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(Photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
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(Photo: UN / /Isaac Billy)Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012....Full Story

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Answer to hunger pangs
| Trying to solve a hunger crisis is no easy task, but a spirited team of engineers is wrapping their head around a design which aims to solve this pertinent issue. Bengaluru boy Aditya Kamalapurkar, along with three others is working on a project titled aQysta. Now, th...Full Story
We are the lucky country, US is most extreme in the weather stakes
| AUSTRALIA'S weather is not as wild as a decade of drought, two years of floods and a series of cyclones suggests, a global study shows. | Meteorologists at The Weather Channel performed an independent review of severe weather around the world, drawing on decades ...Full Story
Aussie life in a land of extremes
| RAVAGED by drought and bushfires, drenched by floods and hammered by destructive storms - Australia's recent weather patterns are a reminder how severe this wide brown land can be. | And comprehensive analysis of world climate data has revealed just how tough Aus...Full Story
Flood of refugees hits camp near Sudan border
| YIDA, South Sudan — An unexploded bomb sticks out of the earth. Foxholes have been dug by aid workers fearing more airstrikes from Sudan. Streams of hungry refugees are pouring in. | The Yida camp near the militarized Sudan-South Sudan border now holds 31,000 Nu...Full Story
Britain colder than Arctic and Antarctic with just two weeks until summer
Britain is colder than winter as the country faces a late spring washout weekend - as it emerged parts of the Arctic and Antarctic are warmer than Britain. | Up to three inches' snow fell over the Highlands on Thursday Photo: PETER JOLLY | 5:08PM BST 17 May 2012 | ...Full Story
Driver detained after husband killed in crash
A De Soto woman is being held on suspicion of causing a fatal crash while driving drunk after her husband died in a car wreck Wednesday, authorities said. | Jason R. Gray, 54, was a passenger in a car that Sharon R. Gray was driving in Vernon County on Wednesday night w...Full Story
Madison renewable contractor to build Colorado wind farm
RMT Inc. of Madison has been awarded a contract to build a Colorado wind farm by the end of the year. | The Madison renewable energy contractor will be responsible for erecting towers, wiring, building an operations and maintenance building as well as testing and inspec...Full Story
Former Reiman employee starts group-tour business in Elm Grove
The group-tour business started in 1987 by Greendale's Reiman Publications, and eliminated last year by Reader's Digest Association Inc., has been resurrected in a newly launched company. | The new firm, Country Travel Discoveries LLC, has set up shop in Elm Grove and i...Full Story
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Thu 17 May 2012
Black Keys unlock set of powerhouse rock
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nickelback had fireworks and flamethrowers. Muse had three massive, moving pillars that doubled as stages and video displays reminiscent of "Blade Runner."Wednesday at the Bradley Center, the Black Keys had . . . a disco ball. | Granted, it...
One Year After Joplin Tornadoes $2.16 Billion In Insurance Claims Payouts Are Helping Missouri Recover
Yahoo Daily News | To: BUSINESS, NATIONAL AND STATE EDITORS | Tornadoes of May 20-27, 2011, Impacted Dozens of States But Missouri Was Hardest-Hit | NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The tornado that swept through Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, ca...
JCC teams with Growing Power to open farm stand at Bayshore
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Beginning June 14, the Farm Stand will offer fresh produce at Bayshore Town Center. | The project is a joint effort by the nearby Jewish Community Center, the nonprofit Growing Power urban farm run by Will Allen, and the Bayshore Town Center. | The F...
State, MPS post improved high school graduation rates
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin's public high school students posted a graduation rate of 87% in 2011, a figure that's higher than the average graduation rate of students in 2010, according to released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction. | The new data...
Summerfest scores coup booking with indie band Fun.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel In a major coup for the event billing itself as the world's largest music festival, Summerfest announced that the indie-pop band Fun. will headline at the Miller Lite Oasis on June 29. | The band, whose blockbuster single "We Are Young" fea...
200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
MSNBC | A newly discovered shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico may have originally gone down 200 years ago. The ship is full of glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets. | The shipwreck was discovered 200 miles (321 kilometers) off the Gulf Coast in ...
Youth baseball field to be named for Brewers long-time grounds keeper
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Town of Cedarburg -- A town baseball field will be named for Gary VandenBerg in tribute to the long-time head grounds keeper at County Stadium and Miller Park. | The Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club and the Brewers Community Foundation will give the t...
Bon-Ton Stores 1Q loss widens
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The first-quarter loss widened for Inc. as sales fell about 1.4%, the company said Thursday. | The parent company of the Boston Store had a loss of $40.8 million, or $2.23 a share, in the quarter ended April 28. That compares with a loss of $36 milli...
Tornado takes home, Dish Network takes $300
Kypost | Many people have switched from cable to satellite TV services because satellite TV tends to cost a bit less. | But there are some downsides:  You are no longer dealing with a local cable company. And if there's a local issue or tragedy, as one man...
Limlingan: When summer is gone
Sun Star | PAGASA, the country’s oldest and the only weather bureau, has announced that we are on the brink of saying goodbye to summer. | While we are still experiencing hot humid days, we are also experiencing torrential rains usually during the late afte...
Town of Cedarburg delays permit for quarry work
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Town of Cedarburg -- The town Plan Commission has delayed action on a requested 5-year conditional use permit allowing industrial activities - asphalt and concrete crushing, and asphalt shingle recycling - at a 39-acre quarry surrounded by the City o...
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Gulf of Mexico
MSNBC | A newly discovered shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico may have originally gone down 200 years ago. The ship is full of glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets. | The shipwreck was discovered 200 miles (321 kilometers) off the Gulf Coast in ...
Atlantic Hurricane Season 2012: Forecast Webinar Hosted by Earth Networks - WeatherBug
Business Wire | GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the devastating impact of last August’s Hurricane Irene, which caused at least 45 deaths and more than $7 billion in damages, communities along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast are preparing for the ...
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Gulf of Mexico
Yahoo Daily News | A newly discovered shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico may have originally gone down 200 years ago. The ship is full of glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets. | The shipwreck was discovered 200 miles (321 kilometers) off the Gulf Coast in ...
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