Kashmir Quake stories
UNICEF Delivers Pakistan Aid Warning, Â Pakistani Army Sets Up Quake Relief Camps
Considerably more helicopters, shelter, food and medical treatment are needed if many more people are not to die unnecessarily before the winter is out. More than 3.3 million people are homeless and supplies are needed before winter sets in any day now.
Pakistan's army has positioned two relief camps and a field hospital beside its disputed Kashmiri border with India for earthquake victims. India has 3 relief camps on its side. 59 people died in 3 bombings in New Delhi at the weekend, threatening the accord which allowed the border to be opened.
Hurricane stories
Vietnam braces for powerful typhoon
Typhoon Kai-Tak in the South China Sea was headed for central Vietnam, an area already battered by previous severe weather.
Beta Spawns Floods in Central America, Â Hurricane Beta lashes Nicaragua, threatens mudslides
Hurricane Beta weakened after battering Nicaragua but dropped plenty of rain over parts of Central America, increasing the risk of deadly landslides and flooding.
Wilma Limits Trick-Or-Treating in Fla.
With power outages and fallen power lines in parts of Florida after Hurricane Wilma, parents were urged to curtail their children's trick or treating this year.
Wilma Citrus Damage Estimated at $180M
$180 million worth of Florida's citrus crop, including nearly half of the state's grapefruit crop, will probably have been lost thanks to Hurricane Wilma.
White House Plan Adds $55 Million for NOAA
The White House wants to give NOAA $55 million for improvements to hurricane forecasting and research, including a new "hurricane hunter" airplane.
Bird Flu stories
Bigger flu threat: wild birds or chickens?
Experts say that wild birds are not the main risk to human health from bird flu, but domesticated birds, as they live among people. They cautioned calm.
Infected Canadian ducks unlikely to have H5N1 virus
33 ducks in Canada are believed to have H5 bird flu, but it is unlikely to be the killer H5N1 strain which has health officials so worried.
Japan to Kill 82,000 More Chickens, Â 20th Bird Flu Case Diagnosed in Thailand,
Thai woman tests positive for bird flu - officials
Japan plans to cull 82,000 more chickens after possible bird flu was discovered at a farm northeast of Tokyo. The area was already under quarantine
A woman in Thailand is believed to be the 20th in the country to have caught the disease after cleaning out a chicken coop.
Experts from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum met in Australia to discuss human flu pandemic response. Vietnam said it needed $50 million and help building up its stockpile of bird flu drugs. 40 people have died there and tens of millions of birds have been slaughtered.
Roche is said to be in talks with China concerning possible joint production of Tamiflu. China has had 3 outbreaks in the past month. Taiwan says China may not be fully disclosing all its outbreaks.
Other stories
US high court won't hear wireless radiation appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal which would have prevented class-action lawsuits against wireless telephone companies over radiation emissions from going ahead.
Bill Gates pledges $258 million to fight malaria
Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates has pledged $258.3 million to fight malaria, which kills 2,000 African children every day. One grant is for late-stage clinical trials of the world's first vaccine.
Can Billions of Dollars Build Biodefenses?
Around the world there are samples of dangerous bacteria; some for medical research, some for research into defences against them, and some for weapons research. The amount of security surrounding them varies from country to country. Billions of dollars have been spent on them. Spending on civilian "biodefense" in the U.S., which had an anthrax attack in late 2001, is $7.6 billion this year.
Earthquake Shakes Parts of Montana, Idaho
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook parts of western Montana and eastern Idaho on Sunday. There were no reports of injuries or property damage.
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