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Previously unknown global ecological disaster discovered

There have been several mass extinctions in the history of the earth with adverse consequences for the environment. Researchers have now uncovered another disaster that took place around 250 million years ago and completely changed the prevalent vegetation during the … Continue reading

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Hekla volcano ready to unleash ‘major disaster’ with imminent eruption

Volcano nicknamed GATEWAY TO HELL about to BLOW Is another ash cloud about to cause travel chaos? An Icelandic volcano could trigger a ‘major disaster’ and erupt at any second, a scientist has warned.  Nicknamed the ‘Gateway to Hell’, the … Continue reading

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Roche-Novartis, offense is disaster

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Costa Concordia disaster commemorated on second anniversary

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b519.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Costa Concordia disaster commemorated on second anniversary” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b519.jpg” (ANSA) – Grosseto, January 13 – Thirty survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck staged a sit-in at a criminal hearing of the ship captain’s trial to … Continue reading

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Sardinian businessman commits suicide after disaster

(ANSA) – Nuoro, December 6 – A Sardinian man whose business was destroyed in a deadly cyclone and flooding last month that destroyed parts of the island committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the courtyard of his … Continue reading

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Lampedusa disaster traffickers arrested

(By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) – Palermo, November 8 – Police arrested two alleged organizers of the voyage that ended in a disastrous shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island last month, taking the lives of 366 migrants seeking safe haven in Europe, … Continue reading

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Around 50 dead in new migrant-boat disaster

(ANSA) – Rome, October 11 – Some 50 people are dead after a new migrant-boat disaster in the Channel of Sicily on Friday, ANSA sources said. A dozen children are reportedly among the victims.The wreck comes just eight days after … Continue reading

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Some 50 dead in new boat disaster in Channel of Sicily

(ANSA) – Rome, October 11 – Some 50 people are dead after a new migrant-boat disaster in the Channel of Sicily on Friday, ANSA sources said. About 10 children are reportedly among the victims. The wreck comes just eight days … Continue reading

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From the model of mobile phone for disaster relief

(ANSA) – Rome, 19 JUN – from mobile phones to aid relief for victims of the earthquake: mobile phones help to rebuild the population movements after a natural disaster. So says a study led by the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, published … Continue reading

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