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WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 14, 2007 @ 8:10am neoform

CNN -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off the southwestern coast of Sumatra Friday in the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed 13 people earlier in the week. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there w.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 in magnitude struck Wednesday near southern Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A tsunami watch was immediately issued for the area. The earthquake, which struck at 1810 local time (1110 GMT) Bengkulu provin.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Mar 25, 2007 @ 3:21am neoform

CNN -- A powerful earthquake struck Japan on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 150 others as it damaged buildings and triggered a small tsunami along the coast, officials and media reports said. The magnitude-6.9 quake struck at 9:42 a.m. (0042.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, injuring at least three people and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected. The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6, struck under the island of Simeulu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck northeast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Thursday afternoon, a day after three major earthquakes struck the region, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Residents in Indonesia and other Indian Ocean na.. 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 Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 11:21am neoform

BBC News -- Israel's supreme court has agreed to consider a challenge to the plea bargain struck by ex-President Moshe Katsav to avoid rape charges. Some 20,000 people rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the deal struck with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jun 30, 2007 @ 12:41pm neoform

BBC News -- Rescuers in Pakistan are struggling to bring aid to more than a million people hit by storms that have also struck many other areas in south Asia. Army helicopters and transport planes are dropping aid to the homeless in Pakistan's Balochistan province.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 11:01pm neoform

CNN -- A strong undersea earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Thursday, briefly triggering a tsunami alert, the country's meteorological and geophysics agency said. Indonesian scientists gave the quake a preliminary magnitude of 6.5. The United States G.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 6:57am neoform

BBC News -- Emergency aid is finally trickling through to thousands of people stranded by the devastating tsunami which struck the western Solomon Islands. At least 22 people died in Monday's disaster but the toll is set to rise, as many others are still missing... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Mar 25, 2007 @ 11:31am neoform

CBS News -- A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 170 others as it toppled buildings, triggered landslides and sparked a small tsunami along the coast. The magnitude-6.9 quake struck at 9:42 a.m. local time.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 8:14pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Ireland's High Court struck down a 19th century law against begging on Thursday, ruling in favor of a beggar who had argued that his arrest violated a right to free speech, broadcaster RTE reported. Justice Eamon De Valera rejected the argument made b.. Read More