Live: Greece wildfires - Blaze burns near Athens industrial zone

 

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquakes strikes central California - The Jerusalem post

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central California on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, adding the quake had a depth of 10 kms (6.21 miles) ...

¡ExactaMente!: África y América del Sur son las regiones más golpeadas por la deforestación

 

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 Según la OMS, el 70% de los últimos brotes epidémicos comenzaron con la deforestación. Desde 1990 nuestro planeta ha perdido 178 millones de hectáreas de bosque. 

Prosiguen las evacuaciones tras la subida de las aguas por las fuertes lluvias en Yakarta

 

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50 People Feared Dead In Uttarakhand Glacier Disaster, 3 Bodies Recovered - Police Sources - UrduPoint - video

 Fifty people are feared dead as a result of the breaking of Nanda Devi glacier in India's northern state of Uttarakhand, sources in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) told Sputnik on Sunday.

H Νέα Ζηλανδία υποδέχθηκε το 2014. Ενα σόου με πυροτεχνήματα καλωσόρισε το νέο έτος./Auckland, New Zealand Rings in 2014 [COMPLETE VIDEO]

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Το 2014 υποδέχθηκε η Νέα Ζηλανδία. Στο Όκλαντ ευχές για τη νέα χρονιά και ένα σόου με πυροτεχνήματα καλωσόρισαν το νέο έτος.

Auckland, New Zealand Rings in 2014

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Lander and rover ready to perform exploration tasks.

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This was the fifth time the rover and the lander took photos of each since they arrived eight days ago. Scientists in Beijing have been processing them and say scientific tasks can now begin.

"Ten pictures have been taken at five spots so far, and all of them are better than we expected. The rover has moved in a semi-circle around the lander. Afterwards, they will begin to conduct scientific explorations of the geography and geomorphology of the landing spot and nearby areas, and materials like minerals and elements there. 

Full video: Journey to the moon: Yutu separates from lander (3 video)

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China's "Jade Rabbit" separates from lander 
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BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- 
China's first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, separated from the lander early on Sunday, several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe soft-landed on the lunar surface.
The six-wheeled rover touched the lunar surface at 4:35 a.m., leaving deep trace on the loose lunar soil. The process was recorded by the camera on the lander and the images were sent to the earth.