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Natural Disasters

 INDONESIA

More than 120,000 hectares (ha) of rice fields and 300,000 tonnes of unhusked rice have been devastated by recent floods in Indonesia. "At least 120,991 ha of paddy fields in seven main rice

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
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Natural Disasters, Floods, Indonesia
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 Licence to aid

Aspen gets power from GSK to produce anti AIDS drugs

Publication Date: 
14/11/2001
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 Going the CNG way

German auto manufacturers and oil companies show interest in CNG as a result of government policy

Publication Date: 
30/10/2001
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 Down the drain

The recently launched food for work programme may not ensure local food security

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Starvation, Rural Development, Government Of India (GOI), Food Security
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 Disastrous state

For more than a decade now, Orissa has been reeling under contrasting extreme weather conditions: from heat waves to cyclones; from droughts to floods. Calamities have been visiting the state with alarming regularity.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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El Nino, Climate Change, Global Warming, Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, Cyclones, Drought, Orissa (Odisha), Rainfall
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 CAMEROON

The Dja reserve in Cameroon is no longer a safe dwelling for animals, reveals a recent survey of the World Society for the Pro

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Animal Cruelty, Endangered Species, Cameroon
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 Twilight Zone

PRABHANJAN VERMA The film is a critical analysis of the left wing stand in Kerala on the sensitive nuclear arms issue. It portrays the tug-of-war between the official party line that has

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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War, Nuclear Weapons, Kerala
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 Follow Up

The Delhi high court and the city's lower courts are proving to be the major obstacles in the way of cleaning the Yamuna river, the Union urban development ministry recently stated in a reply to the

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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River Pollution, Rivers, Yamuna, Urban Development, Supreme Court, High Court, Delhi
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 ST LUCIA

W hales and dolphins of St Lucia island are being killed in large numbers, according to the International Whaling Com

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Dolphin, Whales, Mammals, N C America, St Lucia, South America
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 PUERTO RICO

A delegation of New Yorkers headed by George Pataki, the city's governor, recently visited the Puerto Rican island of Vieques to witness the harmful effects of the us navy's combat training

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Ecosystems, Health Care, Puerto Rico, United States Of America (US)

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