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WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A massive tornado one-half-mile (nearly one kilometer) wide tore across the Midwestern state of Oklahoma, killing at least 15 people as it flattened homes and up-ended cars, local media reported Wednesday.
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- Josh Gordon
- September 7, 2008
AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for "forest jihad" by a group of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light bushfires as a weapon of terror.
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* Jewel Topsfield and Daniella Miletic
* The Guardian, Monday 9 February 2009
Marysville is the town that disappeared. Once known as Melbourne's honeymooning centre, with its pretty guesthouses and century-old oaks, the town, about 60 miles from the Victoria state capital, is now a smouldering, post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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The wildfires that have ripped through the state of Victoria
BBC - The death toll from bush fires in southern Australia has reached 76, the worst in the country's history.
Thousands of firefighters are battling several major fires, and the number of dead is expected to rise as rescue workers reach areas ravaged by fire.
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* guardian.co.uk, Saturday 7 February 2009 12.24 GMT
At least 14 people killed and 100's of homes destroyed as firefighters struggle to contain blazes
At least 20 people have died in wildfires sweeping through south-east Australia today, with fears the death toll could be closer to 40.
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