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Death toll in LA commuter train crash rises to 25

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A commuter train carrying 222 people collided head-on with a freight train during the Friday afternoon rush. More victims were feared trapped.

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Typhoon Jangmi lashes Taiwan

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Storm kills two, injures more than 30; roars toward eastern China.

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Typhoon Sinlaku hits Taiwan, causing landslides

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan on Saturday, September 13, 2008, bringing torrential rains and triggering landslides in the central and northern part of the island, the national fire agency said. One person was reported injured.

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Hurricane Ike search teams to target five areas as hunt resumes for missing bodies

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Search teams looking for as many as 50 people who remain missing since Hurricane Ike have identified five "hot spots" where they will focus their efforts, officials said.

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Bombs targeting worshippers kill 20 in Iraq

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Suicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers marking the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said.

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Source: Missile kills at least 20 in Pakistani tribal region

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected missile strike killed at least 20 people Friday in the Pakistani village of Lund Mohammad Khel, a military source said. Local television reports put the death toll at 21.

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Engine Failure Ruled Out in Russian 737 Crash

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

MOSCOW (AP) � Investigators on Thursday ruled out engine failure as causing the weekend plane crash in Russia that killed all 88 people on board.

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Death toll from Haiti storms nearly 800

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:40:36 -0500

The death toll from a string of hurricanes and tropical storms in Haiti has risen to nearly 800 people, an official with the Haitian Red Cross says.

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India: Violence kills 14, displaces 10,000

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:40:26 -0500

Authorities in India's remote northeastern state of Assam have called in the army to quell fighting between tribal people and Muslims which has left 14 dead and displaced more than 10,000.

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Earthquake rattles Afghanistan

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:41:07 -0500

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook central Afghanistan early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake struck at 3:26 a.m. (2256 GMT Sunday). The epicenter was about 70 km (40 miles) south of the capital, Kabul. There were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage.

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Turkish troops bomb northern Iraq after PKK clashes

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:43:39 -0500

The Turkish military bombed PKK rebel targets Saturday in northern Iraq in response to clashes that left at least 15 Turkish troops dead, the PKK and the military said Sunday.

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Death toll in Sri Lankan bombing up to 27

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:44:41 -0500

An attack by a suicide bomber in north-central Sri Lanka killed at least 27 people Monday, including a prominent politician and his wife, police said. Another 60 people were wounded.

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Kyrgyzstan: Quake kills 60

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:46:24 -0500

A powerful earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, destroying a village in Kyrgyzstan and killing at least 60 people, emergency officials said Monday. The 6.6-magnitude quake near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hit the remote village of Nura hard, bringing down dozens of buildings and injuring more than 100 people in addition to the confirmed deaths, Emergency Situations Minister Kamchybek Tashiyev said. "What we've seen is terrible, the village of Nura is completely destroyed -- 100 percent," Tashiyev said. "There are many injured and we've counted 60 dead so far, all of them local residents." There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties elsewhere.

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Dozens dead in Kyrgyzstan quake

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:47:33 -0500

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southern Kyrgyzstan late Sunday night killing an estimated 70 people and destroying more than 120 buildings, the government reported Monday.

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40 hurt in mid-air jet 'incident' in Australia

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:45:55 -0500

An Australian airliner suddenly changed altitude Tuesday, injuring about 40 people, including some who suffered fractures and cuts, officials said. Authorities could not immediately say what caused the altitude change.

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Scores homeless after Tibet quakes

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:48:05 -0500

Nine people were killed in the pair of earthquakes that struck Tibet, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs reported on Tuesday, lowering the toll of 30 that had initially been reported.

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Tropical Storm Marco

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:50:12 -0500

U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marco has made landfall in Mexico.

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18 killed in Nepal tourist plane crash

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:34:02 -0500

A small plane carrying tourists from Germany and Australia hit a fence and caught fire in Nepal's Everest region Wednesday morning, killing 18 of 19 people on board, officials said. The pilot of the Yeti Airlines plane is brought by medical staff into a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. The plane carried 16 passengers -- including 12 German tourists, two Australians and two Nepalis as well as three crew members.

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Hurricane Norbert weakens after crossing Baja peninsula

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:37:10 -0500

Hurricane Norbert has weakened to a Category 1 storm after it swept across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee flooded homes.

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Earthquake kills 12 in Chechnya

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:38:03 -0500

At least 12 people were killed Saturday in an earthquake in Russia's Chechnya region, Russian news agencies reported. More than 100 people were injured, Interfax and Ria Novosti said, citing local emergency officials. Interfax, quoting the Chechen Emergency Situations Ministry, reported that roads in the area were seriously damaged.

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Afghan battles kill more than 100 militants

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:38:43 -0500

Two separate battles that militants fought with Afghan and NATO troops in southern Afghanistan over the weekend left at least 100 insurgents dead, authorities said Sunday.

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Omar becomes a hurricane

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:41:25 -0500

Omar strengthen to a hurricane Tuesday night as it churned in Caribbean waters near Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said. At 8 p.m., Omar was 335 miles south-southwest of Puerto Rico. Omar formed Tuesday in the eastern Caribbean and dumped heavy rain on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao off the coast of Venezuela. At 11 p.m. ET, its center was about 315 miles (505 km) south-southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The storm was moving northeast near 6 mph (9 kph).

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Two dead, 100 hurt in Colombian clashes

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Violent clashes between Indian protesters and riot police continued Wednesday in southwest Colombia, increasing the casualty toll to at least two dead and about 100 injured, according to Indian spokesmen. Indians and riot police clash in Candelaria, in southern Colombia, on Tuesday. The protests started Tuesday, when an estimated 7,000 Indians from various ethnic communities used rocks and tree trunks to block the Pan-American Highway -- the country's main north-south thoroughfare -- in at least four locations between Colombia's second largest city, Cali, and the city of Popayan, 85 miles (135 kilometers) to the south.

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Caribbean getting pounded by Hurricane Omar

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:59:11 -0500

Hurricane Omar weakened Thursday after crashing through the northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, blasting them with powerful winds and inundating rains. Motorists drive along a waterfront road in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, as Omar approached Wednesday. 1 of 2 Shortly before approaching the islands as a Category 3 hurricane, Omar's maximum sustained winds had increased to 125 mph, but slowed a bit to 115 mph after moving rapidly away from the islands -- which include the Virgin Islands, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Hurricane Omar picks up strength as it approaches islands

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:19 -0500

Hurricane Omar became a major Category 3 storm Wednesday night as it barreled toward the Virgin and Leeward Islands in the West Indies, the National Hurricane Center said. A man watches waves crash into the shore Tuesday at Club Nautico in Falcon state, Venezuela. 1 of 2 Omar is expected to continue gathering strength as it passes east of the Virgin Islands in the next few hours and makes its way to the northern Leeward Islands Thursday morning, the hurricane center said.

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Nearly 6,000 babies hospitalized over milk

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:01:18 -0500

Nearly 6,000 Chinese babies remain hospitalized with kidney problems resulting from milk powder adulterated with the industrial chemical melamine, the Health Ministry said. Protesters topple cans labeled toxic milk in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Six of the children were in serious condition, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site late Wednesday. The government has been trying to contain the fallout after baby formula contaminated with melamine was blamed for causing the deaths of four infants and sickening about 54,000 other children in mainland China.

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Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Tonga

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:07:45 -0500

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific islands of Tonga Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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Official: Taliban kill about 30 on Afghan bus

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:08:43 -0500

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban militants stopped a bus traveling on Afghanistan's main highway through a wild and dangerous part of the country's south, seized about 50 people on board and slaughtered around 30 of them, officials said Sunday.

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6.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:09:25 -0500

(CNN) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 6.0-magnitude quake hit at 12:54 p.m. local time (0454 GMT) in the Gulf of Tomini, according to the U.S. monitoring agency.

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21 dead in prison riot in Mexico

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:12:22 -0500

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Twenty-one prisoners died Monday in a fight between inmates at a Mexican prison across the border from McAllen, Texas, officials said.

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15 dead as Indian state rocked by second bombing

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:13:49 -0500

At least 15 people were killed and 15 were hurt Tuesday when a bomb ripped through a village in India's northeastern state of Manipur, according to police.

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U.N. says recent Congo fighting uproots 200,000

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:16:40 -0500

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- The World Food Program says fighting in eastern Congo's province of North Kivu has driven around 200,000 people from their homes since August.

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Paper: Governor says at least a dozen dead in Yemen flooding

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:17:48 -0500

(CNN) -- At least a dozen people have been reported dead and tens of thousands have evacuated an area of Yemen due to flooding, a local official told the Yemen Post on Friday.

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Yemen floods leave 58 dead, 20,000 without shelter

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:18:34 -0500

(CNN) -- Rain and flooding in Yemen has killed 58 people and left an estimated 20,000 without basic shelter, a local newspaper reported Saturday.

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Yemen floods kill 'at least 100'

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:19:28 -0500

(CNN) -- Severe flooding in Yemen has killed at least 100 people and displaced thousands more, according to the U.N. refugee agency and SABA, the country's official news agency.

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At least 160 killed in Pakistan quake

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:20:14 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Rescuers dug through the rubble left by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck a remote area of southwest Pakistan Wednesday, killing at least 160 people and leaving thousands homeless on the brink of winter, a humanitarian group spokesman said.

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'Many dead' as blasts hit Somali cities

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:23:01 -0500

(CNN) -- Three suicide car bombers on Wednesday struck government buildings and a United Nations office leaving at least 19 people dead in a rare attack in a normally peaceful breakaway region of Somalia, the region's president said.

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More than 200 killed in Pakistan quake

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:33:36 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The death toll from a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in southwest Pakistan rose to at least 215 by Thursday, officials said.

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Death toll from India blasts rises to 74

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:08:16 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The death toll from a series of blasts in the remote northeastern Indian state of Assam rose Friday to 74, a police spokesman said.

