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Tropical Storm Hubert kills 36 in Madagascar
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-15-2010 at 01:00:52
| AP - Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert. |
Cyclone misses American Samoa, turns toward Tonga
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-15-2010 at 03:00:53
| AP - A powerful tropical storm missed American Samoa early Saturday morning, causing heavy rains and high winds but sparing more devastation to the U.S. territory battered by a deadly autumn tsunami. |
Weather taskforce to warn Haiti of hurricanes
(AFP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-12-2010 at 01:00:50
 AFP - Caribbean weather experts launched a task force Friday to provide Haiti storm forecasts amid fears the 2010 hurricane season could devastate the country's already fragile infrastructure.
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Tropical Storm Hubert kills 14 in Madagascar
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-12-2010 at 10:00:49
| AP - Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 14 people have died and 32,000 have been affected by Tropical Storm Hubert. |
Report blasts firm overseeing Katrina recovery
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-11-2010 at 09:00:52
| AP - An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found. |
Firm accused of overbilling, hurting NO's recovery
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-11-2010 at 07:00:51
| AP - New Orleans' watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Katrina, including overbilling, billing the city for theater tickets and Christmas gifts and questionable contract arrangements. |
Ex-policeman pleads guilty in Katrina killing case
(Reuters) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-11-2010 at 12:00:47
| Reuters - A former New Orleans police detective who now works as a U.S. immigration agent has pleaded guilty to helping cover up the shooting deaths of two people by police days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said on Thursday. |
Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-11-2010 at 12:00:47
 AP - A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a despicable scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm's damage.
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Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-11-2010 at 10:00:47
| AP - A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina. |
Hurricane season forecast: seven storms to reach land
(The Christian Science Monitor) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-11-2010 at 02:00:47
| The Christian Science Monitor - America may have already had a âsnowicaneâ this year, but now some weather forecasters are focusing on the real thing â" you know, those monster storms with names like Donna or Andrew that pelt the coast with 100-mile-per-hour winds, massive amounts of rain, and tidal surges. |
2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in Katrina coverup
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-09-2010 at 08:00:46
| AP - A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, a person familiar with the case said Tuesday. |
2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in Katrina coverup
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-09-2010 at 06:00:46
| AP - A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in a conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty. |
2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in Katrina coverup
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-09-2010 at 04:00:46
| AP - A second ex-New Orleans officer has been charged in a conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina. |
Katrina victims seek to sue greenhouse gas emitters
(AFP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-04-2010 at 01:01:05
 AFP - Victims of Hurricane Katrina are seeking to sue carbon gas-emitting multinationals for helping fuel global warming and boosting the devastating 2005 storm, legal documents showed.
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Alternative Spring Breaks Combine Service, Learning
(U.S. News World Report) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-03-2010 at 01:01:09
| U.S. News World Report - Instead of relaxing on white, sandy beaches this spring break, thousands of college students will travel around the globe to volunteer for a variety of social justice causes. Known as alternative spring breaks, these are public-service-oriented trips, planned and led by students, that focus on volunteerism and education about social justice issues in the United States or overseas. From rebuilding homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina to tutoring students in a remote village in Ecuador, these trips can open students' eyes to issues both close to home and far away. |
Power restored in much of storm-battered Northeast
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-01-2010 at 04:01:03
 AP - Many of the more than 1 million Northeastern homes and businesses plunged into the dark by a storm were running on electricity Monday, three days after the hard-hitting combination of snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.
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Europe storm death toll at 62; France hardest hit
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-01-2010 at 02:01:03
 AP - Rescue workers in dinghies cruised flooded streets on France's Atlantic coast Monday, searching for people still trapped in their homes by storms that smashed through concrete sea walls and killed at least 62 people across Western Europe.
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Europe storm death toll at 62; France hardest hit
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-01-2010 at 12:01:03
AP - Thousands of firefighters and other rescue workers searched house by house Monday along France's devastated Atlantic coast, trying to help those still stranded by a storm that smashed sea walls and killed at least 62 people across western Europe.
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Europe storm death toll at 62; France hardest hit
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Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-01-2010 at 08:01:04
 AP - Thousands of firefighters and other rescue workers searched house by house Monday along France's devastated Atlantic coast, trying to help those still stranded by a storm that smashed sea walls and killed at least 62 people across western Europe.
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Nearly 200K still without power after winter storm
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-01-2010 at 03:01:01
 AP - Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses were still without power Sunday as restoration efforts continued days after a slow-moving storm battered the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds.
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France storm death toll hits 47; overall up to 53
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 03-01-2010 at 03:01:01
 AP - France's interior minister says the death toll from a violent storm that lashed western France with hurricane-force winds has risen to 47. At least six people died in other countries.
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Death toll hits 53 as storms lash Europe
(AFP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 02-28-2010 at 11:01:00
 AFP - Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.
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Nearly 200K still without power after winter storm
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 02-28-2010 at 05:00:59
 AP - Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses were still without power Sunday as restoration efforts continued days after a slow-moving storm battered the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds.
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Storm moves into France leaving three dead
(AFP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 02-28-2010 at 03:00:59
 AFP - A powerful storm packing hurricane-force winds moved north to the west coast of France on Sunday after lashing Spain and Portugal, killing at least three people and causing transport chaos.
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More than 200K still powerless after winter storm
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: news.yahoo.com Posted: 02-28-2010 at 03:00:59
 AP - More than 200,000 homes and businesses were still without power Sunday as restoration efforts continued days after a slow-moving storm battered the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds.
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