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Bulgaria warned over quake response
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Europe's disaster commissioner told Bulgaria on Wednesday that it needs to boost its preparations to deal with emergencies after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake trig...
Italy declares state of emergency in quake zone
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
The Italian government declared a state of emergency in the quake-struck region of northeast Italy on Tuesday, where 5,000 people were camped out in temporary s...
Culture losses magnify Italy earthquake trauma lead
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
A deadly earthquake which killed six people and left thousands homeless in northeast Italy also caused traumatic damage to much-loved churches, belltowers and c...
Four climbers die on Everest: officials
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Four climbers from Germany, South Korea, China and Canada have died returning from the summit of Mount Everest, tour agents and officials said Monday, with one ...
One year after tornado, Obama sees US city as example
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Monday cited the courage of Joplin residents as an inspiration for the rest of the country nearly one year after a powerful tornado...
Italy quake zone hit by aftershocks as 5,000 seek shelter
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of people prepared to spend a second night sheltering in cars and tent cities in northeast Italy Monday after a strong earthquake killed six people an...
Dazed and angry residents count losses of Italy quake
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of residents in towns around the northeast Italian city of Ferrara wandered in a daze Sunday amid the stench of gas leaks as aftershocks hit the regio...
20 dead in tunnel blast in China: state media
May 19, 2012 (AFP)
Twenty people were killed in an explosion inside an under-construction expressway tunnel in central China's Hunan province on Saturday, state media said. The bl...
Protective Clothing With Built-In Air Conditioning
May 18, 2012 (SPX)
In order to test the new smart protective vest, an experimenter wearing one has jogged several kilometers on the treadmill in a climate-controlled chamber at Em...
Lebanese army deploys in Tripoli areas hit by fighting
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
The Lebanese army deployed Tuesday in sectors of Tripoli affected by clashes, calming the area after three days of sectarian fighting that killed nine people, a...
German insurer Allianz says profits soar 60%
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
German insurance giant Allianz on Tuesday said its net profits soared by 60 percent in the first quarter of 2012 and confirmed its full-year targets. Net profit...
Economists list cheapest ways to save the world
May 14, 2012 (AFP)
Leading economists have ranked how to best and most cost-effectively invest to solve many of the world's seemingly insurmountable problems, a Danish think-tank ...
2012 not end of world for Mayans after all
May 10, 2012 (UPI)
Mayan wall writings in Guatemala include calendars suggesting the culture was not convinced the world will end in 21012, as many have believed, researchers say....
Japan to take control of Fukushima operator TEPCO
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's government will take a controlling stake in the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant under a plan ministers approved Wednesday, effectively nationali...
Munich Re reports return to profit after tsunami blow
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said on Tuesday it had returned to first-quarter profit after a difficult start to 2011 hit by the devastating earthqu...
Clinton to leave China for Bangladesh cauldron
May 05, 2012 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves a diplomatic crisis in China for a difficult mission in Bangladesh on Saturday where violence and a crackdown on th...
S. Korea starts building new nuclear reactors
May 04, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea on Friday started work on two new nuclear reactors despite fears over safety in the aftermath of the radioactive disaster in Japan last year. The re...
Japan to go nuclear-free for first time since 1970
May 04, 2012 (AFP)
Japan is set to go without nuclear energy for the first time since 1970 from Saturday, when the last operating reactor shuts down for maintenance, heightening f...
Can Nature's Beauty Lift Citizens From Poverty?
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
Using nature's beauty as a tourist draw can boost conservation in China's valued panda preserves, but it isn't an automatic ticket out of poverty for the humans...
EU hands extra 20 mln euros to Pakistan flood victims
Apr 30, 2012 (AFP)
Brussels on Monday announced a further 20 million euros in aid to victims of Pakistan's 2011 monsoon floods, as well as people displaced by conflict, bringing f...
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