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Pakistan quake death toll likely to rise over 300

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:09:02 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The death toll from the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan will likely rise to more than 300, local officials say. Quake victims tend to an injured man in southwestern Pakistan. 1 of 2 Provincial government minister Zamrak Khan told The Associated Press that 215 deaths had been confirmed, but said Friday that officials were receiving reports of more deaths from remote areas and that the toll would likely top 300.

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10 kidnapped from ship off Cameroon coast

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:44:40 -0500

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Pirates attacked a French ship in the waters off Cameroon on Friday, taking 10 of the 15 crew members hostage, the French Foreign Ministry and the ship's owner said.

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Missile strikes reportedly kill 28 in Pakistan

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:45:24 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two suspected U.S. missile strikes killed 28 people Friday in northwest Pakistan, military sources and local and intelligence officials said. In the first strike, suspected U.S. missiles from two unmanned drones hit a village in North Waziristan, a region near the Afghan border, killing 21 people, local and intelligence officials said.

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47 dead, missing in Vietnam floods

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:31:38 -0600

(CNN) -- Forty-seven people are dead or missing in north and central Vietnam after a weekend of heavy flooding, state media reported Sunday. A vegetable seller goes through a flooded street in Hanoi,Vietnam, Sunday. The rainfall, which began Thursday, is the heaviest in 24 years, a state meteorological official told the Vietnam News Agency. It is expected to last another two days, the agency said.

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Red Cross appeals for aid to Pakistan quake victims

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:33:42 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Red Cross is asking for $7.8 million in emergency funds to help the victims of a deadly earthquake in southwest Pakistan. Residents rest on a street following the earthquake in Pakistan. The 6.4-magnitude quake struck early Wednesday about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north-northeast of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. It was followed by a 6.2-magnitude aftershock about 12 hours later, and dozens of smaller ones, according to the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado.

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15 dead, 34 missing in China landslide

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:34:07 -0600

BEIJING, China (AP) -- State media say a landslide in southwestern China has left at least 15 people dead and 34 others missing. The Xinhua News Agency says the deadly torrent of mud and rocks hit Chuxiong city in Yunnan province on Sunday. The area has been pounded by heavy rains in recent days. The agency says authorities are still determining the exact number of casualties. It gave no other details.

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One dead, 71 hurt in Thailand bomb blasts

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:40:16 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Two near-simultaneous explosions in insurgency-hit southern Thailand killed one person and wounded a further 71, police said. According to The Associated Press, police chief Maj. Gen. Surachai Suebsuk said the first blast Tuesday appeared to target a meeting of 300 village chiefs and local officials from Narathiwat province who were leaving when a bomb hidden inside a parked car exploded in the building's parking lot.

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Pakistan: Suicide attacks kill 24

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:35:19 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Suicide bombers struck two targets in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, including a gathering of tribal leaders, leaving at least 24 dead, according to local officials and state-run media. The latest attack happened Thursday night when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a police checkpoint in the Swat region of North West Frontier Province, killing two soldiers and wounding five, two Pakistani military sources said.

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Hurricane Paloma strengthens as it heads to Caymans

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:34:44 -0600

(CNN) -- Hurricane Paloma continued to intensify Friday night as the Category 3 storm pounded Grand Cayman island with strong winds and heavy rain. As of 10 p.m. ET Friday, Paloma was moving northeast through the Cayman Islands. The National Hurricane Center said additional strengthening of the storm could occur through Saturday night as Paloma turned northeast and headed toward Cuba.

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Rescue continues into the night after Haiti school collapses

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:35:37 -0600

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNN) -- At least 50 people have died in a school collapse in in Petionville, near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, officials said Friday night. Haitians try to help victims at a school that collapsed Friday in Petionville, near Port-au-Prince. Rescue personnel planned to continue working into the night to dig out students and teachers buried in the rubble, the Red Cross said.

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Crews search for survivors in Haiti school collapse

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:39:01 -0600

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNN) -- Rescue workers continued to search for survivors Saturday after a school collapse killed at least 50 children in Petionville near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. A fireman holds a child who was rescued from the rubble of a school collapse in Haiti on Friday. Clarens Renois, a journalist with the Haiti Press Network, said nearly 200 children remained trapped under rubble as of midnight Friday.

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Paloma strengthens to Category 4, heads toward Cuba

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:40:06 -0600

(CNN) -- Hurricane Paloma intensified early Saturday to become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. Strong winds signal the arrival of Hurricane Paloma in George Town, Grand Cayman. Shortly before 5 a.m. ET, a U.S. Air Force Reserve aircraft measured winds of 135 miles an hour (215 kph), the center said.

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Russia: Sub returns to base after 20 killed

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:29:03 -0600

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia's navy says the nuclear-powered submarine involved in an accident in the Sea of Japan that killed at least 20 people has returned to its base.

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Frantic volunteers rush Haiti school ruins

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:30:38 -0600

PETIONVILLE, Haiti (CNN) -- Frantic relatives of people believed trapped in the rubble of a collapsed school picked at the ruins with shovels and hammers Sunday before being pushed back by police amid new safety concerns.

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Paloma weakens after Cuban landfall

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:33:32 -0600

Paloma weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as it moved slowly across east-central Cuba after lashing Grand Cayman Island with high winds and heavy rain, forecasters said.

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Russia: Fire system poisoned 20 killed on sub

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:40:07 -0600

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- The fire safety system on a new Russian nuclear-powered submarine malfunctioned on a test run in the Sea of Japan, spewing chemicals that killed at least 20 people and injured 21 others, officials said Sunday.

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Paloma smacks Cuba, then weakens

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:42:18 -0600

CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- After destroying hundreds of homes in Cuba, Paloma has been downgraded to a tropical depression by the National Hurricane Center.

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Iraq triple bombings kill dozens

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:42:58 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A triple bombing in Baghdad has killed more than two dozen people and wounded scores more in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in almost four months.

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Officials call off search for survivors in Haiti school collapse

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:50:39 -0600

PETIONVILLE, Haiti (CNN) -- Haitian and international rescue officials said Monday they are calling off the search for survivors at a school that collapsed last week.

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More than 100 homes burned in California blaze

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:44:39 -0600

SANTA BARBARA, California (CNN) -- A brush fire roared through the canyons of Santa Barbara County late Thursday, forcing residents in the town of Montecito to evacuate as flames engulfed multimillion-dollar homes and more modest ranch-style houses.

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Doomed Mexican plane was too close to jet, official says

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:28:43 -0600

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The Lear jet that crashed on landing last week in Mexico City, killing all aboard, including Mexico's interior minister, may have been felled by the turbulence from a large passenger jet it was following too closely, the nation's transportation secretary said Friday, citing results of a preliminary investigation.

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Suspected U.S. missiles kill 11 in Pakistan

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:29:48 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal region killed 11 people early Friday, a Pakistani intelligence source said. The attack, involving at least two missiles, hit a house in Ghari Ayub, a village in North Waziristan province, which borders Afghanistan. The house belonged to a man named Mir Gul, the source said.

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23 feared dead in Kashmir bridge collapse

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:30:40 -0600

SRINAGAR, Indian-Controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- A bridge collapsed in Indian-administered Kashmir Sunday morning, sending at least two dozen laborers into a swollen river below, according to a senior police official. At least 23 workers were feared dead. Two people were pulled alive from the river, which was swollen from recent heavy rain and snowfall, the police official said.

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Car bombing in Iraq kills 14

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:32:42 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide car bombing killed 14 people and wounded 20 others Sunday in the town of Jalawla, an official with Jalawla police said. Six police officers were killed, and another five officers were among the wounded, the official said.

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California Fire Destroys Hundreds of Homes

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:33:43 -0600

Santa Ana winds push fast moving flames through hundreds of homes in one Los Angeles suburb. Power outages are compounding an already difficult situation.

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Indonesia quake kills two, tsunami warning lifted

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:34:53 -0600

(CNN) -- A 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia early Monday, leaving two people dead and 37 injured, health authorities said, but warnings of a possible tsunami were soon lifted.

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China subway collapse: 7 dead, 14 missing

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:35:29 -0600

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A subway tunnel collapse in eastern China over the weekend killed at least seven people and 14 others remain missing, state-run media reported late Monday.

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Firefighters Battle Ferocious Wildfires, Winds

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:40:38 -0600

Officials are fighting off near hurricane-force winds as a string of wildfires encircle Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared emergencies in several counties. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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Plane crash off Canada's Pacific coast kills 7

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:10:16 -0600

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The sole survivor of a plane crash that killed seven others told his rescuers that he scrambled away as the wreckage exploded behind him. The 35-year-old man is in stable condition at a hospital despite the "significant injuries and burns" he sustained in the crash, Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman Cpl. Peter Thiessen said. He declined to identify the man or the other people on the plane.

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Boat, 40 Dominican migrants missing off Puerto Rico

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:11:22 -0600

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the waters off western Puerto Rico for a boat that is reportedly missing with at least 40 Dominican migrants on board, a spokesman said Monday. Rescue crews were using helicopters, a cutter and several aircraft to look for any sign of the makeshift wooden boat -- or survivors -- in the rough 80-mile (130-kilometer) passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

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Crowd attacks China govt. office over quake

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:12:15 -0600

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A crowd of up to 2,000 people attacked a local Communist Party headquarters in northwestern China's Gansu province early Tuesday, state-run media reported.

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Families flee earthquake in Central America

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:29:43 -0600

DAVID, Panama (CNN) -- Dozens of families frightened by aftershocks slept outside overnight Wednesday after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook coastal Panama near the border with Costa Rica. The quake was centered about 235 miles (380 km) west of Panama City, near the town of David, according to the U.S. Geological Survey . The temblor occurred at 1:11 a.m. ET and residents reported feeling three aftershocks

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Fifteen corpses found in Baghdad mass grave

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:31:18 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Police in northern Baghdad found a mass grave Tuesday that contained the remains of 15 people, an Interior Ministry official said.

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Cholera kills 300 in battered Zimbabwe

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:23:28 -0600

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Nearly 300 people have died from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe that is compounded by the country's collapsing health-care system, according to the World Health Organization.

