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Earthquake in Ashiwaza, Japan, kills at least six people and starts a fire at a nuclear power plant

A plague of rats in Huan, China destroys 1.6 million hectares of crops

Bomb attacks in Kirkuk, Iraq kill at least 85 people

Aid funding for Unicef programmes in Palestine is at 36 per cent of what is needed

MPs find no proof that fortnightly rubbish collections increase recycling

The gap between rich and poor in the UK is as wide as it has been for 40 years

Landmine use has declined in the ten years since the global treaty signed by 80 per cent of world leaders

Opposition leaders in Ethiopia escape death sentence

Congress votes to pull most US troops out of Iraq by April next year

Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, an ancient fish thought to have been extinct

UN inspectors confirm the shutdown of North Korea’s main nuclear reactor

The endangered English woodlark is making a comeback

Summary:

Summertime arrives for a number of endangered species

Forecast:

A bout of high pressure surrounding the Turkish elections may affect possible

EU membership