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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this materialhttp://7thspace.com/headlines/382088/uk_uk_secures_agreement_for_international_space_agencies_to_support_disaster_efforts_worldwide.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%207thspace%20%287thSpace%20Interactive%29This will enable any country to draw upon the data provided by the Charter, an agreement that coordinates space agencies worldwide in gathering vital satellite images of disaster-stricken regions - providing them to civil protection authorities to inform ...Wed, 11 May 2011 19:49:00 +02007thspaceen7thspace-33e026703d2ab7f81a618809964995ce51.4879 -0.177998http://7thspace.com/headlines/382041/uk_uk_takes_the_helm_of_international_effort_to_provide_satellite_images_in_times_of_crisis.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%207thspace%20%287thSpace%20Interactive%29As Chair of the Charter, the UK Space Agency will take responsibility for implementing strategy and policy, and has committed to finding ways of widening national access to the Charter´s services. Speaking ahead of his keynote address at the ...Wed, 11 May 2011 15:37:00 +02007thspaceen7thspace-6014aee1817de017878e7f40b46188d651.4879 -0.177998http://www.iafrica.com/iafrica/727008.htmlRecord flooding along the Mississippi River threatens to inundate at least two Louisiana refineries and hundreds of oil and gas wells, officials warned.Wed, 11 May 2011 08:02:00 +0200iafricaeniafrica-5bba255144ccdc9eddd600ab875fef8a31.0983707216688 -92.033708062314632.7518403486568 -89.6658696819102http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385158/Mississippi-flooding-Army-opens-spillway-ditch-effort-halt-tide.html?ITO=1490As families wait for the inevitable, officials described the full force of onrushing Mississippi waters set to flood Memphis. One said the spilling river was hurtling towards residents at a speed which could momentarily turn a football field into a deep lake.Tue, 10 May 2011 10:46:00 +0200mailonsundayenmailonsunday-23813ae969910048a49058371f46cb0535.1147 -90.0003http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385158/Mississippi-flooding-Army-opens-spillway-ditch-effort-halt-tide.html?ITO=1490As families wait for the inevitable, officials described the full force of onrushing Mississippi waters set to flood Memphis. One said the spilling river was hurtling towards residents at a speed which could momentarily turn a football field into a deep lake.Tue, 10 May 2011 10:26:00 +0200dailymailendailymail-23813ae969910048a49058371f46cb0535.1147 -90.0003http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384333/Mississippi-River-flood-Thousands-prepare-flee.html?ITO=1490Communities all along the banks of the Mississippi have been carefully watching the river rise, like a giant bathtub filling up with water.Mon, 09 May 2011 08:13:00 +0200dailymailendailymail-94541976412be78441a476f765dfe84f32.7518403486568 -89.6658696819102http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10724031&ref=rssAs mega-tornadoes, some over a mile wide, scythed through the American South, killing hundreds and smashing communities, AccuWeather, an American weather forecaster, blamed global warming.This contradicted an early statement from...Sat, 07 May 2011 00:36:00 +0200nzheraldennzherald-98c12d3e675edf5b0af96fea2a6deffehttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=torrential-rains-threaten* Rainiest April on record hits coffee trees * Damage to roads will complicate exports [More]Fri, 06 May 2011 12:58:00 +0200scientificamericanenscientificamerican-a0ab0d4cbca984ef44b45fb9313af33fhttp://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/torrential-rains-threaten-colombias-coffee-crop05 May 2011 18:56 Source: reuters // Reuters * Rainiest April on record hits coffee trees * Damage to roads will complicate exports * Coffee prices seen staying high on fundamentals By Diana Delgado and Mica Rosenberg TENA, Colombia, May 5 (Reuters) - Colombia's rainiest April on record drenched....Thu, 05 May 2011 22:17:00 +0200trustentrust-5041d47aa6c41445e305fcaa5e4252e84.63022 -74.080513http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/6KhfjRlbKew/index.htmlMay 4, 2011 Download PDF maps related to today's show: Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. JUSTIN TOLLIVER, WEST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: Greetings. My name is Justin Tolliver from West Lake High School from West Lake, Georgia.Tue, 03 May 2011 23:54:00 +0200cnnencnn-ab0f9d17eafbd192a414b0c08b8e40c432.6497266196374 -83.4472614062641http://en.rian.ru/columnists/20110503/163837306.html"The World Cup for women," that's how one reporter labeled Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s wedding that took place on April 29.Tue, 03 May 2011 15:51:00 +0200rian-enenrian-en-63bbc117bf3c1bf60204642f57009911http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2011-04-29-national-weekend-weather-forecast1_n.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29While both East and West Coasts will have a fairly quiet, mild weekend, the central USA will be under the gun again for heavy rain and some severe ...Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:04:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-0a4120c35597c766a055bce12a62923c31.790911 -97.09371233.203869 -89.783943http://www.channel4.com/news/tornado-death-toll-climbs-to-nearly-200Deadly storms and Tornadoes continue to sweep across the American South killing over 200 and leaving a million people without power.Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:55:00 +0200channel4newsenchannel4news-fc017a33b78e9945a0eba53dd722fb9b38.9051 -77.0162http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110428/ts_afp/usweathertornadoAFP - Tornadoes and thunderstorms carved a trail of destruction across the southern United States, killing over 220 people in one of the country's worst weather disasters in years, officials said Thursday.Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:34:00 +0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-1f49754458ae3a0b741008d407eef3e138.9051 -77.0162http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/04/28/11/over-220-killed-tornadoes-ravage-us-southBIRMINGHAM, USA - Tornadoes and thunderstorms carved a trail of destruction across the southern United States, killing over 220 people in one of the country's worst weather disasters in years, officials said Thursday.Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:03:00 +0200abs-cbnnewsenabs-cbnnews-decb766cb27090a7d0aeb0ebf168541f33.527746 -86.799223http://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/2011-04-27-april-weather-floods_n.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29Heavy rains around the country, plus tornadoes and severe storms, are disrupting the normal rhythms of spring.Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:10:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-494b5e9e0ace064f3d55d38e90fe5044http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-mitt-romneys-oped-mixup-20110426,0,2687117.story?track=rssLost in the coverage of Haley Barbour's decision not to run for the Republican presidential nomination was a small gaffe made by Mitt Romney, the man who as much as anyone stands to benefit from Barbour's retreat.Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:53:00 +0200latimesenlatimes-5023196eab9357e581eefd26fcf760eehttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-us-storms-20110426,0,2039801.story?track=rssA powerful storm system that spawned a deadly tornado in Arkansas caused rivers to swell Tuesday across the Midwest, straining levees that protect thousands of homes and forcing panicked residents of one town to flee for higher ground.Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:38:00 +0200latimesenlatimes-0f63106fb0279ba948aeffd77bfd818434.8997055103389 -92.4392867331127http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2011-04-26-severe-storms-floods_n.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29Violent storms from a slow-moving system continued to batter parts of the Midwest and South on Tuesday with powerful tornadoes and heavy, flooding ...Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:23:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-83ec5d752483400cf7682cb2ceb29c0ehttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/2011-04-25-midwest-south-floods.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29Thousands of southeastern Missouri residents watched helplessly Monday as water from the Black River crept toward their homes after flowing over ...Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:51:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-b3da655c9bd26b6fdaf64fda6e2d164d38.3674896628687 -92.4772212027288http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2011-04-22-national-weekend-weather-forecast.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29Although the threat for severe storms and tornadoes should be minimal this weekend, heavy rain and non-severe thunderstorms will combine to drench ...Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:14:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-7cca0e2bf7a150b4a5163e7ff5fced3d18.224902 -63.066869http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-04-18-BP-oil-spill-anniversary-Gulf-recovery-.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29The BP oil disaster last year did more than gush 170 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico and spark a massive ecological emergency. ...Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:14:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-e1f1198f9eddf76fefd88799e9fda0c919.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-04-18-BP-oil-spill-anniversary-Gulf-recovery-.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29The BP oil disaster last year did more than gush 170 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico and spark a massive ecological emergency. ...Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:10:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-a3cbdea7a62943614a3c6ac763d6135019.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/australia-to-spend-up-to-15-bn-on-4-c17s-updated-01971/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20did/rss%20%28Defense%20Industry%20Daily%29April 18/11: The Commonwealth of Australia has signed an agreement with the U.S. government to acquire a 5th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter, and will take early delivery in August 2011 thanks to American cooperation. No figures are announced at this point.Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:21:00 +0200defenseindustrydailyendefenseindustrydaily-065a95884bb4e7ed0d8753e32ec9ba61-35.3499 149.042http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281543&Itemid=118 de abril de 2011, 12:56 Washington, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of tornadoes hit 14 southern U.S. states in the last few days, killing 45 and causing considerable damage.  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:05:00 +0200prensa-latina-enenprensa-latina-en-8ebb8bc7745af306d6c056cfa4644e0b38.9051 -77.0162http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=92500JOHANNESBURG, 18 April 2011 (IRIN) - Poor countries and small islands states have used their combined muscle to keep debate at the UN climate change talks in 2011focused on steps to ensure global temperatures do not increase more than two degrees by the turn of the century.Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:44:00 +0200irinnewsenirinnews-caa12ff607333fa593beef7093b23c6e-26.1441 28.0502-29.8364 30.9422http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2011-04-17-tornadoes-deaths-south.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29Three days of tornadoes, high winds and flooding rains ripped across the South, killing at least 45 people in six states.Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:42:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-ccd8a48ef80de135853a2507e2f9615ahttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10720070&ref=rssA furious storm system that kicked up tornadoes, flash floods and hail has left at least 43 people dead on a rampage that has stretched for days as it barreled across the southeastern USA.Emergency crews searched for victims in...Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:35:00 +0200nzheraldennzherald-9deb545eb7324b6762e5f9bca8d9bbee38.9051 -77.0162