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Big earthquake strikes off Indonesian coast

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:24:29 -0600

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck just off the coast of southern Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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Volcano landslides kill 6 in Colombia

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:25:36 -0600

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- A snow-capped volcano erupted and sparked landslides in southwest Colombia, killing at least six people -- four of them children, government officials and rescue workers said Sunday.

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Official: Female bomber was disabled; vest ignited by remote

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:26:40 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The female bomber who killed five people just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday was mentally disabled and her explosives vest was triggered by remote control, an official said.

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Magnitude 7.0 quake rocks Russia's far east

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:27:01 -0600

(CNN) -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east Monday evening, seismologists reported, but there was no immediate report of damage in the remote area.

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Deadly flooding leaves thousands homeless in Brazil

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:28:02 -0600

(CNN) -- Flooding in Brazil's Santa Catarina state has left at least 28 dead and more than 18,000 homeless, the state news agency reported Monday.

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Cholera deaths rise in Zimbabwe

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:07:35 -0600

(CNN) -- Cholera-related deaths and new cases continued to spike in recent days in Zimbabwe, where health and sanitation services have been deteriorating amid widespread political turmoil.

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Brazil flooding blamed for 84 deaths

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:08:20 -0600

(CNN) -- The number of deaths attributed to floods in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina rose Tuesday to 84, the state news agency reported.

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Brazil flooding leaves more than 100 dead

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:09:00 -0600

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding in southern Brazil continued to climb Wednesday, with the Civil Defense reporting more than 100 dead.

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Gunfire heard at two Mumbai hotels

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:07:53 -0600

(CNN) -- The morning after teams of gunmen carried out a brazen series of attacks across southern Mumbai, killing scores of people and taking hostages in three locations, the situation showed little signs of a quick resolution.

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Mumbai: PM blames 'outsiders' as hotel battles rage

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:09:15 -0600

MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suggests the group behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks is based outside the country as police battle gunmen in three locations to free hostages a day after more than 100 people were killed.

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World leaders condemn Mumbai attacks

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:25:08 -0600

(CNN) -- World leaders have condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, in which more than 100 people died.

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Thai PM declares emergency at besieged airports

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:37:12 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Thai prime minister Somchai Wongsawat declared a state of emergency Thursday at Bangkok's two main airports, which are still being besieged by anti-government protesters, a government spokesman said.

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Death toll climbs in Brazil flooding

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:37:41 -0600

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding in southern Brazil on Thursday climbed to 97, the state news agency said.

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Terrified Westerners describe Mumbai chaos

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:38:09 -0600

(CNN) -- Americans and other foreigners were among those caught up in the bloodshed and chaos of the terror attacks in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday and Thursday.

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Airbus A320 crashes into sea off France

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:39:44 -0600

PARIS, France (CNN) -- A plane with seven people aboard crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, a French regional government official told CNN.

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11 die in attacks in Iraq

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:40:30 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Suicide bombers on Friday launched two attacks in Iraq, killing nine people near Baghdad and two others in the capital.

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Standoff at Bangkok airports continues

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:41:48 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Bangkok's two main airports remained occupied by anti-government protesters Friday but Thai authorities appeared to have backed down from earlier threats to end the siege by force.

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Three escape pirate-hijacked tanker

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:42:31 -0600

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Three British guards jumped overboard and were rescued from the water after battling in vain to prevent pirates hijacking a chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia.

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Mumbai operation appears nearly over

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:42:50 -0600

MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- The last gunmen in a standoff at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai were killed early Saturday, the city's police chief told CNN sister station CNN-IBN, but another official said more attackers could be inside the hotel.

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Search teams hunt for jet crash remains

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:43:22 -0600

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Search and rescue teams worked through the night to find the remains of an Airbus jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with seven people aboard, the jet's owner, Air New Zealand, said Friday.

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Blasts hit Bangkok as protests continue

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:44:02 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A pair of explosions injured dozens of people in Bangkok early Sunday, as protests against the Thai government continued.

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Indian official: Terrorists wanted to kill 5,000

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:44:33 -0600

MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- An Indian official said the coordinated terrorist attacks that killed at least 183 people in nine sites across Mumbai this week could have been much worse.

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Zimbabwe govt. sued over cholera outbreak

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:45:15 -0600

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- A group of Zimbabwean citizens are taking a government department to court for failing to provide them with adequate and safe drinking water as the country's cholera-related death toll nears 400.

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300 bodies taken to mosque on 2nd day of Nigeria riots

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:46:02 -0600

JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Mobs have burned homes, churches and mosques, and the death toll rose to more than 300 in a second day of sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation.

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Taj Mahal hotel chairman: We had warning

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:46:34 -0600

The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, temporarily increased security after being warned of a possible terrorist attack, the chairman of the company that owns the hotel said Saturday.

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More flood victims found in Brazil

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:47:21 -0600

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Search and rescue officials found nine bodies Saturday, bringing the death toll from flooding in southern Brazil to 109, the state news agency said.

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Suicide cyclist kills 2 in Afghan capital

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:40 -0600

(CNN) -- A suicide bomber on a bicycle detonated explosives Sunday near a car from the German Embassy in Kabul, a local police official said.

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Bodies, some tortured, found in Iraq graves, police say

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:48:07 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi police recovered at least 38 bodies from a mass grave Saturday and Sunday, and expect to find more as they continue digging, police officials said.

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Arms ship's owners strike deal with pirates

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:48:55 -0600

(CNN) -- Pirates have reached a deal with the owners of a Ukrainian ship loaded with arms that was seized more than two months ago, an official with the Kenya Seafarers Association said Sunday.

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Parts of Venice neck deep in flood water

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:38:54 -0600

(CNN) -- Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years, leaving some parts of the historic Italian city neck-deep in water, reports said Monday.

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Brazil flooding death toll rises

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:41:28 -0600

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from historic floods in southern Brazil continued to creep upward Monday, with 112 reported dead, the state news agency said.

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Thai protesters threaten to increase airport blockade

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:42:08 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Protesters blockading international flights to Bangkok threatened to draft in more demonstrators Monday as the tense standoff with authorities looked set to enter a second week.

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Source: U.S. warned India about possible Mumbai attack

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:43:13 -0600

(CNN) -- The United States warned the Indian government about a potential maritime attack against Mumbai at least a month before last week's massacre in the country's financial capital left nearly 180 dead, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN.

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Capital lacks clean water, cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:43:34 -0600

(CNN) -- Almost 12,000 people have contracted cholera since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to grow more dire -- and deadly -- because the nation can't pay for chemicals to treat water or for doctors to treat victims.

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Thai protesters to end siege as PM ousted

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:44:16 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Demonstrators said they would end their siege at Bangkok's major airport after Thailand's top court banned the prime minister from public office for five years and dissolved his ruling party after finding it committed electoral fraud.

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Tainted milk deaths rise in China

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:45:09 -0600

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Six Chinese infants may have died from consuming melamine-tainted milk powder, twice the number previously reported by the government, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

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Analysis: Mumbai fallout could destabilize region

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:45:30 -0600

(CNN) -- With the shadow of extremism reaching beyond the borders of Pakistan and India, analysts say the stakes -- as the nuclear-armed rivals try to hang on to an uneasy peace -- are higher than ever in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.

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Israel buries victims of Mumbai terror attacks

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:46:39 -0600

KFAR CHABAD, Israel (CNN) -- Thousands of mourners and emissaries from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Chabad movement poured into an Israeli village Tuesday for the funerals of two people killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

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Report: 11 Chinese pupils killed by carbon monoxide

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:14:38 -0600

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Eleven schoolgirls in northwest China's Shaanxi province died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they used a school-provided charcoal heater to warm their dorm room, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.

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Zimbabwe cholera death toll nears 500

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:06 -0600

(CNN) -- Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has killed nearly nearly 500 people, according to the World Health Organization.

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Biological terror attack likely by 2013, panel says

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:55 -0600

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a blue-ribbon panel assembled by Congress has concluded.

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Zimbabweans ill and dying from cholera crossing border

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:56:14 -0600

At least 565 people in Zimbabwe have lost their lives in the outbreak, according to a statement from the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Office on Wednesday. Doctors in Zimbabwe, however, say that more than 1,000 have died. The U.N. says that about 12,000 more people are suspected to be infected.

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Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on Antarctic coast

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:34:55 -0600

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- A cruise ship carrying 122 people was stranded Thursday on the coast of Antarctica after striking ice, officials said.

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Passengers removed from cruise ship stranded off Antarctica

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:37:23 -0600

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- All 122 people aboard a cruise ship stranded off Antarctica have been evacuated and are "in perfect health," the Chilean navy said Friday.

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Death toll rises in Pakistan mosque explosion

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:38:20 -0600

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- The death toll from an overnight car bombing rose to 29 in northwest Pakistan, unnerving a region already dangerously on edge following the attacks on India's commercial capital, police and doctors said Saturday.

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27 killed, dozens injured in Pakistan blast

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:39:55 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A car exploded in front of a Shiite mosque in northern Pakistan on Friday, killing 27 people, police said.

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New York's top cop warns of copycat Mumbai attacks

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:40:31 -0600

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned Friday of possible copycat attacks in the wake of last week's massacre in Mumbai, India.

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28 killed in Somalia fighting

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:41:22 -0600

MOGADISHU, Somali (CNN) -- Clashes erupted in Somalia over the weekend, leaving 28 dead in incidents, according to a hospital spokesman and witness accounts.

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WHO: 60,000 at risk of cholera in Zimbabwe

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:26:08 -0600

(CNN) -- Up to 60,000 people in Zimbabwe could be infected with cholera if the epidemic worsens, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

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India identifies Mumbai attackers

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:26:47 -0600

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian authorities in Mumbai have released the identities of the 10 gunmen responsible for the three-day siege in India's financial capital that killed more than 160 people, according to CNN's partner network CNN-IBN.

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Pakistan PM confirms Mumbai arrests

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:27:55 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani authorities have arrested two top leaders of the Islamic militant group India blames for the November massacre in Mumbai, Pakistan's prime minister confirmed Wednesday.

