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August 16, 2010 6:08 PM

UN warns Pak of water-borne risks

The United Nations today warned that up to 3.5 million children were at risk from water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan. A spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Maurizio Giuliano, feared that Pakistan was on the brink of a second wave of death. He said up to ...

August 16, 2010 6:08 PM

UN warns Pak of water-borne risks

The United Nations today warned that up to 3.5 million children were at risk from water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan. A spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Maurizio Giuliano, feared that Pakistan was on the brink of a second wave of death. He said up to ...

August 16, 2010 6:07 PM

Tollgate accident kills at least 30 in Nigeria

In Nigeria, at least 30 people were killed in an accident involving several vehicles this morning in Lagos. According to Lagos State Government sources, the accident happened close to the old tollgate along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The vehicles involved in the crash were burnt while some of the ...

August 16, 2010 6:07 PM

Tollgate accident kills at least 30 in Nigeria

In Nigeria, at least 30 people were killed in an accident involving several vehicles this morning in Lagos. According to Lagos State Government sources, the accident happened close to the old tollgate along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The vehicles involved in the crash were burnt while some of the ...

August 16, 2010 6:05 PM

14 people killed in Mexico as gunmen opens fire

In Mexico, 14 people have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, the drug-infested murder capital on the US border. In a statement, the state prosecutors's office said gunmen opened fire on a pool party in central Ciudad Juarez, killing three women and a man and wounding five other women, all of whom we...

August 16, 2010 6:05 PM

14 people killed in Mexico as gunmen opens fire

In Mexico, 14 people have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, the drug-infested murder capital on the US border. In a statement, the state prosecutors's office said gunmen opened fire on a pool party in central Ciudad Juarez, killing three women and a man and wounding five other women, all of whom we...

August 16, 2010 5:00 PM

Grassfire leads to declaration of emergency in Aus

In Australia, police have declared an emergency at Willowbank, west of Brisbane, where a large grassfire is burning out of control. The fire is burning near the Cunningham Highway in the Willowbank-Mutdapilly area. Police say smoke has reduced visibility for motorists along the highway and roads lea...

August 16, 2010 5:00 PM

Grassfire leads to declaration of emergency in Aus

In Australia, police have declared an emergency at Willowbank, west of Brisbane, where a large grassfire is burning out of control. The fire is burning near the Cunningham Highway in the Willowbank-Mutdapilly area. Police say smoke has reduced visibility for motorists along the highway and roads lea...

August 16, 2010 5:00 PM

Anthrax kills at least 83 hippos in Uganda

Anthrax has killed at least 83 hippopotamuses in a popular Ugandan game park that saw a similar outbreak six years ago. Area conservation manager at Queen Elizabeth National Park in south-west Uganda, Tom Okello says 83 hippos are dead. The park, one of Uganda's most popular safari destinations...

August 16, 2010 5:00 PM

Anthrax kills at least 83 hippos in Uganda

Anthrax has killed at least 83 hippopotamuses in a popular Ugandan game park that saw a similar outbreak six years ago. Area conservation manager at Queen Elizabeth National Park in south-west Uganda, Tom Okello says 83 hippos are dead. The park, one of Uganda's most popular safari destinations...

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