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With Fukushima nuclear plant still leaking, Japan clean-up bill soars to $50bn
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Many are sceptical that government-led effort will make area habitable again
New Zealand rattled by 6.9 magnitude earthquake
Sunday 21 July 2013
New Zealand's capital Wellington has been rattled by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that ruptured water mains, smashed windows and downed power lines.
Devastating floods in China trigger huge landslide, burying 40
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Rescue workers have been called to the scene in a bid to find survivors
Japan's nuclear boss apologises for 'sloppy decisions'
Friday 05 July 2013
Local mayors furious at application to restart reactors two years after Fukushima disaster
Indonesia earthquake: 24 dead and over 200 injured as 6.1 magnitude quake hits Aceh province
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Soldiers and police are leading rescue operations in Indonesia after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Aceh province leaving 24 dead and over 200 injured.
North Wales earthquake: Tremors felt as far away as Merseyside and Ireland
Wednesday 29 May 2013
An earthquake on the North Wales shoreline has been felt over an area of 140km.
Thousands flee as volatile South American volcano threatens to erupt
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Chile and Argentina have evacuated a region near the Copahue volcano in the Andes on the border between the two countries, after fears intensified that it would erupt.
Chile and Argentina put on red alert over Copahue volcano
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Over 2,000 people evacuated across 15.5 mile radius amid fears of eruption
Huge earthquake hits east of Russia with tremors felt as far away as Moscow
Friday 24 May 2013
The magnitude 8.2 quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula
Five climbers killed after Mayon volcano erupts in Philippines
Tuesday 07 May 2013
More than a dozen injured in first major activity in three years
Dozens killed and hundreds injured as earthquake hits near Iran's nuclear city Bushehr
Tuesday 09 April 2013
At least 30 people were killed and 800 injured today when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Iran’s only nuclear power plant.
Airline passenger rights weakened by EU as new rules will make it harder to claim compensation
Wednesday 13 March 2013
European Commission says resent rules could threaten 'financial survival' of airlines
Two years on the deadly battle to save Fukushima from an invisible, odourless enemy goes on
Wednesday 06 March 2013
It will take another 40 years to clean up the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster. David McNeill reports on the progress so far
Homes collapse after earthquake rattles China
Sunday 03 March 2013
A moderate earthquake in south-west China has caused hundreds of homes to collapse and injured more than 20 people.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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