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More than 60 pilgrims die in Indian bus crash

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:28:24 -0600

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- More than 60 people have died after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire and burned on a highway in northern India, police said Wednesday.

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Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:29:10 -0600

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Nearly 775 people have died in Zimbabwe from the recent cholera outbreak, an official from the World Health Organization said Wednesday, refuting the government's claim that the situation is under control.

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10,000 bone fragments found in former Argentine detention center

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:29:58 -0600

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site of a former Argentine government detention center, the first find of its kind at one of the secret centers, Argentine officials said.

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At least 55 killed in Iraq suicide blast during restaurant talks

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:30:41 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Thursday at a restaurant in northern Iraq where Arab and Kurdish politicians were working on ways to ease tensions.

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Terror group founder detained

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:31:34 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The founder of the terrorist group India blames for last month's Mumbai attacks has been placed under house arrest, a senior Pakistani government official told CNN.

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Zimbabwe: Cholera is genocide by UK

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:33:18 -0600

(CNN) -- One of Zimbabwe's top officials blamed his country's spreading cholera outbreak on what he calls "a genocidal onslaught" by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler -- Britain.

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New England shivers without power after ice storm

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:34:42 -0600

(CNN) -- At least 800,000 customers in New England are still without electricity on Sunday after an ice storm ravaged the region, officials say.

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Flooding leaves 50,000 homeless in Colombia

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:37:32 -0600

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- More than 50,000 residents of northern Colombia remained homeless Monday after the rain-swollen Magdalena River broke through dikes and flooded towns and surrounding areas.

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Attacks in Iraq kill 20 people

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:36:54 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Deadly attacks in northern Iraq on Monday left nine people dead -- including seven from one family -- while attacks near Baghdad left 11 dead, authorities said.

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Israel: 24 dead as bus plunges down ravine

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:38:19 -0600

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- At least 24 Russian tourists have been killed in one of Israel's deadliest traffic accidents when their bus plunged down a ravine, throwing nearly all of the passengers out of the vehicle.

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Zimbabwe cholera deaths pass 1,000

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:20:28 -0600

(CNN) -- The number of cholera deaths in Zimbabwe has passed 1,000, the United Nations said Wednesday.

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6.5-magnitude quake off Japanese coast

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:22:31 -0600

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A strong earthquake centered about 90 miles off Japan's east coast, measuring a 6.5 magnitude, was recorded by seismologists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Saturday.

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Israel fires back at Gaza, as Israeli PM vows more

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:24:04 -0600

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel will respond to ongoing rocket attacks, the country's prime minister said Sunday, hours after 10 rockets and mortars were lobbed into Israel from Gaza.

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Lockerbie marks 20th anniversary of bombing

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:25:30 -0600

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Events commemorating the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie were taking place Sunday in both the UK and the U.S. to mark the 20th anniversary of the attack which killed 270 people.

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Nine headless bodies found in Mexico

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:26:34 -0600

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Police found nine human heads and nine headless bodies in the Mexican state of Guerrero on Sunday, and some of the remains were of soldiers, officials said.

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Car bomb kills 4 in Baghdad

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:29:00 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A car bomb exploded in northwestern Baghdad Thursday morning, killing four people and wounding 26 others, an Interior Ministry official said.

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Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunami

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:30:22 -0600

(CNN) -- Four years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups said.

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27 dead after Ukrainian apartment blast

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:32:07 -0600

(CNN) -- The final death toll from a Christmas Eve explosion in a five-story apartment building in southern Ukraine has increased to 27 people, including three children, Ukrainian officials said Friday.

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Hundreds dead, injured in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:33:26 -0600

GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- A Palestinian envoy called on the United Nations to condemn the deadly violence in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes on Hamas militants entered a second day Sunday.

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Afghan car bomb kills 14 children

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:34:26 -0600

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb blast near a voter registration site killed 16 people, 14 of them children, and wounded 58 in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to a senior police official and the U.S. military.

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Bomb kills 37 at Pakistan polling station

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:35:34 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb apparently targeting voters killed at least 37 people and wounded 16 others in the Bunair district of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province Sunday, a police official said.

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Zimbabwe cholera deaths pass 1,500

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:36:24 -0600

(CNN) -- The number of cholera deaths in Zimbabwe continues to increase, a World Health Organization spokesman said Monday.

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Congo groups: 400 massacred on Christmas day

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:37:37 -0600

(CNN) -- A Catholic aid organization operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's government have accused Uganda-based rebels of massacring 400 civilians during Christmas celebrations last week.

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Dozens dead in Bangkok New Year nightclub blaze

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:38:37 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- At least 59 people were killed and more than 200 others injured early Thursday after a fire broke out at an upscale Bangkok nightclub where about 1,000 revelers were ringing in the new year, Thai police said.

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19 dead still unidentified after Bangkok blaze

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:39:32 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Investigators posted photos of the unidentified victims of a catastrophic nightclub fire outside a Bangkok police station Friday in hopes that relatives would be able to identify them.

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Iraq suicide bombing kills at least 30

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:40:11 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 30 people were killed and 110 wounded Friday afternoon in a suicide bombing in Yusifiya, a city about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) southwest of Baghdad, an official with the Ministry of Interior has CNN.

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6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:41:12 -0600

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A 6.2-magnitude hit Hindu Kush Region of northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Indonesia earthquake kills at least 2, injures 35

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:41:41 -0600

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A major earthquake struck Sunday near the north coast of West Papua, Indonesia, killing at least two people and injuring 35, government officials said.

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Death toll rises from Thai nightclub fire

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:42:27 -0600

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A Bangkok nightclub owner turned himself in to police Monday as the death toll from a catastrophic New Year's fire continued to rise.

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More than 30 dead in Guatemala landslide

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:43:52 -0600

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (CNN) -- The death toll from a landslide in Guatemala grew to 33 people Monday afternoon, with up to 60 still missing, a rescue official said.

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Coalition forces kill 38 Afghan militants

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:47:07 -0600

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Troops in Afghanistan launched raids against militants over the last two days, killing 32 armed insurgents near the nation's capital and six militants in western Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in statements Wednesday.

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Western governments working to extract their citizens from Gaza

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:48:31 -0600

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Western governments stepped up efforts to rescue their citizens from Gaza Wednesday as violence swept the area for the 12th day in a row.

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Sunni-Shia clashes in Pakistan leave 17 dead, 30 wounded

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:49:55 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Seventeen people have been killed and 30 wounded in clashes between Sunni and Shia groups in villages in the Hangu District in northwest Pakistan, police said Saturday.

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Peru bus crash kills 32

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:50:11 -0600

(CNN) -- Thirty-two people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus skidded off a rain-slicked mountain road and tumbled into a ravine in northern Peru early Saturday, a transit police spokesman told CNN.

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Israel calls for 'further patience' to meet Gaza goals

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:51:02 -0600

GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- Israeli aircraft and troops continued their assault on Gaza on Sunday, despite an Israeli official's assessment that the two-week-old military operation might be in its final days.

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9 more rescued after Indonesia ferry disaster

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:52:50 -0600

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Search crews have rescued nine more passengers who survived a ferry capsizing off the coast of Indonesia, though more than 230 people are still missing.

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60 arrested over China's tainted milk

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:53:21 -0600

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese authorities have arrested 60 people in connection with the country's tainted milk scandal that killed six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 more, a provincial official told CNN Monday.

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Cholera deaths near 2,000 in Zimbabwe

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:54:12 -0600

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Deaths in Zimbabwe related to the cholera epidemic are approaching 2,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, and close to 40,000 people have been affected by the preventable water-borne disease.

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Palestinians say Gaza death toll surpasses 1,010

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:54:33 -0600

GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israel's air and ground offensive in Gaza continued early Thursday, killing three people and wounding another outside the home of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, according to Palestinian medical sources.

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Palestinians: 1,300 killed, 22,000 buildings destroyed in Gaza

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- More than 1,300 Palestinians died and about 5,400 others were wounded during Israel's three-week offensive in Gaza, the Web site of the Palestinian Authority's Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday.

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China confirms third bird flu death this year

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- China has recorded its third bird flu death this year after a 16-year-old boy died in central China on Tuesday morning.

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Four boys killed in roof collapse as storms batter Spain, France

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Hurricane-force winds have swept across Spain and France, leaving 16 people dead, authorities and media have reported.

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40 killed in Vietnam boat sinking

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- At least 40 people died when a crowded river boat sank in central Vietnam Sunday -- on the eve of the Lunar New Year.

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Mexico: Cold has led to 31 deaths since October

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- At least 31 Mexicans have died from causes relating to cold weather since early October, most of them from carbon monoxide poisoning, the government health ministry said Monday.

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Zimbabwe cholera death toll nears 3000

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

CNN -- The number of cholera deaths in Zimbabwe is now approaching 3,000, the World Health Organization says.

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Red Cross: Crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in northern Sri Lanka with 250,000 unprotected civilians trapped in the crossfire between government troops and rebel forces, the Red Cross says.

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Calm in Madagascar after violence leaves 34 dead

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- After two days of violence and looting that claimed the lives of more than 30 people in Madagascar, relative calm has settled over the Indian Ocean island nation. But the possibility of further violence loomed as anti-government protesters gathered in a central square, vowing future demonstrations.

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Cholera in beleaguered Zimbabwe out of control

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- More than 3,000 people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe, according to World Health Organization figures released Wednesday, seeming to confirm health experts' concerns that the disease is not yet under control.

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13 bodies found in scorched remains of Kenyan shop

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Officials found 13 bodies in the rubble of a scorched supermarket in downtown Nairobi Friday and are investigating a tip that security guards locked people in the burning building, a police spokesman said.

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Zimbabwe cholera cases pass 60,000

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- More than 60,000 people have now been infected with cholera in Zimbabwe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Kenya petrol tanker explosion kills 100

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- More than 100 people were killed and several dozen wounded when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in Kenya early Sunday, authorities said.

