Australia’s prime minister, Kevin Rudd, is calling it the worst natural disaster on record, with the Sydney Morning Herald reporting 108 people dead Sunday night Swiss time, including veteran TV news reader from Melbourne, Brian Naylor. Twenty-six fires are raging in Victoria and police suspect arsonists of starting several of them. In China, the government is allocating $12 billion for drought aid with the worst drought in decades affecting 4.4 million people and 10.7 million hectares, reports Xinhua.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 February 2009.
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Tags: Australia, Brian Naylor, China, drought, fires, Victoria
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