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Life's no beach for seaside victims of Sandy
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
Eat, warm up, clean up: more than two weeks after superstorm Sandy, thousands of people in a remote New York City beach community are struggling just for the ba...
Under-fire utility boss resigns after storm Sandy
Nov 14, 2012 (AFP)
The chief of a New York utility that came under withering fire from customers and the state governor for its slow restoration of power following superstorm Sand...
Asia's mega-cities more vulnerable to disasters
Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)
Asia's cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters as they struggle with poor planning, population explosions and climate change, the Asian...
Chernobyl cleanup workers had significantly increased risk of leukemia
Nov 13, 2012 (SPX)
A 20-year study following 110,645 workers who helped clean up after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the former Soviet territory of Ukraine sh...
72 tonnes of food aid for quake-struck Guatemala: WFP
Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)
The World Food Program has begun distributing some 72 tons of emergency food aid to help victims of last week's powerful earthquake, officials at the internatio...
New York governor seeks $30 bn in aid after Sandy
Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asked the US federal government for $30 billion in aid Monday to help his state recover from the devastation left by superstorm S...
Commentary: Sandy's S.O.S.
Nov 12, 2012 (UPI)
Polish-born nuclear physicist Marcin Jakubowski and his small band of acolytes are holed up in rural Missouri working on a "civilization starter kit." Bloomberg...
Sympathy for Sandy among Pakistan's forgotten flood victims
Nov 11, 2012 (AFP)
While the United States recovers from superstorm Sandy, away from the glare of the international media, five million Pakistanis are struggling to get by in the ...
Doctors without Border on first US mission
Nov 10, 2012 (AFP)
The group Doctors Without Borders has aided victims of war and disease in countries like Sudan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, they are on the...
New York tries out fuel rationing, power returns
Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)
New York City began its first day of fuel rationing Friday but there was relief for tens of thousands of people who got back electricity disrupted during supers...
Obama to visit New York to review storm recovery
Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama will travel to New York next week to view the damage caused by superstorm Sandy and meet victims of the disaster, the White House said Fr...
60 migrants feared drowned off Bangladesh
Nov 09, 2012 (UPI)
Around 60 suspected illegal migrants are feared drowned after an overcrowded boat carrying them to Malaysia capsized off the Bangladeshi coast. Local fisherman ...
Uranium-polluted water escapes from Finnish mine
Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)
Radioactive emissions 50 times higher than normal have been detected in waters close to a nickel and zinc mine in central Finland after a pool holding contamina...
Cartoon bird warns Fukushima children of radiation
Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)
A grinning bird mascot has been enlisted to teach Japanese children in Fukushima how to stay safe from the radiation that escaped from the region's crippled nuc...
New York rations gasoline, electric outages mount
Nov 08, 2012 (AFP)
New York announced gasoline rationing Thursday to address a fuel crisis sparked by superstorm Sandy, as tens of thousands more people lost electricity and offic...
French seek compensation for cancelled New York marathon
Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)
At least 600 French nationals who went to New York for the city's marathon are seeking compensation from travel agents who they say should have known Hurricane ...
Asia's newest megacity offers model for urban growth as populations swell worldwide
Nov 06, 2012 (SPX)
Iskandar Malaysia, the first "smart metropolis" of Southeast Asia founded on principles of social integration as well as low carbon emissions thanks to a green ...
New York kids back in school, but chaos continues
Nov 05, 2012 (AFP)
Children flocked to reopened schools across New York on Monday for the first time since superstorm Sandy, but colder weather piled on the misery for hundreds of...
Thousands run in New York race of disappointment
Nov 04, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of frustrated marathon runners from around the world descended on New York's Central Park on Sunday to take part in improvised races after the famed e...
Post-Sandy, New York commuters resort to ferries
Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)
With storm flooding shutting down parts of New York's subway, trees blocking roads and gas shortages across the region, some of New York's commuters find the fe...
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