Environment

Lightning kills boy, horse in Mexico

An eight-year-old boy and the horse he was riding were struck by lightning and killed in an ecological park in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, authorities said.

PAKISTAN: Children suffer in continuing aftermath of 2010 floods

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Thousands of children are still in need

MYANMAR: Heavy rains hamper shelter construction

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A family outside their damaged home in Tarlay Sub-Township

Aid to Horn of Africa must be linked to boosting long-term food security – Ban

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Thousands of Somalis have fled their country to escape famine that exists in two regions of southern Somalia

An Ill Wind Blows in Moapa

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From her perch, Vickie Simmons, a resident of the Moapa River Reservation, can see the coal ash blowing.

European Wildlife proposes using a universal charger for laptops in the EU as of 2015

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When a food security crisis becomes a famine

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The drought in Somalia has displaced thousands of families

ETHIOPIA: Golecha Deba, "If it rains, I will even crawl on my knees and plant"

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Golecha Deba

UN agency helps set up new observatory for sustainable tourism in China

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EGYPT: Desertification threat to local food production

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Water shortages sparked off protests in Minya Governorate last year, as farmers demanded water for their crops.