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Cargo ships collide off Mumbai coast causing oil spill to spread to coastline

New Delhi, India – It was on August 7, when two Panamanian cargo ships collided off the Mumbai coast causing an oil spill from one of the two vessels that is threatening the Mumbai coast. Indian Coast Guard officials said …

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2010 Leh floods

The 2010 Leh floods occurred on August 6, 2010 in Leh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. At least 165 people died (disputed reports suggested five foreign tourists were killed), and thousands were injured as heavy rains …

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Cyclone kills 40 in India, Bangladesh

The death toll from Cyclone Aila reached 40 yesterday after it lashed eastern India and Bangladesh and stranded thousands in their flooded villages. The storm destroyed nearly 3000 thatched and mud houses and toppled trees in nearly 300 villages across …

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More snow, ice and disruption on the way for Britain

The heavy snow that disrupted the lives and businesses of millions of people this week will continue to cause problems as treacherous weather moves across the country, forecasters have warned. Northern Scotland, Wales and south-western parts of England and the …

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Man abandoned plane before crash

MILTON, Fla. (AP) — Police searched Monday for an Indiana pilot who claimed in an emergency call that his windshield had shattered, then apparently parachuted out of his small plane, leaving it on auto pilot until it crashed in Florida. …

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