Saturday, December 17, 2011

Philippines - Typhoon kills 140 and some 260 are missing in the region of Mindanao

Published on Dec 17, 2011 by
http://www.euronews.net/ At least 140 people are dead and some 260 are missing after a typhoon hit the southern Philippines. Typhoon Washi battered the region of Mindanao on Friday. Heavy caused many rivers to overflow.

Winds reaching up to 90 kilometres an hour triggered mass floods and landslides in the towns of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro.

Military officials say they have recovered 97 bodies, mainly children.

Washi is currently moving northwest and is set to hit the South China Sea by Sunday.
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Aerial views of aftermath of Philippines typhoon

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Aerial views show destruction left behind by typhoon Washi after it lashed the southern Philippines killing over 200 people and forcing 100,000 from their homes.

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Brazil - Heavy rains flood southeast City of Belo Horizonte

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Russia - seizes Iran-bound radioactive material from the luggage of an Iranian national bound for Tehran

Published on Dec 16, 2011 by
http://www.euronews.net/ Customs officers at a Moscow airport say they have seized radioactive material from the luggage of an Iranian national bound for Tehran. Sodium-22 is used in medical equipment but the service said it could be obtained only as a result of a nuclear reactor's operations. An investigation is underway.

Europe - UK-France relations chillier

Published on Dec 16, 2011 by
http://www.euronews.net/ The diplomatic icicles at the latest EU summit have been snowballing in the press.

Neither the French nor the British hid their displeasure. The air hung thick with irritation, and leaders' hands brushed past unshaken.

There was a crackle in the room after London's veto of EU treaty reform proposed by Paris and Berlin.

President Sarkozy weighed his words underscoring the UK's isolation in the agreement reached by 26 of the EU's 27 member countries.
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Deputy PM says remarks by French ministers are unacceptable

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The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told France's prime minister that remarks by his government criticising the UK economy are 'simply unacceptable'.

In the last few days tension has been ratcheted up between the two countries as several members of the French government have drawn outspoken and unflattering comparisons between their economy and that of the UK.

The BBC's Hugh Pym reports.