The United Nations has admitted that a delay in declaring a famine in Somalia in 2011 cost additional lives, after a new report revealed that more than a quarter of a million people died, half of them young children.
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India's hidden climate change catastrophe
Sunday 02 January 2011
Over the past decade, as crops have failed year after year, 200,000 farmers have killed themselves
Moyes backs Saha despite Everton's frustrating goal drought
Monday 13 December 2010
Everton 0 Wigan 0
Tottenham urged to believe they can end 50-year title drought
Saturday 11 December 2010
Harry Redknapp was in bed with flu yesterday but the message to his Tottenham Hotspur players has been clear: winning a first title in 50 years would lead to an era competing at the top of the Premier League, just as it did for tomorrow's opponents.
Rents soar amid loan drought
Wednesday 01 December 2010
Rents are rising at their fastest rate for three years as demand for homes to let soars, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
Crop failures and drought within our children's lifetimes
Monday 29 November 2010
Children today are likely to reach old age in a world that is 4C warmer, where the 10,000-year certainties of the global climate can no longer be relied on, and widespread crop failures, drought, flooding and mass migration of the dispossessed become a part of everyday life.
Forlan disappointment with goal drought
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan has spoken of his disappointment after going 12 games without hitting the back of the net.
Rooney ends goal drought in comfortable win
Saturday 28 August 2010
Manchester United 3 West Ham United 0
On the frontline of climate change
Thursday 19 August 2010
It's the burning issue Australia's leaders dare not confront, even on the eve of a general election
Water, water, everywhere: If you forget to keep your plants hydrated and there will be only one outcome
Sunday 25 July 2010
From time to time I develop a talent for killing things. Not in winter, when I am excellent at running out with bubble wrap whenever there's a frost. But in summer, I can put off watering until the condition of the dry prairie outside the back door is terminal.
What's the buzz this summer?
Sunday 27 June 2010
With highs of 29C and hosepipe bans imminent, summer must really be here. Pavan Amara and Daisy Jellicoe report on seasonal matters
Drought-hit utility firm asks for more water
Thursday 24 June 2010
A utility firm hit by north-west England's driest start to the year since 1929 wants to take more water from lakes and rivers.
In video: Thailand facing rice harvest crisis
Monday 21 June 2010
The worst drought for two decades is putting Thailand’s rice harvest in jeopardy and could lead to a freeze on exports.
China floods death toll rises to 175
Monday 21 June 2010
Widespread flooding in southern China has caused 175 deaths, with 107 people missing and more storms expected, the government said today.
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Terror at Woolwich barracks: Attacker tried to behead and disembowel British soldier
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Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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