More than one million battle Philippine floods

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More than one million battle Philippine floods

More than one million people in and around the Philippine capital battled deadly floods Wednesday amid relentless monsoon rains, with neck-deep waters trapping slum dwellers and the wealthy on roofs.

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Tropical storm kills 11, displaces over 1 mln in Philippines

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VietnamNet English 10 month(s) ago

Eleven people died, while over one million were displaced as torrential rains brought by the southwest monsoon flooded large parts of Metro Manila and nine provinces in northern and central Philippines.

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Philippine capital brought to standstill in floods

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Torrential rains brought the Philippines capital to a standstill on Tuesday, forcing at least 20,000 people to flee their homes as floodwaters covered half the sprawling city, authorities said.

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UN food agency lowers 2012 global rice forecast

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UN food agency lowers 2012 global rice forecast

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) revised down its global rice forecast for 2012 on Monday due to low monsoon rainfall in India, but said world output should still be greater than in 2011.

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Drought delivers fresh blow to reeling Indian economy

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Drought delivers fresh blow to reeling Indian economy

A summer drought makes a bad situation worse for an Indian economy already crippled by a sharp slowdown in growth, persistent inflation and a politically hamstrung government.

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Vietnam affected by year’s fourth typhoon

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Vietnam affected by year’s fourth typhoon

A map by National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting forecasts the moving of Vicente typhoon.

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Anger in India after floods leave 109 dead, 400,000 homeless

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Anger in India after floods leave 109 dead, 400,000 homeless

India's annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River.

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Nepal bus crash kills 38 pilgrims: police

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Nepal bus crash kills 38 pilgrims: police

At least 38 pilgrims were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded bus carrying them from India to a Hindu festival in southern Nepal swerved off a highway and plunged into a deep river.

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Belgian experts study mystery skin disease in central Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 11 month(s) ago

Two Belgian doctors Wednesday visited a central Vietnamese province plagued by a mysterious skin condition that has caused the deaths of at least 23 people so far, hoping to crack the mystery.

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Northeast India floods kill 79, displace 2 million

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Northeast India floods kill 79, displace 2 million

At least 79 people have died and 2.2 million forced to leave their homes over the last week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India's northeast, officials said Monday.

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Floods kill 27, displace 900,000 in northeast India

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Floods kill 27, displace 900,000 in northeast India

At least 27 people have died and 900,000 others have been forced to leave their homes as monsoon rains swamp wide areas of the northeastern Indian state of Assam, officials said on Thursday.

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East Sea to have a new storm

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VietnamNet English 11 month(s) ago

East Sea to have a new storm

VietNamNet Bridge – A typhoon named Doksuri is quickly entering the East Sea and will make strong wind and waves from this afternoon, June 28.

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Wary India watches monsoon, gold scrap sales pick up

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 12 month(s) ago

Wary India watches monsoon, gold scrap sales pick up

Jewellers in Thailand cashed in gold as global prices extended gains for an eighth consecutive session on Tuesday, while a weaker rupee curbed buying interest in India, the world's main consumer, dealers said.

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Provinces across Viet Nam suffer high temperature

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VietNam News English 12 month(s) ago

An increasing low-pressure in the west is forecast to bring high temperatures of up to 37 degree Celsius and no rain to northern and central parts of the country over the next three days, said the National Centre for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting.

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Vietnam has largest wind power potential in SEA

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Hanoi Times English 12 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Vietnam has the biggest potential for generating wind power in all of Southeast Asia , said a Germany-based expert.

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