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Pakistan: 43 civilians die in Taliban crossfire

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 43 civilians were killed Sunday when they were caught in the crossfire between Pakistani forces and Taliban militants, a Pakistani military official said.

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Bomber kills 18 policemen in Afghanistan

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed 18 policemen and wounded more than a dozen others Monday at a police training compound in southern Afghanistan, police said.

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Somalia fighting kills at least 39 civilians

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- At least 39 civilians were killed in Somalia's capital Monday after a convoy of African Union peacekeepers was hit by a roadside bomb, causing the troops to open fire, officials and eyewitnesses said.

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Raging Australia bushfires kill at least 35

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- Deadly bushfires raged on in southeast Australia on Sunday despite cooler temperatures and scores of firefighters trying to control the flames.

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23 killed at Madagascar protest

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- At least 23 people died Saturday when a protest rally turned violent outside Madagascar's Presidential Palace, a fire official at the main hospital said.

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24 dead in Brazil plane crash, officials say

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- Twenty-four people died in a plane crash in Brazil's Amazon basin, civil defense authorities in western Brazil said Sunday.

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Australian PM: Wildfire arson is mass murder

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- Investigators in Australia believe some of the deadly wildfires ravaging dry southeastern bushland may have been set, a conclusion prompting Australia's prime minister to call such acts "mass murder."

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Bomber kills 17 in Sri Lankan refugee camp

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- At least 17 people were killed and 45 others wounded Monday when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a camp where civilians had sought refuge from the fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka, the defense ministry said.

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Global alert issued for 85 terror suspects

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol has issued a rare global security alert for 85 suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorists wanted by Saudi Arabia.

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China kills 13,000 birds to control 'epidemic'

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- China has killed 13,000 birds in the country's far northwest to control what it called an epidemic of bird flu, state media reported Tuesday.

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Women, children among 38 killed near Iraq festival

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A female suicide bomber Friday detonated in a crowd of mostly women and children on their way to a religious festival, killing at least 38 people and wounding 50 others, an Interior Ministry official said.

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Search for answers begins in Buffalo plane crash

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

CLARENCE CENTER, New York (CNN) -- The pilots of a commuter airliner that crashed late Thursday about 6 miles from a Buffalo, New York, airport discussed "significant ice buildup" on the plane's wings and windshields before the plane plunged to the ground, killing 50.

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Pakistan: 20 dead in drone attack

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Twenty people were killed early Saturday after a suspected U.S. airstrike in northwest Pakistan, a intelligence official said.

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Volcano eruption sparks alert in Colombia

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- A volcano near southwest Colombia's border with Ecuador erupted on Saturday, leading the government to issue a "red alert" for the region.

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India: 70,000 trapped in Sri Lanka war zone

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- India on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels to "release" civilians, who it said numbered about 70,000 in Sri Lanka's war zone.

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Australian wildfires death toll rises to 200

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- Wildfires that scorched much of southeastern Australia this month now threaten part of the country's water supply, even as the fires' death toll has risen to 200, officials said.

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Chilean helicopter crash kills 13

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNN) -- Authorities recovered the bodies Monday of a former Chilean presidential pilot and 12 firefighters whose helicopter crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain Sunday afternoon.

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All 18 survive helicopter crash off Scotland

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

LONDON, England (CNN) -- All 18 people aboard a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Scotland have been recovered alive, a Royal Air Force officer told CNN.

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All 18 survive helicopter crash off Scotland

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:00:36 -0600

LONDON, England (CNN) -- All 18 people aboard a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Scotland have been recovered alive, a Royal Air Force officer told CNN.

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Passenger: People were 'flying' around the plane

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- About 30 people were injured Friday when a Northwest Airlines flight suffered turbulence before landing at Japan's Narita International Airport, a Northwest spokesman said.

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12 killed, 25 hurt in Slovakia bus-train collision

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- At least 12 people were killed and 25 were injured Saturday when a train collided with a bus in Slovakia, government officials said.

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Chinese state media: Mine blast kills 74

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The death toll from a coal mine blast in northern China climbed Sunday to 74, the state-run media Xinhua News Agency said.

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Bangladesh: 39 drown after boats collide

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- Eight more bodies floated to the surface Sunday, bringing the death toll to 39 from a riverboat accident in southern Bangladesh.

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British couple rescued after 40 days adrift at sea

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British couple have been rescued from their 13-meter yacht in the Atlantic Ocean after they drifted for weeks with a broken rudder.

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Australia fire death toll reaches 210

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- The death toll from bushfires in southeastern Australia has risen to 210, police in the state of Victoria said Tuesday.

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Nine killed as Turkish plane crashes near Amsterdam airport

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600

(CNN) -- A Turkish passenger jet crashed as it tried to land at Amsterdam's main airport Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 55, Dutch airport authorities have said.

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Bomber kills 33 at Iraq peace conference

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 33 people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide car bombing targeting a national reconciliation conference in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.

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At least 10 dead in two-town Alabama shooting spree

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- At least 10 people were killed Tuesday in a shooting spree that spanned two small southern Alabama towns, state officials confirmed. The gunman, who turned the gun on himself, and the wife and child of a sheriff's deputy were among those killed.

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German rampage victims mostly female

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WINNENDEN, Germany (CNN) -- A gunman dressed in military gear killed 15 people Wednesday in a shooting spree in Germany, police said.

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Angola rabies outbreak kills 83 children

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LONDON, England -- A severe rabies epidemic has claimed the lives of at least 83 children within three months in Angola's capital, Luanda, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

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Iraq bombing leaves 22 dead

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 22 civilians were killed and 38 other people were wounded Thursday in a Baghdad car bombing, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.

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Suburban 'tsunami' kills 52 in Jakarta

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Heavy rains smashed through a dam near Indonesia's capital Friday, unleashing a torrent of water that plowed into hundreds of homes and killed at least 52 people in what some survivors described as a suburban "tsunami."

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Suburban 'tsunami' kills 98 in Jakarta

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- The death toll from a flash flood in Indonesia's capital grew to 98 people on Sunday as rescuers widened their search for more than 130 other people in the aftermath.

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Eight killed in North Carolina nursing home rampage

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A man shot and killed seven patients and a nurse at a Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home Sunday before being wounded during a shootout with a police officer, authorities said.

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At least 150 killed in Italian earthquake, officials say

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) -- Rescuers worked into the early morning hours Tuesday in hopes of finding survivors of a powerful earthquake that ripped through Italy's mountainous Abruzzo region, killing scores of people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.

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Boeing 737 lands safely after emergency landing in Moscow

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A Boeing 737 with 69 people aboard landed safely Saturday after making an emergency landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, an airport spokeswoman and Russia's Interfax news agency said.

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32 dead in bombings across Baghdad, Interior Ministry says

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 32 Iraqis were killed and 123 others wounded in six car bombings and a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad by mid-day Monday, an Interior Ministry official said.

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24 dead in Indonesian plane crash

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Twenty-four people were feared dead in western Indonesia after a military training flight crashed into an airport hangar and erupted into a fireball, the air force said.

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Man opens fire at unemployment center in Greece, kills self

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- A man, apparently upset at the way his fellow students had been treating him, opened fire outside a training center for the unemployed in Athens on Friday, police said.

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At least 20 feared dead in Pakistan mosque blast

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, according to local police.

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Death toll rises in India fireworks factory fire

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Twenty-two people were killed and 58 others injured in a fireworks factory fire in western India, police said Saturday.

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Nine killed, 55 hurt in Peru bridge collapse

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LIMA, Peru (CNN) -- Seven children and two teachers were killed Monday when a bridge collapsed in southern Peru, according to a health department official.

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At least 20 killed in Peru crash

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LIMA, Peru (CNN) -- At least 20 people died in a fiery crash when a passenger bus ran into the back of a loaded fuel truck in central Peru, the state-run news agency said Tuesday.

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22 dead in earthquakes in Afghanistan

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A pair of moderate earthquakes struck Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 22 people and destroying 200 homes, an official said.

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Mexico train collision injures 50 near capital

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- At least 50 people were injured late Saturday night when two trains collided just outside Mexico City, authorities said.

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At least 20 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber in Pakistan rammed his vehicle into a security forces convoy on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 15 others, police said.

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At least 18 killed in China mine explosion

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- An explosion at a detonator and dynamite warehouse at a coal mine in central China killed at least 18 people on Friday, according to Xinhua.

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Deadly floods strike northern Brazil

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNN) -- At least 18 people have died in heavy flooding across 11 states in northern and northeastern Brazil, according to a statement Tuesday from Brazil's national civil defense service.

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At least 31 dead, 50,000 homeless in Brazil flooding

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Rain-induced flooding over large parts of Brazil have killed at least 31 people and left another 500,000 homeless, the government's civil defense agency said Thursday.

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As deaths mount in Brazil flooding, more rain is forecast

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding that has covered large parts of Brazil continued to rise Friday, with the government reporting seven new fatalities, bringing the total to 38.

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California firefighters making a dent as weather improves

Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Fog, low winds and cool ocean air were giving firefighters hope Saturday that the wildfire that has ravaged parts of Southern California for days may be coming under control.

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China marks earthquake anniversary

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing one year ago in mountainous Sichuan province.

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At least 78 dead in Indonesia plane crash

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a residential area in east Java early Wednesday, killing at least 78 people, military officials said.

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Swine flu tops 10,000 cases worldwide

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases worldwide surpassed 10,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

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Indonesia plane crash kills nearly 100

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a residential area in East Java early Wednesday, killing 98 people, military officials said.

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Death toll in Indonesia plane crash reaches 99

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian military transport plane this week climbed to 99, the military said Thursday.

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Plane crash in Brazil kills 15

Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A prominent businessman and his family were among the 15 people killed when a plane crashed on Friday in a northeastern resort area of Brazil, CNN affiliate Rede Globo and other Brazilian media reported Saturday.

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Honduras earthquake leaves six dead

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- At least six people were killed Thursday when a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras, President Jose Manuel Zelaya told CNN en Espa�ol Thursday.

