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At least 62 people have been killed and dozens more are missing after a tropical storm triggered floods and landslides in northern Vietnam.
10/08/2008
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An international express train has crashed into a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others.
09/08/2008
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Officials in Pakistan say floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have destroyed thousands of homes and caused at least 27 deaths.
06/08/2008
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Nearly half of the world's 634 types of primates are in danger of extinction because of human activity, according to a report.
05/08/2008
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Bill Clinton, the former US president, has said more must be done to address the global Aids crisis and warned there was no "silver bullet" to defeat the disease.
05/08/2008
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A Hindu temple in India has re-opened for prayers one day after 145 people died in a stampede.
05/08/2008
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Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has said he would use his country's strategic oil reserves to help drive down fuel costs.
05/08/2008
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A Pakistani helicopter has rescued two Dutch climbers from K-2 (Godwin Austin) after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people missing and believed dead on the world's second-highest mountain.
05/08/2008
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The global Aids conference has opened in Mexico with an appeal for the world not to waver in fighting a disease that has claimed more than 25 million lives and placed 33 million others under its shadow.
04/08/2008
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More than 70 Hindu worshippers have been killed in a stampede during a religious festival in Himachal Pradesh, a northern Indian hill state, police said.
03/08/2008
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has launched an international fund to finance conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon.
02/08/2008
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An enormous swath of western Siberian was submerged in darkness on Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked out the sun, enrapturing huge crowds of Russians and foreign tourists.
01/08/2008
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Nasa's Phoenix lander exploring Mars has confirmed the presence of water on the planet after analysis of a soil sample from the planet's surface, scientists say.
01/08/2008
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California has said it plans to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft as well as construction and agricultural equipment.
01/08/2008
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A US air force B-52 bomber has crashed off the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, the US coastguard has said.
21/07/2008
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