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Tropical storm Agatha leads to 100 deaths in Central America
Around 100 people have lost their lives in Central America to floods and landslides initiated by Agatha, the first tropical storm to hit the Eastern Pacific this season. Officials have said that torrential rains brought along by the tropical storm have...
Israel threatens attack on Iran, practices war games
Israel, in collaboration with Greece, has been carrying out war games on the island of Crete, in Souda Bay at a Greek air base. Haaretz reported that the war game has been given the codename “MINOAS 2010″ and consists of aerial maneuvers for...
Another, larger Icelandic volcano may erupt
Another eruption is possible from a larger volcano form Iceland’s glacier, said scientists in Europe, as there has been a 200 percent increase in the activity of the Katla volcano in Iceland. The government has assured that it is ready to face the...
Three G8 countries at “high risk” to natural disasters
Three G8 countries- France, Italy and the United States- are considered to be at “high risk” to natural disasters, claims the Natural Disasters Risk Index (NDRI). The same index, released on Thursday, lists Bangladesh, Iran and Indonesia as the countries...
Pyongyang vows to cut all ties with Seoul
North Korea has vowed to cut all ties with South Korea and has disconnected several key links of communication with its southern neighbor as a response to the South’s tactics of imposing economic sanctions on the North over the issue of sinking one...
Jamaican capital Kingston under state of emergency
Jamaican police were involved in clashes with armed gangs as the authorities decided to call for a state of emergency in the capital city of Kingston. People were asked to vacate the roughest areas overnight as clashes between the police and armed gangs...
US oil-leak into the Gulf of Mexico may be the worst in US history
US scientists and lawmakers have stated that the leak in the seabed well which is spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico could be the worst oil spill in US history, which would eclipse even the Exxon Valdez incident in Alaska in 1989. They further stated...
More than 158 feared killed as Air India plane crashes in southern India
Around 160 people were feared killed when an Air India Express airplane carrying 160 passengers and 6 crew members went out of control and over-ran the runway as it was about to land in Mangalore, in southern India. According to sources, eight passengers...
Peace returns to Bangkok, but will democracy survive in Thailand?
Peace was returning to Bangkok, the battered Thai capital on Friday. But as many as 40 buildings were damaged, 15 people dead and 100 injured, and the losses due to the carnage estimated to be around $1.5 billion, as the troops ended cleaning up the mess...
