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Displaying 81 to 10 of 90 ArticlesEuropean storms claim 46 Posted: 2007-01-20 17:33:38 in 2012 News Europeans laboured on Friday to restore services across the continent after hurricane-force winds toppled trees, brought down power lines and damaged buildings, killing at least 46 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands. ...Read More Hurricane kills 7, causes 200-mln-euro damage in Netherlands Posted: 2007-01-20 17:31:39 in 2012 News The Netherlands has reviewed the unconsoling effects of the hurricane-force winds, that swept across northern and Central Europe on Thursday. ...Read More Record rain causes flood chaos Posted: 2007-01-20 17:28:49 in 2012 News A ONE-IN-50 year monsoonal downpour dumping record rain across much of South Australia has cut off towns, stranded motorists, flooded businesses and brought smiles of joy to drought-stricken pastoralists. ...Read More South Korea confirms new highly-virulent bird flu case Posted: 2007-01-20 17:24:55 in 2012 News The South Korean Agricultural Ministry confirmed Saturday that a new highly-virulent bird flu case has broken out in central South Korea despite quarantine efforts taken in the country. ...Read More Naught to beat this great, bright comet Posted: 2007-01-19 23:34:37 in 2012 News Halley's was hugely disappointing, Hale-Bopp was striking in a limited kind of way, but Comet McNaught is breathtakingly beautiful. ...Read More Mystery as thousands of birds fall from sky Posted: 2007-01-14 20:58:08 in 2012 News THOUSANDS of birds have fallen from the skies over Esperance, Australia, and no one knows why. Is it an illness, toxins or a natural phenomenon? ...Read More Doomsday Clock closer to midnight as nuclear war risk grows Posted: 2007-01-14 20:54:24 in 2012 News The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) announced this week that the minute hand of the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" will move closer to midnight on January 17, 2007. ...Read More Scientists Issue Dire Global Warming Warning Posted: 2006-10-05 17:12:55 in 2012 News Global warming could strain the Northeast's power grid, farms, forests and marine fisheries by the next century unless carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 3 percent each year, according to a report released Wednesday. The climate in the nine states -- from New Jersey and Pennsylvania up to ...Read More Warning centre reports tsunami after Samoa quake Posted: 2006-09-28 17:58:36 in 2012 News A strong earthquake near Samoa in the South Pacific is believed to have generated a tsunami. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii says an earthquake in the Samoan islands region has generated a tsunami. "Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated," says a warning on the ...Read More

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