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Severe sandstorm 'dyed red' the sky of Texas
A sandstorm believed to be the largest in the past few decades attacked the US state of Texas earlier this week, turning the sky into a scary red.
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Pakistan: A leak of nuclear power plants
On October 20, Mr. Tariq Rashid, a spokesperson for Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Pakistan), said that Karachi had just declared a state of emergency lasting 7 hours, aft…
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Japan wants to export nuclear power technology
Japan yesterday asked Turkey to continue negotiations on a contract to build a nuclear power plant in the country.
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Floods flood into Bangkok's northern district
Floodwaters have flooded some of the residential areas north of Bangkok, Thailand, when all the sluice gates in the city were opened for flood discharge to the sea.
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Earthquakes in Turkey killed 1,000 people
The Kandilli Seismic and Observatory Research Institute based in Istanbul estimated that between 500 and 1,000 people were killed in a 6.6-magnitude quake that rocked th…
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Bangkok prepares to flood
Mayor of Bangkok Sukhumbhand Paribatra late October 23 has warned that capital residents are prepared to deal with the cataclysm when flood water from the suburbs is mov…
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For the first time, capture the 4th level rainbow image in the sky
Scientists have for the first time captured the image of a
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Radiation leaks at nuclear power plants
Radioactivity has leaked at the Dounreay nuclear power complex complex in Caithness, Scotland.
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Japan tested 300,000 children for suspected radioactivity
Japanese health officials are now beginning to examine more than 300,000 children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was badly damaged in the March earthquak…
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Thailand: Floods cause hundreds of factories to close, hospitals evacuate
Nearly 200 factories in central Thailand province were closed; hospitals in northern Bangkok must evacuate hundreds of patients; Prime Minister Yingluck had to postpone…
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Air pollution causes impaired brain function
The results of two recent studies show that air pollution in cities or roads can seriously impair brain function, accelerate the aging process.
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Oil spreads to the shore, storms threaten stranded ships at sea
Oil spill from a containter super ship that ran aground off New Zealand today spread to shore, while rescue groups attempted to stabilize the ship before a storm was exp…
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Encourage the manufacture of solar vehicles
In the face of increasing air pollution in Ho Chi Minh City, finding a new source of energy is important and encouraged.
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Solar energy changes create cold winters in the North
Severe winters in the United States and Northern Europe can be a result of changes in ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
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Thailand: 100 wild crocodiles in the flood
The Bangkok Post newspaper on October 11 reports from the Thai Wildlife and Plant Conservation Service that about 100 crocodiles, reared on a farm in the province of Uth…