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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that civil wars and widespread social unrest may break out because the global recovery is built on unstable foundations. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured) has highlighted ‘dangerous’ imbalances that threatened to derail a global...

First cyclone hits Queensland, but the big one is still building Tom Reilly January 31, 2011 THE upper reaches of Queensland's central coast were hit by a cyclone last night which battered some areas with winds of up to 140km/h. The category two cyclone, named Anthony, made landfall near Bowen...

Emergency tents for refugees pictured at Johannesburg's Rand Airport in 2008. The death toll from torrential rain in South Africa has reached 70, with another 8,000 people displaced, an official said Saturday, as the government stepped up its emergency efforts. Johannesburg - The death...

By Europe correspondent Emma Alberici and wires Updated Fri Jan 7, 2011 6:07pm AEDTThe number of Britons killed by swine flu in the northern winter has reached 50 after a 32-year-old woman became the latest casualty. Sarah Applin had given birth to a son just two weeks ago. When announcing...

Late yesterday, December 5th, Israeli authorities said that they had finally gained control of a raging four-day wildfire in the Carmel Forest near the city of Haifa, Israel. The fire was the worst in Israel's history, consuming about 10,000 acres of forest and about four million trees...

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