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US urges ASEAN armies to prepare for more natural disasters
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
US officials on Wednesday offered to help ASEAN countries prepare for the devastating effects of climate change, urging stronger cooperation among armies and em...
Chileans scramble for supplies after new quake
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
Chileans desperate for supplies stood in long lines outside shops on Thursday after strong aftershocks from a deadly 8.2-magnitude earthquake forced them to spe...
Sub joins MH370 hunt as Malaysia police probe draws blank
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
A British nuclear sub with underwater search capabilities reinforced the Indian Ocean hunt for flight MH370 on Wednesday, but Malaysian police warned the cause ...
ASEAN, US defense ministers look for lessons from MH370 search
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
The specter of missing Flight MH370 will loom over a meeting of US and ASEAN defense ministers Wednesday, as they discuss how to improve their response to natur...
Malaysia police say MH370 mystery may never be solved
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysia's top police official warned Wednesday that authorities may never learn what caused the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370, as he indicated a thr...
No clues in MH370 cockpit transcript as search wears on
Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysia revealed the full radio communications with the pilots of its missing flight Tuesday, but the routine exchanges shed no light on the mystery as an Indi...
US landslide towns divided by mud, united by grief
Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)
"We're still in shock, really," says Ben Sullivan. As the likely death toll from the monster landslide in the picture postcard valley town of Oso climbs into th...
US landslide death toll rises to 21
Mar 31, 2014 (AFP)
The confirmed death toll from a huge US landslide rose from 18 to 21 on Sunday, while four more bodies were located but not counted in the official tally, autho...
Malaysia PM to visit Perth as jet-search window narrowsw/ll
Mar 31, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak will visit Australia to witness the race-against-time bid to locate a crash site for flight MH370, his government said Monda...
Tragic stories emerge as US landslide toll inches up
Mar 29, 2014 (AFP)
Tragic stories have emerged of individual victims of a massive US landslide, as the confirmed death toll inched up Friday amid fears the eventual number dead wi...
Fukushima worker dies after accident: plant operator
Mar 28, 2014 (AFP)
A worker at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan died in hospital Friday after being buried in earth and rubble while digging a hole at the site, the f...
Italian navy rescues 128 boat migrants
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
Italy's navy said Thursday it had rescued 128 migrants from Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Syria from a boat crossing the Mediterranean which got into difficulty off...
Malaysia in uncharted territory on MH370 crash probe
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
The Malaysia Airlines crash investigation is shaping up as the most challenging in history due to jurisdictional tangles and a lack of evidence so far, and any ...
Fewer missing, but questions grow over US landslide
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
The number of people missing after a devastating US landslide has fallen to 90, officials said Wednesday while defending themselves over the disaster which has ...
Hopes fading with 90 still missing in US landslide
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
The death toll from the monster US landslide is expected to rise "substantially," somber officials warned Thursday as the scale of the disaster becomes clear wi...
Thai satellite spots 300 objects in jet search
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
Thai satellite images have shown 300 floating objects in the southern Indian Ocean during a search for the missing Malaysian airliner, an official said Thursday...
MH370 search back on as weather improves
Mar 26, 2014 (AFP)
Planes and ships converged on the southern Indian Ocean Wednesday, resuming the hunt for wreckage from Flight MH370 after weather conditions improved, as grievi...
US landslide death toll rises to 24
Mar 26, 2014 (AFP)
Rescuers digging through the debris of a monster US landslide found another 10 bodies Tuesday, officials said, bringing the death toll to 24 with potentially mo...
Fukushima water decontamination system down again
Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday it had shut down a key decontamination system used to clean radiation-tainted water, just ...
MH370 relatives stage Beijing march against Malaysia
Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)
Emotional relatives of Chinese passengers on crashed Flight MH370 scuffled with guards outside Malaysia's embassy on Tuesday and abused the ambassador, demandin...
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