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US rice imports ‘contain harmful levels of lead’

YoopyaApril 11, 2013January 5, 2025

by YoopyaApril 11, 2013January 5, 20250

Analysis of commercially available rice imported into the US has revealed it contains levels of lead far higher than regulations suggest are safe. Some samples...

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Thousands at climate rally in Washington call on Obama to reject Keystone pipeline

YoopyaFebruary 18, 2013June 24, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 18, 2013June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered on the Washington’s National Mall on Sunday calling on President Barack Obama to reject the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal...

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Powerful storm flips cars, decimates homes along destructive path through Southeast; 2 dead

YoopyaJanuary 31, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 31, 20130

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, generating tornadoes and dangerous winds that flipped cars on a major Georgia...

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Storm brings tornadoes, snow to South; two dead

YoopyaDecember 26, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 26, 20120

(Reuters) – A major winter storm system swept through the southern United States on Tuesday, spawning tornadoes in several states and killing two people in...

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Philippines buries dead, typhoon toll hits 418

YoopyaDecember 7, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Residents in the southern Philippines buried their dead on Friday even as rescue workers continued scouring remote areas for survivors of Typhoon Bopha,...

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Philippines finds elderly survivor after typhoon kills 332

YoopyaDecember 6, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Rescue workers found a 77-year-old man alive on Thursday who had survived on coconuts for two days after a powerful typhoon ravaged the...

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A week after Sandy, New York area slowly coming back to life

YoopyaNovember 5, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 5, 20120

(Reuters) – A week after superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City and the surrounding area, schools reopened on Monday and millions of commuters...

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Housing crisis looms as cold hits storm victims

YoopyaNovember 4, 2012November 4, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 4, 2012November 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Victims of superstorm Sandy on the U.S. East Coast struggled against the cold early on Sunday amid fuel shortages and power outages even...

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Power, fuel ease storm woes, but many still waiting

YoopyaNovember 3, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 3, 20120

(Reuters) – While power returned to much of Manhattan and fuel supplies were headed for the disaster zone, residents of some of the hardest-hit areas...

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China launches trade probes on EU solar products

YoopyaNovember 1, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 1, 20120

(Reuters) – China said on Thursday that it would launch anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imported European Union solar-grade polysilicon, in the latest instance of tit-for-tat trade...