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One dead, two missing as Crete hit by major flooding
One dead, two missing as Crete hit by major flooding
by  AFP

A man was found dead and two people were missing on Saturday after torrential rain brought major flooding to the Greek island of Crete, emergency workers said. The victim, a man in his fifties, was trapped in his car as the rains began to fall in the southern Greek island, a popular holiday destination.

'Words not enough' to convey disaster, say Turkish miners
'Words not enough' to convey disaster, say Turkish miners
by  AFP

Their soot-stained faces drained with exhaustion, Turkish miners are at a loss to describe the disaster that killed their friends in Friday's coal mine explosion. The coal stains on his clothes testified to hours of nonstop effort.

Scientists scour global waters testing ocean plankton and pollution
Scientists scour global waters testing ocean plankton and pollution
by  AFP

After a near two-year "Microbiome" mission around the world, scientists said on Saturday they had gathered thousands of samples of marine micro-organisms in a bid to better understand ocean plankton and pollution. At the base of the food chain, micro-organisms were the "invisible people of the sea", accounting for two-thirds of marine biomass, said Trouble.

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