Thirty-five shires across New South Wales and Queensland have been declared disaster zones as floods grip the state. There's been 91 millimetres of rain in Coonamble overnight. And the SES says Cowra residents may be evacuated. Parts of Queanbeyan ar

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The talks are indeed underway to try to resolve the conflict in the Ivory Coast. The countrys President Laurent Gbagbo says his army is negotiating a ceasefire, but hed told French TV hes not ready to surrender. Early reports said he was in the brink

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The northwest Victorian town of Horsham is bracing for a one-in-200-year flood event. The SES says record floodwaters are expected to dissect the township later today or tomorrow. The Prime Minister will surely arrive in the town of Echuca, where the

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The small Victorian western town of Dimboola is the latest community threatened by the surging floodwaters. Several homes have already been flooded and residents have been told to evacuate. The large volume of water is putting immense pressure on the

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1. The FBI says the Defense contract employee behind Monday shooting rampage at the Washington Naval Yard had a legitimate pass to get in. Thirty-four-year-old Aaron Alexis killed a dozen people before he died in a shootout with police. 2. Eight peop

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The hardest-hit state is Iowa, the leading corn state and last year's top soybean producer. Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in parts of the American Midwest face a difficult rec

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Floods Challenge Midwest Farmers On his land outside Peoria, Darrel Kammeyer is keeping one eye on the rising Illinois River and another on the only thing standing between it and his farmland, a seven-meter-tall levee. It was constructed to hold back

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Despite all this, Dr Dave doesn't think much of this contribution to computing history. 尽管有这一切的原由,Dave博士并不觉得他这项在计算机发展史上极有贡献的发明有多了不起。 学习重点: 1.think much of 推崇

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Flooding in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, has affected thousands and left hundreds displaced. The Liberian Minister of Information has placed the blame on global warming and poor construction planning. Brent Latham has more from our West Africa bu

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By Kate Thomas Dakar 21 September 2009 Three weeks after Burkina Faso was hit by devastating floods, people in the worst-affected areas are struggling to get back to normal. Eight people died when heavy rains swept through Burkina Faso in early Sept

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The U.N. refugee agency reports torrential rains in Chad are affecting about 150,000 people. The UNHCR says more than one-third of the flood-affected victims are refugees, mainly from the Central African Republic. Heavy rains have been pummeling Chad

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Natural Disasters Displace 32 Million in 2012 A new report says more than 32-million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 due to natural disasters. Most of the displacement occurred in developing countries, but even rich nations, like the U

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After Louisiana Floods, A Photographer Finds Resilience play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:33repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

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US embassies are on terrorism alert across the Arab world. Twenty-one embassies and consulates right across the Middle East and North Africa will remain close until the end of this week. Security is particularly tight in Yemens capital where Britain,

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Ok. You should keep following a river like this downstream. It will lead to a bigger river, then the coast. Walking has always been a big part of Aboriginal culture. And for them, its about experiencing the landscape and learning to live with nature.

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The locals have waited decades for this. Diggers slowly clawing a way yields of silt that many blame for the winter's floods. For the environment agency, it's a chance to rebuild trust.-It's good that extra funding that is really making this possible

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 July 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is urgently appealing for $5 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of flood victims in Pakistan. UNICEF estimates more than 1.5 million people are

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 August 2007 International aid agency Oxfam says poorly built flood defenses in South Asia may have aggravated the intensity of the recent flooding in the region. It calls for a reassessment of flood policies in the reg

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Rebecca Hume with you on this Monday, August 12th, 2013. Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital. Coming up on our program this morning... China set to further boost green industries UK retail giant Tesco in talks ove

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