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Louisiana wants BP cash for Gulf spill
08/05/2012 - International report

Louisiana wants BP cash for Gulf spill

The world may have forgotten the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico but local communities are still suffering the consequences.

French Energy Minister visits Fukushima disaster site
23/02/2012 - World news explained

French Energy Minister visits Fukushima disaster site

French Industry and Energy Minister Eric Besson has became the first foreign official to visit the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, which was devastated by a tsunami and earthquake ...

03/02/2012 - France - Italy

French Costa Concordia passengers demand 11,000 euros compensation each

French passengers on the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off Italy last month are demanding 11,000 euros compensation each by Monday evening or they will sue the owners.

15/01/2012 - Italy

Two French among Costa Concordia dead, captain prosecuted

Two French passengers and a Peruvian crew member died when the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscany coast on Friday night.

14/01/2012 - Italy

At least three dead after giant cruise ship sinks off Italy

Three people were reported dead and several were missing Saturday after the Costa Concordia cruise ship with more than 4,000 people on board ran aground and keeled over off an Italian ...

08/01/2012 - New Zealand

New oil-spill threat after Rena container ship breaks off New Zealand

Oil-spill and salvage experts have been rushed to the cargo ship Rena off New Zealand’s coast after it broke in two in a storm

18/12/2011 - Indonesia - Australia

Over 200 aslyum-seekers feared dead between Indonesia and Australia

More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat carrying asylum-seekers, mostly from Afghanistan and Iran, sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday.

17/11/2011 - France

France must tighten nuclear security after Fukushima, watchdog says

France must urgently improve safety in its 58 nuclear reactors in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, an official report published Thursday said.

07/09/2011 - France

French court dismisses Chernobyl nuclear fallout case after 10 years

A Paris appeal court has dismissed a case by French citizens who believed their health had been damaged by the radioactive cloud that crossed Europe after Ukraine’s 1986 Chernobyl nuclear ...

12/08/2011 - China

US oil giant admits to massive China oil spill

A huge oil spill off China’s north-east coast was far more extensive than first thought, said the US oil giant behind it, ConocoPhillips, in a statement Friday.

 

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