Mississippi overflows levees
The swollen Mississippi River ran over the top of
at least 12 more levees on Wednesday, as floodwaters swallowed up
more U.S. farmland, adding to billion-dollar losses and feeding
global food inflation fears.
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UN Chief urges global partnership to tackle food crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon on Wednesday
called for a global partnership to tackle the current food crisis.
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China moves 70,000 from quake areas
China has evacuated more than 70,000 people near
the epicentre of last month’s devastating earthquake to avoid
further casualties from landslides and other disasters during the
country’s deadly annual flood season.
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Do not make Osama a martyr - Obama
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
says if Osama bin Laden is captured alive, the United States should
bring him to justice in a way that avoids turning the al Qaeda
leader into a martyr.
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