airliner...
17 dead, nearly 100 missing in Indonesian landslide: official
Dec 13, 2014 (AFP)
Torrential downpours triggered a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing at least 17 people and leaving nearly 100 others missing, with persistent...
Mayor of deadly French flood village jailed for 4 years
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
A French court Friday sentenced the former mayor of a small seaside village to four years in prison for concealing flood risks that led to the death of 29 peopl...
Philippines rushes aid to displaced storm survivors
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
Philippine authorities and aid agencies rushed relief supplies Wednesday to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by a powerful typhoon, as survivors sifted...
Malala vows to fight on as she shares Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
Malala Yousafzai vowed Wednesday to struggle for every child's right to go to school as she became the youngest ever Nobel laureate, sharing the peace prize wit...
UN rights chief slams indifference over migrant deaths at sea
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
The UN's human rights chief on Wednesday condemned rich nations for their indifference to waves of global migration, after new figures showed more than 3,400 pe...
EU boosts aid for Syrian refugees in Turkey
Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)
The European Union on Tuesday announced 10 million euros ($12.3 million) in new humanitarian aid for Syrian civilians in Turkey and Syria. "Today, we are steppi...
Poorest countries 'left behind': climate finance report
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
Half of nearly $8 billion in climate finance given to the developing world since 2003 went to just ten countries, and nations most at risk got the short end of ...
Silicon Valley clears out homeless 'Jungle' camp
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities began dismantling a notorious homeless camp Thursday known as "The Jungle" in the heart of California's affluent Silicon Valley, where skyrocketing ...
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