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Dam collapses amid monsoon floods
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:40 GMT
A newly-constructed dam collapsed during three days of flooding in Pakistan which left more than two hundred people dead, it has emerged.

Record water levels test Three Gorges Dam
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:07 GMT
Record-high water levels are putting the capacity of China’s massive Three Gorges Dam to the test after heavy rains raged on across the country, compounding flooding problems that already left more than 1,200 people dead or missing.

Tropical storm forces gulf clean up fleet to port
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:18 GMT
BP engineers said they would leave the leaky cap fixed to its crippled Gulf of Mexico well head closed as key ships stationed over the site were ordered to evacuate today as Tropical Storm Bonnie loomed.

BP oil leak could be plugged within two weeks
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:27 GMT
The BP oil leak could be permanently plugged within a fortnight, US experts said today.

Oil and gas leaking from BP well
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:12 GMT
BP’s broken well was leaking oil and gas again today for the first time since the company capped it last week.

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Key Ireland transport schemes complete
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:19 GMT
Two of Ireland’s most important infrastructure projects are being officially opened this week signallingfaster travel times and significantly improved road safety for motorists and the general public both northand south of the border.

Dam collapses amid monsoon floods
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:40 GMT
A newly-constructed dam collapsed during three days of flooding in Pakistan which left more than two hundred people dead, it has emerged.

Man cleared over crane collapse
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:23 GMT
A rigging contractor and his company have been cleared of manslaughter after a crane collapsed in a New York building site, killing seven people.

UK to develop St Helena airport
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:21 GMT
The government is to spend tens of millions of pounds building an airport on the tiny island of St Helena, it has been revealed.

Tropical storm forces gulf clean up fleet to port
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:18 GMT
BP engineers said they would leave the leaky cap fixed to its crippled Gulf of Mexico well head closed as key ships stationed over the site were ordered to evacuate today as Tropical Storm Bonnie loomed.