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No survivors found in wreckage of Air France jet, official says

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Debris located early Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeast coast of Brazil is wreckage from the Air France jet that disappeared Monday, Brazil's Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said.

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Air France jet may have broken up in ocean, not sky, official says

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- A 12-mile oil slick near where an Air France jet crashed Monday into the Atlantic Ocean indicates the plane likely didn't break up until it hit the water, Brazil's defense minister said Wednesday.

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31 children die in Mexico day-care center fire

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (CNN) -- Thirty-one children were killed and more than 100 others were injured Friday when their day-care center caught fire in the northwestern state of Sonora, a spokesman for the state's governor said.

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Air France passenger's body found

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PARIS, France (CNN) -- The bodies of two men, one of whom was confirmed to be a passenger from the Air France plane that is believed to have crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, were found early Saturday, a Brazilian air force spokesman said.

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Death toll from Mexico day care fire rises to at least 35

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (CNN) -- The death toll from a fire at a Mexican day care center in the northwestern state of Sonora has risen to at least 35, Sonora Gov. Eduardo Bours told CNN Saturday.

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20 feared dead in Kashmir bus plunge

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- At least 20 people are feared dead after a bus plunged into a river Sunday in Indian-administered Kashmir's hilly Doda district.

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17 bodies found from lost Air France plane

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

RECIFE, Brazil (CNN) -- Seventeen bodies have been recovered from last week's crash of an Air France jetliner off the South American coast, Brazil's military said Sunday.

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More bodies found from Air France crash

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

RECIFE, Brazil (CNN) -- Eight more bodies have been recovered from last week's crash of an Air France jetliner in the Atlantic Ocean, bringing the total to 24, Brazil's military announced Monday.

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A week later, Air France mystery deepens

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- It's been little more than a week since an Air France jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, bringing a horrific end to the lives of the 228 people aboard.

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Swine flu cases near 30,000 worldwide

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The number of swine flu cases is closer to reaching 30,000, the World Health Organization reported Friday, a day after declaring the start of a global pandemic.

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Do And Don't Of Building In Hurricane-prone Areas

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (June 16, 2009) � Better building practices for structures in hurricane-prone regions will be the focus of a paper next month in Caribbean Construction Magazine by NJIT architecture professor Rima Taher, PhD. Taher has written extensively about best building design and construction practices to reduce wind pressures on building surfaces and to resist high winds and hurricanes in residential or commercial construction.

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Air France probe 'a little bit closer' to answers, investigator says

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Investigators are "getting a little bit closer" to determining what caused an Air France airliner to disappear into the Atlantic Ocean, but there are no answers yet, a French investigator said Wednesday.

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More storms expected as tornadoes batter Midwest

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Heavy thunderstorms are predicted in the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, a day after tornadoes battered several states, forecasters said.

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Earthquake Faults Through Downtown Reno, Nevada

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (June 16, 2009) � The Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is finishing the first phase of seismic surveying through downtown as part of a $1 million U.S. Geological Survey study to create an earthquake hazard map in the Reno-Carson City urban corridor.

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Air France pays $24,500 to crash victims' families

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Air France will pay families about �17,500 ($24,500) in initial compensation for each victim of the crash of Flight 447 this month, the company's chief executive says.

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BusinessIdeaOfTheDay.org - Find Your Loved Ones After a Disaster: WeAreSafeAndSound.com.

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Just in time for the start of hurricane season comes a new business called We Are Safe And Sound. It is a electronic lost and found bulletin board for families. Families pre-register for the site and receive a login ID, password and voicemail box number.

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Death toll 7 in D.C. Metro crash

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Seven people were killed in a rush-hour collision between two Metro trains in Washington on Monday, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said Tuesday.

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Storm kills 8 in Philippines

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Eight people were killed and 11 were left missing after tropical depression Nangka triggered flooding, a tornado and a landslide in the Philippines, according to disaster officials.

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Bodies of Air France captain, steward found

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Search crews have recovered the bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil.

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KXAN News: Keeping disaster victims together.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

When Hurricane Ike was bearing down on the Texas coast, Austinite Alvin Brown, Jr., was texting a dear friend down in Bay City. His friend planned to ride out the storm and he was telling Brown what was going down around him. Suddenly, the communication was lost.

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In The Warming West, Climate Most Significant Factor In Fanning Wildfires' Flames

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (June 25, 2009) � The recent increase in area burned by wildfires in the Western United States is a product not of higher temperatures or longer fire seasons alone, but a complex relationship between climate and fuels that varies among different ecosystems, according to a study conducted by U.S. Forest Service and university scientists. The study is the most detailed examination of wildfire in the United States to date and appears in the current issue of the journal Ecological Applications.

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'Tis the Season�for Hurricanes - Website, wearesafeandsound.com, helps Gulf Coast citizens prepare for communication during natural disasters.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) June 30, 2009 -- More than 35 million people live in areas that could potentially be affected by hurricanes this year. With the busiest part of hurricane season approaching (August through September), websites like www.WeAreSafeandSound.com are working to make sure that natural disasters don't separate families and create communication problems.

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Death toll climbs in Italian Riviera train-gas blast

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The death toll climbed to at least 11 in a gas explosion from a cargo train on Monday in western Italy, a government official said Tuesday.

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Rescuers spot wreckage of plane that crashed

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Rescuers on Tuesday spotted the wreckage of a Yemeni jet that crashed in the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros, the country's Vice President Idi Nadhoim said.

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Child found alive after plane crashes in sea

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Searchers have recovered the bodies of three people who were aboard a Yemenia Airways jet that crashed off the coast of Comoros in the Indian Ocean, a spokesman for Yemen's Civil Aviation department said Tuesday.

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Italy train explosion kills at least 14

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A rail car filled with liquefied petroleum gas exploded and started a fire in a residential neighborhood in the Italian seaside town of Viareggio, killing at least 14 people and collapsing about a dozen homes and buildings, authorities said Tuesday.

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Italy train explosion kills at least 15

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The death toll climbed to 15 on Wednesday in western Italy after a cargo train loaded with liquefied petroleum caused an explosion, civil protection agency officials said, warning more victims could be found.

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Powerful quake hits near Greek island

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Teen plane crash survivor 'didn't feel a thing'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The father of a teenage girl who remarkably survived a plane crash off the Comoros islands has described how his daughter was ejected from the plane into the Indian Ocean.

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Air France plane did not break up in flight - report

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PARIS, France (CNN) -- The Air France plane that crashed a month ago off the coast of Brazil "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," but bellyflopped intact into the Atlantic Ocean, the French air investigation agency announced Thursday.

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Levees Cannot Fully Eliminate Risk Of Flooding To New Orleans, Report Says

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2009) � Levees and floodwalls surrounding New Orleans -- no matter how large or sturdy -- cannot provide absolute protection against overtopping or failure in extreme events, says a new report by the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council. The voluntary relocation of people and neighborhoods from areas that are vulnerable to flooding should be considered as a viable public policy option, the report says. If relocation is not feasible, an alternative would be to elevate the first floor of buildings to at least the 100-year flood level.

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Hurricane Katrina: Why Some People Stayed Behind

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 3, 2009) � Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast. The 2005 storm breached every levee in New Orleans, flooding almost the entire city as well as the neighboring parishes. Yet a surprising number of people stayed behind and rode out the storm.

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Cell Phone Towers Can Help Predict Big Floods

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 6, 2009) � Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.

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Report: China quake destroys 10,000 homes

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- More than 10,000 homes have been destroyed from an earthquake that struck southwest China, state media reported.

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Quake rocks southwestern China, kills one

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- China recorded its first death Friday from a moderate earthquake that struck the country's southwest the night before, state-run media reported.

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Alvin Brown's calling

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HERALD DEMOCRAT - After Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, Alvin Brown was concerned about a friend - and for good reason. The friend decided to ride out the storm, and having grown up in the middle of Tornado Alley, Brown said he was used to severe weather leaving as quickly as it had come. So when after two days of no contact, and riding what Brown called an emotional roller coaster, the friend finally checked in, and Brown realized what he'd been called to do. And thus, "We Are ... Safe and Sound" was born.

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El Ni�o Arrives; Expected to Persist through Winter 2009-10

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NOAA scientists today announced the arrival of El Ni�o, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries. El Ni�o, the periodic warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific waters, occurs on average every two to five years and typically lasts about 12 months.

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Scientists Find Tsunami 'Shadow' Visible From Space

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 16, 2009) � For the first time, NOAA scientists have demonstrated that tsunamis in the open ocean can change sea surface texture in a way that can be measured by satellite-borne radars. The finding could one day help save lives through improved detection and forecasting of tsunami intensity and direction at the ocean surface.

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Deadly blasts hit Jakarta hotels

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said.

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Black boxes 'damaged' in Iran air disaster

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A day after an Iranian passenger plane crashed in flames killing all 168 people on board, aviation officials were Thursday examining the aircraft's damaged flight data recorders to try to determine the cause of the disaster.

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Air France wreckage arrives in France

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Debris from Air France 447, which crashed en route from Brazil to France last month, killing 228 people, has arrived in France, the French air accident investigation agency BEA said Wednesday.

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Risk Of Huge Pacific Ocean Tsunami On West Coast Of America Greater Than Previously Thought

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 20, 2009) � The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of America may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study of geological evidence along the Gulf of Alaska coast.

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Car Horns Warn Against Natural Disasters

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 20, 2009) � In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany, as most sirens were dismantled after the Cold War. Researchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT in Euskirchen want the population to be warned by car horns in the future

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'Invisibility Cloak' Could Protect Against Earthquakes

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 20, 2009) � Research at the University of Liverpool has shown it is possible to develop an �invisibility cloak� to protect buildings from earthquakes.

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Deadly Japan mudslides, floods leave 9 missing

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Hundreds of rescue workers searched for missing residents Thursday -- two days after torrential rains triggered floods and mudslides in western Japan and killed eight people.

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Police can use force to compel hurricane evacuation

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A new state law will allow police to arrest people who don�t leave town under mandatory evacuation orders.

