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30/07/2011 - Japan - Korea - Indonesia

One dead, thousands told to move in Japan floods

A 67-year-old man has been found dead and several others are missing as east Asia’s torrential rains hit Japan.

29/04/2011 - Egypt

Twenty-two drown as Egypt ferry capsizes

More than 20 people drowned when a bus on a ferry fell into Egypt’s Nile River on Friday. The bus plummeted into the river after the ferry crashed into the shore.

19/04/2011 - Laos - Vietnam - Cambodia - Thailand

Mekong neighbours push Laos to delay dam project

Laos's neighbours pressed it to delay construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River, at a meeting in the Laotian capital on Tuesday. Officials from Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam ...

02/12/2010 - Hidden Paris

1961 - Algerians massacred on Paris streets

Each day, as throngs of people cross the St Michel bridge that joins Notre Dame cathedral with Paris’s bustling Latin Quarter, they pass by a nondescript stone plaque.

An area of Niamey under flood water.
09/08/2010 - Niger

Niger River reaches highest level in 80 years

Thousands of people are awaiting aid in Niger after record rains caused flooding that destroyed hundreds of homes and crops.

23/07/2010 - China

Three Gorges dam threatens to overflow

China is bracing itself for more floods, with a potential new deluge on the Yangtze river, downstream from the huge Three Gorges Dam.

19/05/2010 - France

Fish in Seine poisonous, study shows

The fish in the Seine are not safe to eat, according to environment campaigners. Their flesh exceeds the European limit for the density of dioxins and pollutants, a study shows.

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