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Broadcast: Jan 29 2003 Two senior U.N. officials warn the HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa is changing the nature of 1) famine in the region and is 2) unleashing a disaster that threatens the exis

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This cloud over south Australia and cold front is generating showers and smog mainly in Tasmania. There is some cold southwestly winds Victoria and New Sales Wales, mostly clear elsewhere. Looking at the states. In Queensland, It would be frost in th

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1. A cold Christmas for many Americans of up North. A half million customers from Michigan to Maine without power, all thanks to an ice storm that hit the region last weekend. 2. And cross the pond in England , thousands are without power after sever

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China's weather observatory has issued a blue alert for a cold wave in the coming two days that will sweep central and east China. The National Meteorological Center forecasts sharp temperature drops of up to 10 degrees Celsius and heavy wind to Inne

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Cold snap with rain to hit China

BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Cold front with temperature drop was forecast in north China and heavy rainfall will hit most of south China over the next three days, meteorological authorities said on Saturday. Lasting warm weather still remains unsee

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 06 February 2008 Two explosions have killed at least 20 people in the port town of Bosasso in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, Puntland has gener

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Cold fronts to chill China, bring rain to south

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two strong cold fronts will sweep China during the next two days, bringing temperature drops across the country and rains in south China, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast on Sunday. A cold front moving ea

Cold snap to freeze north China

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Beijing gripped in cold snap

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Cold front to sweep China

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A cold front will sweep most parts of China over the next three days, bringing strong winds and temperature drops, the National Meteorological Center forecast Tuesday. From Wednesday to Friday, temperatures will drop from

Strong cold front to sweep China

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Asia-Pacific Region Critical to US Economic Recovery

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Breakaway Georgian Region Elects President

Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent states. Three candidates are hoping to replace Presiden

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