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USAA Opens Mobile Disaster Unit - Insurance Company Hopes To Provide Communication, Money During Catastrophes

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SAN ANTONIO -- Financial services company USAA debuted its mobile disaster claims unit Thursday. The unit is an air-conditioned tent stocked with computers and printers, powered by a mobile generator along with satellite Internet access. It is designed to give the victims of a major natural disaster a comfortable place to communicate electronically, and begin the process of recovering. USAA management believes it will be an effective tool that their claim representatives can use to help serve their clients more effectively.

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Sichuan Earthquake Destroyed Nearly A Quarter Of Panda Habitat Near Quake's Epicenter

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 27, 2009) � When the magnitude 8 Sichuan earthquake struck southern China in May 2008, it left more than 69,000 people dead and 4.3 million homeless. Now ecologists have added to these losses an assessment of the earthquake's impact on biodiversity: namely, habitat for some of the last existing wild giant pandas. In an article published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-view, researchers show that more than 23 percent of the pandas' habitat in the study area was destroyed, and fragmentation of the remaining habitat could hinder panda reproduction.

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Safe and sound

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Hurricanes aren't something we like to talk much about this time of year here in the Keys. In fact, some of you probably are cursing me right now just for mentioning the "H word." There's almost a superstition that just by saying the word we might invoke a storm.

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Newly Discovered Faults Illuminate Earthquake Hazard Along San Andreas

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 27, 2009) � New research by a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers new insight into the San Andreas Fault as it extends beneath Southern California's Salton Sea. The team discovered a series of prominent faults beneath the sea, which transfer motion away from the San Andreas Fault as it disappears beneath the Salton Sea. The study provides new understanding of the intricate earthquake faults system beneath the sea and what role it may play in the earthquake cycle along the southern San Andreas Fault.

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One quarter of giant panda habitat lost in Sichuan quake

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The earthquake in Sichuan, southwestern China, last May left around 69,000 people dead and 15 million people displaced. Now ecologists have assessed the earthquake's impact on biodiversity and the habitat for some of the last existing wild giant pandas.

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Merging Business and the Common Good

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Small businesses in America provide half of the nation's GDP according to the US Small Business Administration. And entrepreneurs all over the country are realizing how they can position that economic influence behind causes that they believe in.

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WeAreSafeAndSound.com on SouthernLINC Wireless Southern Heroes Promotion.

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WeAreSafeAndSound.com is a featured story as an example of a community hero on SouthernLINC Wireless' Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Heroes-Promotion-from-SouthernLINC-Wireless/99259239452) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/SouthernHeroes) Southern Heroes Promotion.

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Successful Completion Of First Riser-drilling Operations In Earthquake Zone

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (July 30, 2009) � Researchers aboard drilling vessel Chikyu report successful completion of first riser-drilling operations in earthquake zone.

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Texas fertilizer fire prompts evacuation recommendation

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Officials recommended that more than 70,000 residents of the East Texas town of Bryan evacuate Thursday after a fertilizer warehouse caught fire, sending thick clouds of orange, toxic smoke into the air.

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Hurricane Felicia Headed Towards Hawaii Mainland But Expected Cause Minimal Damage, If Any.

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

View Hurricane Felicia 5-Day Projection.

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Hurricane Felicia strengthens, heads toward Hawaii

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Hurricane Felicia had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph Thursday, but forecasters predicted the storm, which is heading toward Hawaii, would weaken in the Pacific later in the day.

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Few sign up for hurricane evacuation help

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

GALVESTON � As the year moves toward prime time in what experts predict will be an active hurricane season, only 100 people have registered with the city for help getting inland ahead of a storm.

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FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

We have reduced our forecast slightly from early June due largely to the development of an El Ni�o. We continue to call for a below-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in 2009. We also anticipate a below-average probability of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall.

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Typhoon Morakot nears Taiwan

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Typhoon Morakot bore down on Taiwan Friday, packing 89 mph (143 kph) winds and threatening to soak the entire island when it makes landfall Saturday morning, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said.

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No Daily Or Weekly Pattern To Earthquakes In Western U.S.

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Aug. 6, 2009) � Daily traffic and noisy machines mask the vibrations caused by earthquakes, making seismic stations unable to detect many M >1 earthquakes. As a result, more earthquakes appear to happen on Sundays and late at night when people and machines are at rest, according to a new study of the apparent daily and weekly periodicity of seismic activity.

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Hurricane Felicia waning on its way to Hawaii

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Hurricane Felicia weakened Friday as it headed toward Hawaii and may continue to wane, but forecasters have not discounted the threat of flooding on the island chain.

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Glaciers a canary in the coal mine of global warming

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- U.S. scientists monitoring shrinking glaciers in Washington State and Alaska reported this week that a major meltdown is under way.

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Typhoon Morakot kills 10 in Philippines

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The fringes of Typhoon Morakot killed 10 people and injured 18 others in the Philippines, a spokeswoman for the National Disaster Coordinating Council told CNN.

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86 missing in Tonga ferry sinking

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Searchers rescued at least 53 people, but 86 were still missing on Saturday, two days after their ferry capsized in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, a search and rescue officer said.

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Three bodies recovered after midair collision over Hudson

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Five Italian tourists visiting New York from Bologna are among the nine victims believed killed Saturday in a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a single-engine plane over the Hudson River, a law enforcement source said.

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One dead as Typhoon Morakot slams into China

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At least one person was killed Sunday as Typhoon Morakot slammed into eastern China, packing high winds and torrential rain.

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Dozens feared dead in India mudslide

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- At least 43 people are feared dead after a massive mudslide swept away three hamlets in northern India, authorities said Sunday.

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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Japan coast

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A strong earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan on Sunday night local time, "jolting Tokyo and wide areas of eastern Japan," the country's Kyodo news agency reported.

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Deadly typhoon causes Taiwan's worst flooding in decades

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A mudslide triggered by torrential rains may have buried up to 800 villagers in southern Taiwan, media reports said Monday, as the country counted the cost of its worst flooding in decades.

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Tsunami watch issued for five countries canceled

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A tsunami watch issued for five nations after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean was canceled about two hours later.

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Deadly mudslides strike across East Asia

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The wrath of Typhoon Morakot has affected nearly 9 million people across four coastal China provinces and killed dozens in Taiwan, officials said Tuesday.

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Tropical Storm Felicia to lash Hawaii

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Felicia is expected to cause localized flooding in Hawaii as it hits Tuesday, forecasters said. "The current forecast track takes it over the central islands of Maui County and Oahu," meteorologist Raymond Tanabe at the Central Pacific Hurricane Center tells CNN Radio. "The torrential rains we were looking at as a possibility earlier in the week -- we don't expect those anymore."

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Hundreds stranded in typhoon-hit Taiwan

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Hundreds of people were stranded on Wednesday in villages dotting Taiwan's mountainous regions after Typhoon Morakot unleashed its fury over the weekend and caused the worst flooding in a half-century.

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Podcast: Biz On The Rise -- Ladder Jumpers, LLC.

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Ike. If you, family, or friends were in the middle of one of these forces of nature you likely wanted a reliable way to contact family and friends to make sure everyone was okay. Listen to this podcast and discover how an enterprising young man has developed a thriving company and service to insure citizens across the United States can communicate and stay in contact with friends and family during a man-made or natural, WeAreSafeAndSound.com.

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World population projected to reach 7 billion in 2011

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion in 2011, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said.

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Typhoon survivors find sanctuary in school

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEI PU, Taiwan (CNN) -- In the foothills of the Central Mountain chain in southern Taiwan, a rescue helicopter lowers itself onto an athletic field in the town of Nei Pu.

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Taiwan rescuers battle raging rivers, downpours

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Torrential downpours, dense fog, rugged terrain and raging rivers have made rescue efforts in Taiwan increasingly difficult and dangerous in the wake of Typhoon Morakot.

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Taiwan typhoon toll could triple as entire village lies buried

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SHIAO LIN, Taiwan (CNN) -- The number of people killed in Taiwan by Typhoon Morakot, a destructive storm that swept through East Asia last week, could triple because hundreds of people are feared trapped under mudslides, the president's office said Frida

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'Ominous feeling' as California fire burns unchecked

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Thousands of residents fled ahead of a raging wildfire near northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains, and one man said he had an "ominous feeling" as ashes descended on him.

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1,300 still trapped after Taiwan typhoon

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SHIAO LIN, Taiwan (CNN) -- More than 1,300 people are still trapped in remote mountainous villages in southern Taiwan, victims of treacherous mudslides and floods from Typhoon Morakot, the country's semiofficial Central News Agency said Saturday.

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More than 5,000 acres scorched in northern California

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A raging wildfire in northern California scorched more than 5,000 acres and hundreds of firefighters struggled to bring it under control Friday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

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Taiwan president takes blame for typhoon response

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CISHAN, Taiwan (CNN) -- Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday he accepts responsibility for the government's slow response after Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island killing at more than 120 people and unleashing floods, mudslides and misery.

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Indonesian coast hit by series of quakes

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A series of earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 6.7 to 4.7, struck off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Dry conditions, winds leave California open to big fires

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Dry conditions and strong winds in California left much of the state vulnerable to massive fires, with blaze-starters ranging from a cooking fire at a drug trafficking operation to a bird flying into a power line.

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Tropical Storm Claudette bears down on Florida

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Claudette is expected to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle by early Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center, and the storm's outer bands already were pounding the area with heavy rain Sunday evening.

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Earthquake strikes off Japan's coastline

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit off the shores of Japan on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Listening To Rocks Helps Researchers Better Understand Earthquakes

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2009) � When Apollo punished King Midas by giving him donkey ears, only the king and his barber knew. Unable to keep a secret, the barber dug a hole, whispered into it, "King Midas has donkey ears," and filled the hole. But plants sprouted from the hole, and with each passing breeze, shared the king's secret.

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Hundreds stranded in typhoon-hit Taiwan

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CISHAN, Taiwan (CNN) -- Hundreds of people await evacuation in Taiwan more than a week after Typhoon Morakot pummeled the island, a government Web site said Monday.

