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Dozens still missing in China landslide as hopes fade
Dec 22, 2015 (AFP)
Rescuers struggled to claw away a massive mound of mud engulfing an industrial district in China on Tuesday in a desperate bid to find survivors among 76 missin...
Rescuers race against time after China landslide leaves 85 missing
Dec 21, 2015 (AFP)
Rescuers raced late Monday to try to save victims of a huge China landslide which left 85 people missing after signs of life were detected under a sea of mud, s...
China landslide leaves 59 missing, sparks gas explosion: Xinhua
Dec 20, 2015 (AFP)
A landslide which swept through an industrial park in southern China buried more than 30 buildings in a sea of mud, left 59 people missing and triggered a gas e...
'Robot locust' can traverse rocky terrain and assist in search and rescue
Dec 18, 2015 (SPX)
Since the 1980s, advanced robotic platforms have provided assistance to crisis intervention teams in the wake of man-made and natural disasters. The objective o...
Senegalese migrant with thirst for improving lives
Dec 18, 2015 (AFP)
When mathematician Lassana Koita left the "thirst zone" of Senegal to make his way in the world, he never forgot his duty to give something back to his beloved ...
Amnesty accuses Turkey of abusing, forcibly deporting refugees
Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)
Turkish authorities have since September been detaining scores of refugees, including from Iraq and Syria, and abusing and pressuring them to return home in bre...
Nepal passes long-delayed bill on quake rebuilding
Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)
Nepal's parliament on Wednesday passed a long-delayed law to pave the way for rebuilding after April's massive earthquake, ending months of bickering that paral...
America's penchant for guns stronger than ever after attacks
Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)
The Paris and San Bernardino attacks have fueled a surge in US gun sales, as Americans seek to protect themselves -- and stock up in case lawmakers finally act ...
Human skin detection technology for improved security, search and rescue
Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)
Color-image based systems are excellent at locating people in aerial search and rescue operations, but fall short when it comes to discerning between actual hum...
Five US states spared from mass shooting bloodbaths in 2015
Dec 13, 2015 (AFP)
Five US states were immune to the bloody, perpetual series of mass shootings in the United States this year, which has seen more of them than the number of days...
Nepal quake victims face deadly winter as parties bicker
Dec 12, 2015 (AFP)
Thousands of Nepalis still living in tents months after a massive earthquake are facing a desperate winter, because of a fuel crisis and bickering politicians' ...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisia's guardians of democracy
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Thursday to four organisations that helped save Tunisia's transition to democracy through dialogue, a method the laurea...
Red Cross meet fails to agree on global plan to track rules of war
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
More than 100 nations attending a global meeting of the Red Cross in Geneva on Thursday failed to approve a new system for monitoring compliance with the rules ...
Climate-change foes winning public opinion war
Dec 09, 2015 (SPX)
As world leaders meet this week and next at a historic climate change summit in Paris, a new study by Michigan State University environmental scientists suggest...
Honduras to deploy security on gang-targeted buses
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Honduras will deploy security forces on public buses, which have been targeted by violent gangs extorting money, the government said Wednesday. Public transport...
Higher levels of Fukushima cesium detected offshore
Dec 07, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists monitoring the spread of radiation in the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear accident report finding an increased number of sites off the US West Coast...
US Supreme Court gives nod to assault weapons ban
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
The US Supreme Court appeared on Monday to back lawmakers who want to restrict the type of guns such as semi-automatic assault weapons used in recent mass shoot...
Taking to the hills: tribal groups face up to climate change
Dec 06, 2015 (AFP)
Tashka Yawanawa's Amazonian tribe lived on the plains along the Gregorio River for millennia -- until a wall of flood water last year forced them to flee their ...
Italy rescues over 1,500 migrants off Libya coast
Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)
Over 1,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya in 11 separate operations, the Italian coastguard said Friday, bringing the number of people plucked from boats ...
California's gun laws are among the toughest in the US
Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)
The couple behind the murderous attack in San Bernardino had amassed an arsenal of several thousand dollars worth of arms and ammunition in a state, California,...
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