Disasters

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  • Barrick Gold Retains License for Giant Chilean Mine

    30 Sep 2013- 10:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile An indigenous group last week failed in its legal attempt to revoke the environmental license of Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama gold and silver mine, which lies across the Andean border of Chile and Argentina. The Diaguita people

  • Korean Island Facing Worst Drought in 90 Years

    21 Aug 2013- 09:52 by Local Press Report JEJU The Chosun Ilbo The island of Jeju is suffering extreme drought after seeing no serious rain since June 27. A mere 0.5-19 mm of rain fell in some parts of Seogwipo briefly on Monday, but that was not enough to relieve the drought. In the whole of July,