El Nino doubles risk of civil wars - study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The El Nino climate cycle, which spreads warm, dry air around the globe every four years or so, doubles the risk of civil wars in 90 tropical countries, researchers reported on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17a5541d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=El+Nino+doubles+risk+of+civil+wars+-+study&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fuk-climate-elnino-wars-idUKTRE77N5BO20110824%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=El+Nino+doubles+risk+of+civil+wars+-+study&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fuk-climate-elnino-wars-idUKTRE77N5BO20110824%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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