Tag: southern
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The snake-catching tribe saving lives in India
A small scythe, a crowbar and a bundle of canvas bags are all that Kali and Vedan carry when they venture into the fields of southern India to catch some of the world's deadliest snakes. Since it began in the 1970s, the Irula snake-catchers' cooperative on the outskirts of the southern city of Chennai has…
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Timeline: Major earthquakes in Italy in past century
Italy was hit by its strongest earthquake in decades on Sunday, when a 6.6 magnitude tremor brought down buildings in several towns in the central Apennines. Sunday’s quake was the biggest since one measuring 6.9 in 1980, which killed an estimated 2,735 people in the southern region of Campania. Below is a list of major…
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Timeline: Major earthquakes in Italy in past century
Italy was hit by its strongest earthquake in decades on Sunday, when a 6.6 magnitude tremor brought down buildings in several towns in the central Apennines. Sunday’s quake was the biggest since one measuring 6.9 in 1980, which killed an estimated 2,735 people in the southern region of Campania. Below is a list of major…
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U.S. watchdog highlights dire state of Afghan road system
Billions of dollars spent building up Afghanistan’s road infrastructure over more than a decade risk going to waste because of poor maintenance, a U.S. Congressional oversight body said on Saturday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said U.S. agencies had spent $2.8 billion since 2002 building roads in Afghanistan but wear and tear as…
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U.S. watchdog highlights dire state of Afghan road system
Billions of dollars spent building up Afghanistan’s road infrastructure over more than a decade risk going to waste because of poor maintenance, a U.S. Congressional oversight body said on Saturday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said U.S. agencies had spent $2.8 billion since 2002 building roads in Afghanistan but wear and tear as…
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Medics head to southwest Haiti as Cholera kills 13 in Matthew’s wake
PORT-AU-PRINCE/LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – Cholera has killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Saturday, as health workers sought to reach the epicenter of one outbreak. Six people died of Cholera in a hospital in the southern town of Randel, which is inland…
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ResMed seeks patent injunction on Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
ResMed Inc said on Thursday it has filed legal action to stop the alleged infringement of its patented technology by New Zealand-based medical device manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. ResMed said in a statement it filed legal action with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California…
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Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
DENVER (AP) — Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base.