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As snow storms continued to shower fresh snow in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in north Texas in United States on Friday, canceled flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport disrupted plans of fans of the Super Bowl.

Australia's cruel summer of cyclones and floods could generate a new, devastating political storm for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who now must buck hostile public opinion to find a way to pay for the clean-up.

Dallas continues to feel the effects of a winter storm.

As popular protests are bring down governments or seriously compromising rulers in the Middle East, one person looking at the turn of events uneasily is the Saudi Arabian King Abdullah.

Cities and towns across the United States started to dig out on Thursday from a winter storm that stretched for thousands of miles, with many areas still grappling with treacherous travel conditions.

Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world's most powerful cyclones spared the nation's northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and toppling trees.

A political storm in Kenya over the presidential appointment of top judicial figures is likely to rage on after a court declared the nominations illegal, and the speaker of parliament declined to rule on the controversy.

A winter storm that has brought power outages along with snow and low temperatures is causing problems in Dallas currently but isn't expected to affect Super Bowl XLV on Sunday.

President Barack Obama is tracking the monster storm which swept through the central U.S. yesterday and today and is making in impact on the northeast.

A huge winter storm pummelled the United States on Wednesday, bringing parts of the Midwest to a standstill, delivering a wintry blow to the Northeast, and disrupting businesses, flights and other transport.

One of the most powerful cyclones on record slammed into Australia's coast on Thursday, uprooting trees, tearing roofs off buildings and raising the danger of deadly storm surges.

The category-five storm, Cyclone Yasi, that has struck Queensland in northeastern Australia (already reeling from deadly floods last month) is likely to hammer global commodity markets, according to media reports.

A deep chill set in across much of the central U.S. on Wednesday as a major storm moved toward the northeast, bringing heavy snow, ice, wind chills and severe weather.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund delivered the following speech at the Monetary Authority of Singapore on February 1, 2011.

The President will now visit the University on Thursday afternoon to focus on clean energy and innovation

As large blizzard sweeps the through the central U.S., residents should be prepared to follow emergency instructions from local authorities, a federal official said.

Australia evacuated thousands of people from its northeast coast on Tuesday as a cyclone rivalling Hurricane Katrina bore down on tourism towns and rural communities, with officials saying it could even threaten areas deep inland that were ruined by floods last month.

Snow may covered roads and driveways, but it's melted away budgets.

A Major blizzard is expected to hit at least nine Midwest and plain states on Tuesday and Wednesday with a potential of one to two feet of snow, National Weather Service reports.

A major winter storm is expected to develop over Texas tonight, and intensify rapidly as it moves northeast into the Ohio Valley Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Cyclone Yasi is headed towards Queensland, Australia and authorities have already issue warnings for this tropical storm.