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NGO ends Mozambique flood aid over graft: report
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
A charity has withdrawn assistance from flood-torn Mozambique's biggest displaced persons' camp after its administrators allegedly plotted to steal food meant f...
Sri Lanka rescues 138 stranded on sinking boat: navy
Feb 03, 2013 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's navy on Sunday rescued 138 Bangladeshis and Myanmar nationals from a sinking fishing vessel off the island's east coast, officials said. One passeng...
Fireworks truck blast blamed for China bridge collapse
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
The collapse of a bridge on an expressway in central China was likely caused by an explosion on a lorry carrying fireworks, a local official said Saturday as st...
26 dead as China bridge collapses: media
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
A fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed a bridge in central China on Friday, killing 26 people as the structure collapsed and vehicles plummeted to the g...
Australian summer lurches from fire to floods
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
From bushfires raging in searing tinder-dry conditions to surging floodwaters and destructive tornadoes, Australia has witnessed staggering climate extremes dur...
Congress sends $50 bn Sandy aid bill to Obama
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Congress on Monday finally approved more than $50 billion in emergency disaster aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, 13 weeks after the superstorm ravaged much o...
Philippines typhoon victims need more help: UN
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
The United Nations launched an appeal Friday for more international aid to help nearly a million people in the Philippines as they recover from last year's dead...
Kerry urges 'fresh thinking' to tackle global woes
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Probable next US secretary of state John Kerry called for "fresh thinking" Thursday as he outlined his foreign policy agenda and plans for relations with Iran, ...
Boss of Fukushima operator quizzed for negligence
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese prosecutors have questioned the former head of the operator of the Fukushima power plant on suspicion of negligence over the nuclear crisis, local medi...
Indonesia increases maritime patrols
Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)
Indonesia increased its offshore maritime patrols following an incursion by an Australian patrol vessel chasing asylum boats. Chief navy spokesman Commodore Unt...
Canada to resettle up to 5,000 Iranian, Iraqi refugees
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Canada will resettle up to 5,000 mostly Iraqi and Iranian refugees now in Turkey, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Tuesday. "With escalating violence...
China factory fire hidden by thick smog: media
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
A factory fire in eastern China went unnoticed for three hours because of the thick smog that blanketed large stretches of the country this week, state media sa...
Allianz sticks to profit goal despite Hurricane Sandy hit
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
German insurance giant Allianz said on Tuesday it was sticking to its full-year profit forecast despite taking a hit of 455 million euros ($590 million) from Hu...
Hannover Re hit by 261-million-euro loss from Sandy
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
German reinsurance giant Hannover Re said on Monday that it had taken a 261-million-euro ($349-million) hit due to claims from Hurricane Sandy but still expecte...
Haiti is recovering, leader tells quake ceremony
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
Three years after a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, President Michel Martelly said Saturday his country was slowly rebuilding, despite the ongoing day-to-day ...
Philippines to move 100,000 squatters
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippine government plans to move about 100,000 squatters from their homes on crucial waterways in Manila by June as a flood control measure and for their...
Nineteen children among 46 dead in China landslide
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
A desperate search for three people missing in a landslide in southwestern China ended on Saturday when their bodies were pulled from the mud, taking the final ...
US storm turns airport into vast used-car purgatory
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Mother nature in all her fury tossed them about like toys. Now they fill two airport runways -- parked, obedient and damaged -- as they await nibbles from buyer...
EU grants Haiti fresh aid on quake anniversary
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union said Friday it is giving Haiti another 30.5 million euros ($40.7 million) in aid, three years after the Caribbean country was devastated by a...
Years after quake, Haitian homeless feel abandoned
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Three years after Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake, hundreds of thousands of homeless people are still at risk from crime, disease and the elements ...
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