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Up to 4,000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble

Halim — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:49:31 +0000

Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535. Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, a U.N. humanitarian...

Indonesian quake toll at 1,100; thousands missing

Michael — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:56:31 +0000

Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps of concrete in searches for thousands still missing. Some, like Malina, had...

2nd quake shakes Indonesia after temblor kills 529

Michael — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:52:40 +0000

A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s quake, which killed more than 500 people and left thousands trapped under collapsed buildings. The death toll...

Jose Mar Flores detained on charges of sabotage, kidnapping

Global Report — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:07:03 +0000

A court has ordered Bolivian preacher, Jose Mar Flores, kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from the resort city of Cancun. The Attorney General’s Office says a...

As Italy quake victims get new homes, new quake hits

Vincenzo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:43:28 +0000

The government is handing over dozens of new homes to victims of the April 6 earthquake that devastated parts of central Italy. Premier Silvio Berlusconi will preside over the inauguration ceremony Tuesday for the first new homes in Onna, a...

New earthquake-resistant structural system to withstand tremors

Aditi Justa — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:33:10 +0000

We all are quite aware of the damage caused by earthquakes. To devise a solution, researchers at Stanford University and the University of Illinois have joined forces in this direction. They have successfully designed a self-righting building...

Powerful Indonesia quake kills 13, flattens homes

Yozhua — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:09:30 +0000

A major earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday — initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.

Another shaker for Jessica Simpson

Shikha Patial — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:11:17 +0000

World is shaking around Jessica Simpson everywhere she goes. First Tony Romo shattered her from inside and now when she was in Tsuruga Bay, Japan, in the hope of some solace, a huge earthquake rocked her inside-out. The songstress...

Earthquake hits Andaman Islands

Vincent Van Ross — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:51:19 +0000

‘A high-intensity earthquake measuring over 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean early this morning,” reported the national radio channel of India, the All India Radio. A tsunami alert was issued...

New Zealand 30cm closer to Australia after quake

Seamus Byrne — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News, Science The big quake last week that made for tsunami warnings was also big enough to shift New Zealand closer to Australia. The south island moved 30cm closer, while the north island shifted just 1cm. They’re still...