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(Photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns....Full Story

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(Photo: AP)Four die in China landslides
Rescuers move parts of a collapsed building in search of victims after rain-triggered landslides swept through Wama village near Baoshan city, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010....Full Story

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Hurricane Earl takes aim at U.S. East Coast
| HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday on a path toward North Carolina's barrier islands, which it was expected to lash with dangerous winds and pounding surf. People walk along the beach as the area awai...Full Story
Hurricane Earl Nears Atlantic Coast
| MASONBORO ISLAND, N.C. — Hurricane Earl edged toward the Atlantic coastline Thursday as tourists and residents fled the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the wake of forecasts that the storm might lash the state by the end of the day. Multimedia Related | The Led...Full Story
Four die in China landslides
| BEIJING: At least four people died and 44 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck in southwestern China. | The landslides swept through a mountain village near the city of Baoshan in a rugged region of Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. | ...Full Story
UN: 1.3 million Haitians still live in camps months after quake
| New York - Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated report. |...Full Story
Hurricane Earl to batter North Carolina tonight
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Chuck Burton, AP Almon Telling walks along Atlantic Beach, N.C., on Thursday as Hurricane Earl heads toward the East Coast.  HURRICANE EARL PROJECTED PATH |  HURRICANE CATEGORIES  HURRICA...Full Story
Hurricane Earl path: Power outages could vex Long Island, Cape Cod
| The danger from most hurricanes is from water – either the massive amount of rain that falls or the surge that the high winds push onshore. View gallery: Huge hurricanes | But in the case of the hurricane Earl path, the bigger problem once it leaves the Cape Hattera...Full Story
Thousands People Evacuated as Hurricane Earl Prepares to Hit In North Carolina
Hurricane Earl strengthened today, bearing down on North Carolina with winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour, prompting school closures, coastal evacuations and emergency declarations. | Dare and Hyde Counties in North Carolina said their schools will close today...Full Story
In a first, NASA drone to overfly hurricane threatening US
| LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A pilotless NASA aircraft is set to overfly Hurricane Earl on Thursday, in a scientific first to gather data about the potentially-deadly storm front bearing down on the US east coast. | After taking off from Edwards Air Force base in Califor...Full Story
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Hurricane Earl Track: NOAA Issues Tropical Storm Warning For Connecticut
Hartford Courant A tropical storm warning has been issued for to Stonington as swirls its way up the eastern coast. | The large category 4 hurricane will not directly hit the state, but it is expected to bring gusty winds and rain Friday, said Fox CT meteorologist Jo...
Earl undergoes change, strong winds extend farther
Houston Chronicle | BUXTON, N.C. - The head of the National Hurricane Center says the center of Hurricane Earl is undergoing a change and its powerful winds are going to extend farther out from the eyewall. | Hurricane Center director Bill Read said Thursday the chang...
Hurrican Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
Toledo Blade BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. | A hurricane warning for the tip...
Concern Appeals for Help in Funding 'Houses For Haiti'
PR Newswire   | , Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concern Worldwide US, the international humanitarian agency, today launched a campaign to build 1,200 homes for families left homeless by the devastating earthquake that struck last January. | Constructed...
President Obama declares State of Emergency in North Carolina in preparation for Hurricane Earl
The Examiner | President Obama declares State of Emergency in North Carolina in preparation for Hurricane Earl | President Obama declared a state of emergency in North Carolina in preparation for Hurricane Earl. Hurricane Earl is a category 4 storm packing wind s...
Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
Herald Tribune | MUMBAI, India - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain u...
Hurricane Earl warnings expanded; Satellite animation shows storm approaching
The Examiner | Category 4 Hurricane Earl’s path continues to encroach on the East Coast and new expanded warnings were announced including the coast of Massachusetts. Satellite animation video shows the powerful storm ‘s track as it nears North Carolina. | Wi...
Obama administration doing everything to appear prepared for Hurricane Earl
The Examiner | When it comes to natural disasters, Presidents typically are not blamed for the actual act of God, but they do take the blame for an ill-prepared response.  That lesson was never more clear than with President Bush post-Katrina.  The political pl...
Hurricane Earl expected to affect NJ coastline
MSNBC | Levittown — It's a waiting game for New Jersey residents as Hurricane Earl moves up the East Coast.The National Weather Service says a tropical storm warning is still in effect for the state's coast, with the worst expected on Friday.The hurr...
Officials Fear Big Surf Could Erode Beach
MSNBC | WESH.com | COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- | Officials along Central Florida's coast fear big surf stirred up by Hurricane Earl could cause harm to the shorelines of Brevard, Volusia and Flagler and counties. | Beach officials in Brevard County have staffed e...
Hurricane Earl brings warnings up coast to New England
MSNBC | TAMPA — Winds of 40 mph or stronger could start raking eastern North Carolina by this afternoon, and hurricane-force winds could hit by tonight as Hurricane Earl surges up the East Coast as a Category 4 dreadnaught. | The storm's reach could ...
Outer bands of Earl begin to effect coastal North Carolina.
The Examiner | Hurricane Earl has been approaching the coastal region of the United States for the past few days and tonight it should make its closest approach to land.  There have been evacuations of the Outer Banks of North Carolina in preparation for this hu...
AP Interview: UN says BlackBerry should share data
Herald Tribune | LONDON - BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. technology chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security concerns that should not be ignored. AC ...
Hurricane Earl closes in on US East Coast
Khaleej Times Hurricane Earl closed in on a vast stretch of the US east coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf. | Earl, the strongest Atlantic storm of 2010, was expected to remain ...
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