| Food Crisis Worsens in Central Africa Floods that destroyed crops and livestock only worsened a crisis that was already under way as a result of successive years of drought and failed harvests in the region. feeds.nytimes.com |
Essex beaches closed after oil spill People have been told to stay away from a beach in Essex where an oil slick has washed ashore, that is believed to have leaked from a boat in the Thames Estuary. bbc.co.uk |
Undocumented language found hidden in India By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID 2010-10-05T20:12:41ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- A "hidden" language spoken by only about 1,000 people has been discovered in the remote northeast corner of India by researchers who at first thought they were documenting a dialect of the Aka culture, a tribal community that subsists on farming and hunting.... hosted.ap.org |
Whale of a Trip: Humpback makes record migration By RAPHAEL G. SATTER 2010-10-13T22:03:15ZLONDON (AP) -- It wasn't love. It could have been adventure. Or maybe she just got lost.... hosted.ap.org |
Greenhouse gases at 'record level' Dr Robert Mulvaney analyses the increase in greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. news.bbc.co.uk |