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South Carolina Air National Guard's Eagle Vision IV Supports Superstorm Sandy's First Responders
Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)
Days before Hurricane Sandy or what some media outlets refer to as "Supestorm Sandy" made its land fall near Atlantic City, NJ, the members of the 169th Communi...
Pakistan landslides kill three soldiers, bury rescuers
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
A landslide killed three Pakistani soldiers in mountainous Kashmir Friday, while 18 people sent to rescue them were missing after being buried by a second lands...
A month after superstorm Sandy, suffering lingers
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
A month after historic megastorm Sandy tore through his beachside neighborhood in New York's Rockaways, Gary Hamilton still has no electricity, heating or hot w...
Fed official sees only slight GDP hit from Sandy
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
Superstorm Sandy, which battered the Northeast a month ago, should not significantly slow the US economy in the fourth quarter, a key Federal Reserve official s...
Haiti opts for ID security program
Nov 28, 2012 (UPI)
Haiti is investing in a high-tech security system aimed at solving chronic and costly problems with the country's chaotic civil and identity registry systems th...
CCNY Landscape Architect Offers Storm Surge Defense Alternatives
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
The flooding in New York and New Jersey caused by Superstorm Sandy prompted calls from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other officials to consider building storm surge ba...
Chernobyl shelter construction reaches key landmark
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
Work to build a permanent shelter to secure the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine reached a key milestone on Tuesday when workers...
Sandy costs top $42 bn in New York: governor
Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)
Superstorm Sandy ran up a super bill of $42 billion across New York, causing more damage than the infamous Hurricane Katrina, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sai...
Storm gives New Yorkers new family - each other
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Thanksgiving is America's family holiday, but for New York's victims of superstorm Sandy, family this year got bigger, with total strangers arriving to ensure t...
Haitian president talks quake relief with Pope Benedict XVI
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Pope Benedict XVI and Haitian President Michel Martelly discussed Thursday the state of relief efforts after a 2010 earthquake in the impoverished island nation...
Post-storm, New Yorkers love Bloomberg - and Chris Christie
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
Three of four New Yorkers think Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doing a good job on the heels of deadly superstorm Sandy, but they are even bigger fans of New Jersey...
Victims of Hurricane Sandy forgotten in Haiti
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
Hurricane Sandy, the deadly storm that slammed into New York and New Jersey in October, tore through the Caribbean long before reaching America -- and in Haiti,...
European reconstruction bank admits Kosovo
Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)
A decision by European Bank for Reconstruction to admit Kosovo as a member will help speed its path to stabilization, European leaders said last weekend. The EB...
UN agency faces aid deficit ahead of Madagascar storms
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
The UN food agency issued an alert Tuesday warning that a lack of funding has left it with just half the emergency supplies it needs in Madagascar ahead of the ...
Australia deports more Sri Lankans
Nov 19, 2012 (UPI)
Australia has deported 332 asylum seekers back to Sri Lanka since Canberra reopened controversial offshore processing centers on neighboring island countries. T...
12 New York schools finally reopen post Sandy
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
Twelve New York schools with 5,400 students and staff finally reopened Monday after repairs in the wake of superstorm Sandy, the mayor's office said. However, a...
Hundreds of NY homes to be razed after Sandy
Nov 18, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of New York City homes deemed to be safety hazards after superstorm Sandy will be razed in a vast operation the office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg descr...
High radiation found in Fukushima's fish
Nov 17, 2012 (UPI)
Fish caught near Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have radiation levels 100 times higher than normal, officials say. Japan's Environment Ministry carried o...
New York authorities probe Sandy price gouging
Nov 16, 2012 (AFP)
New York State's attorney general on Friday announced action against gasoline stations that allegedly gouged prices during the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, wh...
Statement on the handling of risk situations by scientists
Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the French Academie des sciences publish a statement concerning the handling of risks situations by scientist...
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