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Is Europe freezing due to climate change?
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Is Europe freezing due to climate change?

For more than a month, many European countries have been attacked by snowstorms and cold. Temperature in many places has reached the lowest level in the last 10 years.

December 16, 2018
2010: Year of natural disaster
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2010: Year of natural disaster

Earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, super typhoons, snow storms, landslides and droughts rob the lives of at least 300,000 people in 2010.

December 16, 2018
The truth about 2012 doomsday
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The truth about 2012 doomsday

The fictional test and the reality behind the most popular scenarios about the end of the world are expected to happen in 2012.

December 16, 2018
Woe for 'thunder transmission'
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Woe for 'thunder transmission'

The mayor of a French village has threatened to call for troops to set up barriers, preventing the influx of tourists coming here with the belief that this place is the…

December 16, 2018