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WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 25, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- A powerful earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site reported. The quake was centered about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south-southwest of Padang and had a magnitude of 7.0, making it.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- At least 500 people have been killed and thousands made homeless after a powerful tropical cyclone slammed into the southern coastal region of Bangladesh late Thursday, local government officials said Friday. Local government officials across the region t.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

BBC News -- A powerful earthquake has struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami alert. The tremor had a magnitude of 7.9, according to the Indonesian Meteorological Institute. It caused buildings in the capital, Jakarta, to sway,.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

MSNBC -- A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

CBS News -- A powerful earthquake off western Indonesia triggered warnings of a potentially destructive tsunami across much of the Indian Ocean region Wednesday, meteorological agencies said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the underwater quake had a preliminary m.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been elected speaker of a powerful clerical body responsible for supervising Iran's Supreme Leader. The Assembly of Experts has the power to dismiss the Islamic state's highest authority, Ayatollah.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Powerful Hurricane Dean barreled into the picturesque islands of the Caribbean early Friday, prompting forecasters to extend tropical storm warnings to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Another storm system, remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, trigger.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 16, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- A powerful 7.9 earthquake has hit the coast of Peru, killing at least 337 people and injuring hundreds, Peru's civil defence institute has said. All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 265km (165 miles) south of the capital.. Read More