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Australia costs from natural disasters to soar: study
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
The cost of natural disasters in Australia is set to nearly quadruple by 2050 but could be dramatically reduced by national investment in preventive measures, a...
WIN-T Increment 1 Enables National Guard to Restore Vital Network Communications Following a Disaster
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
The General Dynamics C4 Systems-built Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 1 has a significantly expanded role with U.S. Army National Gu...
Satellite data will be essential to future of groundwater, flood and drought management
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
New satellite imagery reveals that several areas across the United States are all but certain to suffer water-related catastrophes, including extreme flooding, ...
China work safety probe finds 'many' problems: official
Jun 15, 2013 (AFP)
A top Chinese official on Saturday warned of risky conditions for labourers after a probe found "many" problems following the country's deadliest blaze in over ...
Engility wins follow-on USAID training deal
Jun 09, 2013 (UPI)
Engility Holdings subsidiary IRG is to continue to provide professional development training to the U.S. Agency for International Development. Under the follow-...
Sandbags and raw nerves as flood peak hits Germany
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Germany pushed on with efforts to secure river dykes with sandbags Thursday, bracing for a surge of the worst floods in over a decade that have claimed 12 lives...
More radioactive leaks reported at Fukushima plant
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Wednesday admitted it had found another leak of radioactive water, the latest episode in a grow...
Agreement over Statue of Liberty security screening
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
A standoff over security screening procedures for the reopening of the Statue of Liberty next month was resolved on Monday after authorities agreed to carry out...
Japan disaster cash spent on counting turtles: report
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
A billion dollars of public money earmarked to help people hit by Japan's 2011 quake and tsunami was spent in areas unaffected by the natural disaster, the gove...
No health risk from Fukushima radiation: UN
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
Radiation leaked after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 is unlikely to cause any ill health effects in the future, a UN scientific committee drawing u...
Africa plans emergency force, but can it deliver?
May 29, 2013 (AFP)
Aware that they have failed to get a fully-fledged peacekeeping force up and running, African leaders now plan a rapid-deployment emergency force, but analysts ...
Bill Gates hopeful of more aid from China
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
The world's richest man Bill Gates Tuesday urged China to become a bigger player in foreign development following its success in lifting millions of its own peo...
Remembering storm, Obama, Christie again the odd couple
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday rekindled his odd couple relationship with Republican rising star Chris Christie, as they high-fived on a New Jersey boardw...
Japan nuclear lab accident affected 30: agency
May 27, 2013 (AFP)
The number of researchers exposed to low-level radiation in an accident at a nuclear laboratory in Japan last week has hit 30, officials said Monday, with human...
Kerry unveils $4 bn Palestinian investment plan
May 26, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry unveiled Sunday a plan to boost the Palestinian economy by attracting $4 billion in private investment, saying it could transfo...
Italian town struggles to rebuild a year after quakes
May 23, 2013 (AFP)
Reconstruction efforts in Emilia Romagna in Italy are proceeding slowly a year after two powerful earthquakes wrecked homes and businesses in this rich farming ...
Death toll in China blast rises to 33: Xinhua
May 23, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from a blast at an explosives plant in eastern China earlier this week rose to 33 Thursday as 20 missing people were declared dead, state media r...
US tornado survivors begin rebuilding their lives
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
Survivors of the killer tornado that ripped through this Oklahoma City suburb rolled up their sleeves Wednesday under a blazing sun and got down to the long, ha...
Rescuers dig for life after US tornado kills 24
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing...
Huge China sinkhole kills five: authorities
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
Five people died when a 10 metre (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring...
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