In Brief: Jim Hansen in IRIN

JOHANNESBURG, 5 February 2009 (IRIN) - IRIN will be publishing regular updates on climate change from Jim Hansen, the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who is known the world over as the "grandfather of climate change".

BBC NEWS | Africa | Snow kills six Moroccan children

Six brothers and sisters have died when their house fell down following heavy snowfalls in Morocco, state media says.
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Eight people were killed in similar incidents on Tuesday but this is the most deadly single case.