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Malian refugee women wait with their children to receive relief items from UNHCR in Gaoudel, Ayorou district, northern Niger.

A forest fire broke out in north China's Hebei province Friday, with 1,800 firefighters and 2,000 local residents attempting to extinguish the blaze, local authorities said Sunday.

Gen Y - aged between 13 to 30 years and heavily dependent on power intensive technology like iPods and laptops, shrugs off messages to conserve energy despite rising environmental concerns, according to a study.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the world rice harvest for 2012 should top the 2011 crop, mainly because of gains in Asia. It says the harvest should rebound in Africa, but fall in the European Union and the United States.

A Japanese research institute has claimed that its deep-sea drilling probe has set a new record for depth by reaching 25,400 feet below the Pacific Ocean's surface.

Telecom towers are killing nearly seven million birds every year as they migrate from the US and Canada to Central and South America, says a new study.

A thunderstorm in China's Guangdong province grounded over 100 flights at an airport Friday night, said authorities.

The economic growth of China will continue to be energy- exhaustive and highly polluting in the future, according to a study.

After more than a decade lagging behind all of the worlds other Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has begun to move towards sustainable management of the ocean’s fisheries.