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Doomsday cult arrests surpass 400 in China
Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)
China is stepping up a crackdown on "evil" cults, detaining more than 400 members of the "Almighty God" doomsday sect in just one province, with scores of other...
China opens disaster research laboratory
Dec 18, 2012 (UPI)
A Chinese government laboratory has been set up to research technologies to minimize the damage of nuclear and biochemical disasters, officials said. The lab in...
US gun lobby silent on social media after shooting
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
The powerful US gun lobby has turned silent on social media, apparently suspending its Facebook page, after last week's school massacre that took the lives of 2...
China cracks down on doomsday rumours: state media
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
China has detained dozens of people, some of whom it terms doomsday cult members, as part of a nationwide crackdown on rumours about a supposed forthcoming apoc...
Signs of evolving US gun debate after school tragedy
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
New signs emerged Monday of an evolving US gun law debate, with several top lawmakers appearing more open to stiffening controls on firearms after the Connectic...
Insurance industry paying increasing attention to climate change
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
The insurance industry, the world's largest business with $4.6 trillion in revenues, is making larger efforts to manage climate change-related risks, according ...
Avalanche kills six Indian troops on Siachen glacier
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)
An avalanche on the high-altitude Siachen glacier that is disputed between India and Pakistan killed at least six Indian soldiers on Sunday when their outpost w...
Philippines says rebels violating typhoon truce
Dec 15, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippine government on Saturday accused Maoist rebels of violating a self-imposed truce in typhoon-hit areas with attacks on government forces involved in...
Great balls of China to defend against 'apocalypse'
Dec 13, 2012 (AFP)
As people across the globe tremble in anticipation of next week's supposed Mayan-predicted apocalypse, one Chinese villager says he may have just what humanity ...
Apocalypse... but not as we know it
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
The End Of The World As We Know It -- TEOTWAWKI -- is littered with predictions that didn't quite pan out. Just ask the folks who are still chewing through the ...
Thirteen killed in S.Africa bridge collapse
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Thirteen people have been killed in the east of South Africa after a bridge they were crossing collapsed under heavy rain, a public safety official said Tuesday...
UN seeks $65 mn aid as Philippines typhoon toll tops 600
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
The United Nations launched a $65 million global appeal Monday to help desperate survivors of a typhoon that killed more than 600 people and affected millions i...
N.Z. probe finds numerous flaws in killer quake building
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
An office block that collapsed, killing 115 people in last year's Christchurch earthquake was so badly designed it should never have received a building permit,...
Fire, flood or giant calabash... pick your apocalypse
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
Devoured by a giant squash, engulfed by flood or flames, frozen in a nuclear winter or new ice age, mankind has looked to The End with fear and fascination sinc...
Victims beg for food after deadly Philippine typhoon
Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)
Desperate families begged for food Sunday, days after a typhoon brought death and destruction to parts of a southern Philippine island, as the storm returned to...
Mining, logging contributed to Philippine disaster
Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)
Unchecked illegal gold mining and decades of indiscriminate logging contributed to the high death toll in the Philippines' worst natural disaster this year, off...
Desperate Philippine typhoon victims await aid
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
Hungry and homeless typhoon survivors appealed for help Saturday as the ravaged southern Philippines mourned its more than 500 dead and desperate people in one ...
Philippine camps overflow with typhoon homeless
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of survivors of a deadly Philippines typhoon crammed into overcrowded shelters Friday, braving the stench of corpses as the government vow...
Obama asks for $60 bn Sandy recovery package
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Friday asked Congress for $60.4 billion in emergency funds to repair devastation from Superstorm Sandy, which paralyzed the US east co...
477 dead, homeless swell after Philippines typhoon
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
A quarter million people were homeless and 477 confirmed dead after the Philippines' worst typhoon this year, officials said Thursday, as the government appeale...
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