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Death toll rises in 6.9M quake
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-06/Philippines-Earthquake/52995290/1 USA Today (AP) ? “Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a central Philippine island have found only bodies. The death toll climbed to 15 on Tuesday, and at least 73 people were still missing. Monday’s 6.9-magnitude earthquake also collapsed bridges and damaged roads on Negros Island, forcing [...]
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Cambodia: Malaria kills 98, down 35 % in 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2012-01/16/c_131362624.htm PHNOM PENH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — “Malaria had killed 98 Cambodians in 2011, a decline of 35 percent from 151 deaths in a year earlier, said a senior health official on Monday. Last year, some 62,690 cases of malaria had been reported, said Char Meng Chuor, the director of the National Center [...]
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Nine states across the central U.S. will participate in The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10:15 AM CST
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=60459 FEMA Encourages Americans Across the Country to Join More Than One Million in Public Earthquake Drill Release Date: January 23, 2012 Release Number: HQ-12-004 » En Español WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nine states across the central U.S. will participate in The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m. CST. This second [...]
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Snowy Europe
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Forza, Roma!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/2012/feb/05/heaviest-snowfall-decades-havoc-europe “…….Meanwhile, Rome was paralysed by its heaviest snowfall in 27 years, which left buses struggling to navigate the icy roads and people stranded in cars for hours. The city’s mayor was criticised over a lack of snow ploughs and salters. About 4,000 government-issued shovels were handed out in several main piazzas to Romans trying [...]
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