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(Photo: Creative Commons / Ruler)Iran quake injures 274; new tremor further south
A view of the city from Mount Abidar. As in most other parts of Iran, carpet weaving is one of the most significant handicrafts of the region, especially in Bijar and Sanandaj. Shaw, kilim and jajim weaving....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Bertrand Guay/Pool)Immigration to blame for social ills, Sarkozy says
President of France and honorary co-Prince of Andorra Nicolas Sarkozy, right, delivers a speech next to Andorra's chief of parliament Josep Dalleres Codina, left, at the Andorra's Parliament in Andorre-la-Vieille in Andorra, Thursday, July 29, 2010. French Presidents also carry the title of Co-Prince of Andorra, during their term of office....Full Story

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Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods
| NOWSHERA, Pakistan - Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other waterborne diseases. | The flooding cau...Full Story
Pak floods toll reaches 800
Islamabad, July 31 (DPA) | The death toll in floods rose to 837 on Saturday as rescue workers tried to reach tens of thousands of people stranded in north-western Pakistan, officials said. | Rivers bloated by monsoon rains submerged thousands of villages, washed away do...Full Story
Putin plans emergency meeting on forest fires (Roundup)
| Moscow - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called an emergency meeting with the governors of the regions devastated by the worst forest and peat fires that Russia has seen in decades, to be held on Monday in the capital Moscow. | 'The situation remains tense,' Putin n...Full Story
Death toll reaches 870 in Pakistan floods (Roundup)
| Islamabad - The death in flooding in Pakistan rose to toll rose to 870 on Saturday as rescue workers tried to reach tens of thousands of people stranded in the north-west of the country. | Rivers bloated by monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, and inund...Full Story
Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods
| A woman sits outside her house flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar,... | An exhausted boy is seen in a reflection as he has a nap in his house flooded... | A Pakistan army helicopter evacuates stranded villagers in Nowshera, Pakis... | NOWSHERA, Pakistan (AP) -...Full Story
Warmers heating up again!
| The World is hotter than ever. - USA Today, July 16 | Worldwide, 2010 is on track to become the warmest year on record. - Huffington Post | World simmers in hottest year so far - Reuters | Global Warming Undeniable - Montreal Gazette, July 29 | And the hits just keep ...Full Story
More Than 800 Dead in Pakistani Floods
| Filed at 9:13 a.m. ET | NOWSHERA, Pakistan (AP) -- Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other waterborn...Full Story
Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
Comments NEW ORLEANS (Map, News) - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plug the ...Full Story
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Flash floods kill at least 65 in Afghanistan: Official
Zeenews Kabul: Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told a news agency on Saturday. | Rescue teams in the northeast of the country are still struggling to reac...
Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods
Chicago Sun-Times | NOWSHERA, Pakistan (AP) — Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other waterborne dis...
Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
Chicago Sun-Times | NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plu...
Weather forecasters still see stormy 2010
CBC Forecasters say there may be more hurricanes this year compared to 2009. (CBC) | Weather experts are sticking with their forecasts that it will be an active hurricane season for the U.S. and possibly parts of Canada this summer and fall. | Environmen...
Pakistan floods: Death toll reaches 800
The Times Of India PESHAWAR: Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800. | Hundreds of homes and vast swathes of farmland were de...
Flooding in Pakistan Kills 800
Wall Street Journal Associated Press | European Pressphoto Agency | An aerial view of flood-hit areas after heavy monsoon rains on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday. | NOWSHERA, Pakistan—Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a...
States of emergency spread through Russia as fires burn on
m&c | Moscow - Officials in 14 of Russia's regions have declared a state of emergency due to devastating forest and peat fires, the broadcaster Echo of Moscow reported Saturday. | Thousands of emergency services workers continued to fight more than 60 bl...
UN voices Pakistan flood fears as death toll soars
BBC News | At least one million people in north-west Pakistan have been affected by the country's worst monsoon floods in living memory, the UN has said. | Rescuers are struggling to reach inundated areas where transport and communication have been cut o...
Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistan floods
The Star | NOWSHERA, Pakistan (AP): Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other waterborne dise...
'Flash floods kill at least 65 in Afghanistan'
Yahoo Daily News | KABUL (AFP) – Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told AFP Saturday. | Rescue teams in the northeast of the country are still struggling to re...
Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
Toledo Blade NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plug...
BP changes cleanup focus
The Columbus Dispatch | BILOXI, Miss. — BP’s new boss says it’s time for a “scale-back” in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. | There wer...
Flooding death toll hits 430 in Pakistan
The Columbus Dispatch | PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwestern Pakistan yesterday. Meanwhile, the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit...
Debris In Relief Well Sets Back Gulf Work
WPXI NEW ORLEANS -- Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plug the ...
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