Gulf dead zone to be biggest ever
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This year's lifeless expanse of water in the Gulf of Mexico may be the biggest since records began, scientists say.
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Researchers predict the recurring "dead zone" off the Louisiana coast will grow this summer to its largest size in at least 22 years, 8,543 square miles.
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By PHIL DAVIS TAMPA, Fla. - The largest earthquake to strike the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the last 30 years sent shock waves from Louisiana to southwest Florida Sunday, but did little more than rattle residents.
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By Carl Mortished, International Business Editor, and Suzy Jagger. GAZPROM, the worldâs biggest gas group which is part-owned by the Russian State, last night transformed itself into a global oil giant when
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New York, Nov 19 : In a highly disturbing development, the area under opium cultivation in Afghanistan increased by 64 percent this year, giving the country the dubious distinction of establishing a new record in its cultivation and becoming the largest
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Saudi Arabia, the world&#39;s largest oil exporter, may expand production capacity by 30 percent within two years to prevent shortages, the country&#39;s oil minister said.
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ST. JOHN&#39;S, Nfld. -- An oil spill on Newfoundland&#39;s Grand Banks is larger than first reported. The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board now says that up to 1,000 barrels of oil may have spilled into
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The offshore action continues to swell.
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Science & environment: UK, France and Russia plan to exploit new UN rules to claim huge swaths of ocean.
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To make matters worse in South Asia, the disaster zone is now being threatened with outbreaks of disease. The World Health Organization is warning that if fresh water and medicine
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Thousands of people fled low-lying areas as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years blasted Oman's eastern coast early Wednesday with strong winds and waves, Civil Defense officials said. Southern Iran and the oil-rich Persian Gulf were next in its path.
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Oman and Iran girded for heavy flooding and winds as the strongest cyclone ever recorded by scientists in the northwestern Arabian Sea neared.
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With the death toll still rising in 12 countries, the disaster will require one of the largest and most expensive relief efforts in history.
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WASHINGTON _ There was hope for a cure down in the Louisiana bayous even as the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone expanded like a B-movie blob.  The year was 2000 and states up and down the Mississippi River, spurred by the U.S.
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Rising temperatures will leave  millions more people hungry by 2080 and cause critical water  shortages in China and Australia, as well as parts of Europe  and the United States, according to a new global climate  report.
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Oil official says fourth sabotage is one of the most powerful and most serious attacks ever on pipeline network. By Marwan Ibrahim- KIRKUK, Iraq.
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Oil surged above $70 on Monday on news a  cyclone was headed towards the oil-producing Arabian peninsula  with a potential to disrupt shipping and output.