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Bill upgraded to hurricane; Claudette makes landfall

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season as it continued to gain strength, but remained far from any shore Monday morning, forecasters said.

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Bill could be major hurricane, edges closer to land

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Bill blew toward land early Tuesday, edging closer to the West Indies with near 100 mph winds and the potential for developing into a major hurricane.

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Hurricane Bill reaches Category 4 strength

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Bill strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm early Wednesday as it churned far from land with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph.

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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Bill churns in Atlantic

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Described as "an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane," Hurricane Bill was churning closer to the Atlantic island of Bermuda on Wednesday, forecasters said.

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Hurricane Bill could brush Cape Cod, forecasters say

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Forecasters said they think it's unlikely Hurricane Bill will make landfall in the United States, but they haven't ruled out the chance for a direct hit on a Massachusetts island.

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Hurricane Briefing for August 20, 2009

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MyFoxHouston - When hurricanes and other natural disasters strike, it can be very stressful to try and find out if family members and friends are safe and sound.

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Hurricane Bill leads to tropical storm warning for Bermuda

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning Thursday for the Atlantic island of Bermuda as Category 3 Hurricane Bill neared.

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Hurricane Bill loses intensity near Bermuda

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Bill weakened Friday as it headed toward Bermuda, bringing with it powerful winds and rain, forecasters said.

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Hurricane Bill on last leg of trip to New England

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A flurry of weather watches and warnings were issued Saturday as Hurricane Bill moved northward toward the New England coast.

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Staying connected -- Web site keeps communication lines open during an emergency.

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:51:10 -0500

Boyana Peeva, The Valdosta Daily Times -- For the 2009 hurricane season, Alvin Brown Jr., founder of Ladder Jumpers LLC of Austin, Texas, developed a nationwide emergency and disaster communications service.

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Battle on to contain Greece wildfires

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Weary but determined, crews battled to save homes as fires tore through suburb after suburb around Athens for a third day Sunday.

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After An Earthquake: Watching Over The Water System

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2009) � After a big earthquake, it's key to keep the water system afloat. Water is necessary for life, and it fights the fires that often accompany such disasters.

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Bill weakens to tropical storm

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Hurricane Bill weakened into a tropical storm early Monday as it left the Canadian Maritimes, after killing a girl along the Eastern Seaboard on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center reported.

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Report: Swine flu could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths, mainly among children and young adults, if it resurges this fall as expected, according to a report released Monday by a presidential advisory panel.

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Taiwan death toll 'higher than feared'

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CISHAN, Taiwan (CNN) -- A typhoon that struck Taiwan and China earlier this month killed more people in Taiwan than previous estimates, the government announced.

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Where Hurricanes are most likely to hit...

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Can you guess the top 5 locations that a Hurricane is likely to hit? Watch this short clip to find out locations and their odds of getting hit.

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Investigators find flight data recorder from Comoros crash

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Search teams have found the flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed off the Comoros Islands in June, killing 152 people, the chief investigator said Friday.

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CNN Hero's work continues in parish devastated by Katrina

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana (CNN) -- This year, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will hold new meaning for Tina Caserta and her family.

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Charting New Orleans' progress since Katrina

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Four years after Katrina, New Orleans has made progress into returning the city to its former glory, but there are many areas still requiring attention.

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4 years after Katrina, NOLA mental health system still in crisis

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As the storm raged outside her hospital room four years ago, an equally consuming force hijacked Alesia Crockett's mind: deep depression.

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Nonprofits help Katrina victims rebuild their homes, lives

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As floodwaters washed away homes in the Lower 9th Ward, Robert Green watched with horror as his mother got swept away in the storm.

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Danny could produce dangerous surf along East Coast

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Danny quickened its pace northward Friday night, as forecasters warned it could produce dangerous surf conditions and rip currents along the U.S. coast over the next day or two.

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Schwarzenegger cautions against ignoring wildfire evacuations

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Three people hurt in a growing wildfire in California were burned because they "did not listen" to orders to evacuate, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday after declaring a state of emergency.

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Hurricane Jimena bearing down on Baja California

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- With winds of 135 mph, Hurricane Jimena was approaching Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday as a Category 4 storm, forecasters said.

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Hurricane Jimena takes aim at Baja California

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Packing winds of 140 mph, Hurricane Jimena was approaching Baja California on Sunday as a Category 4 storm, forecasters said.

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Hurricane Jimena closes in on Mexico's Baja peninsula

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- An "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Jimena bore down Tuesday on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California, with the resort town of Cabo San Lucas lying in its path.

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Cooler temperatures may help in battling California blaze

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Cooler temperatures Tuesday could help firefighters slow down a fast-moving, deadly wildfire that has charred nearly 122,000 acres in Southern California.

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Tornado hits Galveston

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

And just when city of Galveston thought the rebuilding process from Hurricane Ike was well on its way, a water spout moved onto land an spawn an E-F1 Tornado of 80-90 MPH winds.

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Riding out Jimena in a shack

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Fearful that their possessions would be stolen, some 10,000 San Jose Del Cabo locals and residents are deciding to ride out Jimena in their makeshift shanty-type huts.

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Jimena down to Category 2 on approach to Baja

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (CNN) -- Hurricane Jimena lost much of its punch as it closed on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California early Wednesday.

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Powerful earthquake kills 14 in Indonesia

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Fourteen people were killed in Indonesia after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday, officials said.

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Tropical Storm Erika weakens, starts to move west

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A disorganized Tropical Storm Erika churned in the Atlantic near the Leeward Islands, weakening in the early hours of Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.

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California blaze grows to 140,000-plus acres

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Southern California wildfire has grown to 140,150 acres as firefighters stay focused Wednesday on foothill areas north of Los Angeles, a U.S. Forest Service official said.

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Hurricane Jimena's center hits Mexico

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (CNN) -- The center of Hurricane Jimena made landfall on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Wednesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Erika close to losing status as tropical storm

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Erika was poorly organized and barely clinging to tropical-storm status late Wednesday, and it was expected to weaken further on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Jimena slams into Baja, becomes tropical storm

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Jimena lost more of its punch early Thursday, after hitting Mexico's Baja California peninsula as a Category 1 hurricane, forecasters said.

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Barely a tropical storm, Erika expected to weaken

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Erika, poorly organized and barely clinging to tropical-storm status, spread wind and rain across the northeastern Caribbean early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.

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New Design Keeps Buildings Standing And Habitable After Major Earthquakes

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Sep. 4, 2009) � A new earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings, just successfully tested in Japan, will not only help a multi-story building hold itself together during a violent earthquake, but also return it to standing up straight on its foundation afterward, true and plumb, with damage confined to a few easily replaceable parts

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Website of the day: Let Your Family Know You Are Safe.

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MyFoxHouston's Fox 26 News website of the day video.

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350,000 displaced by floods in West Africa

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- At least 30 people were killed and 350,000 displaced when torrential rains soaked much of West Africa, the United Nations said Friday.

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California fire 49 percent contained, official says

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A fire north of Los Angeles is 49 percent contained and is moving east in the San Gabriel Wilderness area, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said Saturday.

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Nearly 1,000 rescued in Philippines ferry accident

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Nine people were killed and 983 rescued when a ferry capsized Sunday in the Philippines, leaving crews scouring the waters for survivors, officials said

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Domestic Terrorism--Radio Towers Toppled

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Perhaps you saw this one on the national news yesterday--2 Radio Towers in Washington State Toppled As noted in the story, the ELF is claiming it did the dirty deed and the FBI is investigatin

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Passenger rescued in Philippine ferry sinking after 24 hours

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A passenger on a ferry that capsized Sunday in the Philippines has been rescued after being in the water for more than 24 hours, officials said.

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Katrina: Deadly Medical Choices. Panflu: Maybe the Same

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Earlier on the anniversary of Katrina at this blog I had mentioned that the human impacts of Katrina stories were fading--since I had not heard or seen any in the week before or during the anniversary itself. This blog posting is not so much about what has happened since Katrina in the years following, but more to what happened in the immediate hours and days right after the storm.

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Tropical storms churn in Atlantic and Pacific

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Fred, the sixth named storm of the season, formed in the eastern Atlantic on Monday evening, but it was not expected to threaten land, the National Hurricane Center reported.

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West Africa flooding affects 600,000, U.N. reports

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Torrential rains and flooding have affected 600,000 people in 16 West African nations, the United Nations reported Tuesday.

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Surviving a Tornado

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Weather Channel: Survival Week - What should you do if a tornado is heading your way and how do you survive it?

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New Yorkers say thank-you

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Blizzard survival tips

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Tornado Threat Increases As Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2009) � Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This increase seems to reflect the increase in size and frequency among large hurricanes that make landfall from the Gulf of Mexico.

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California wildfire more than twice the size of Sacramento

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A fatal wildfire burning north of Los Angeles grew to more than twice the size of California's capital Tuesday evening, as officials upped the reward for information on who set the blaze to $150,000.

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Fred becomes a hurricane; Tropical Storm Linda strengthens

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Fred strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday night -- the second of the Atlantic season, the National Hurricane Center reported.

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L.A. firefighters escape as truck sinks into hole

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles firefighters and city crews worked for several hours Tuesday to rescue one of their own: a 22-ton firetruck that was nearly swallowed by a water-logged sinkhole.

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23 feared dead as devastating floods hit Turkey

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- At least 23 people were feared dead on Wednesday after two days of torrential rains triggered flash floods in northwestern Turkey, sweeping cars into the sea and sending gushing water into homes and businesses.

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Mexico City hijacking ends peacefully

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MEXICO CITY (CNN) -- The hijacking of a commercial airliner carrying more than 100 passengers ended peacefully Wednesday when eight people were taken into custody at Mexico City's airport, officials said.

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2,500 suspected cases of H1N1 reported at university

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- An outbreak of flu at Washington State University showed few signs of slowing down as more students continued to report symptoms suspected of being from the H1N1 virus, school officials said Wednesday.

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Ground broken on $3.4 billion Homeland Security complex

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Washington notables broke ground on the future home of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, symbolically starting construction on the biggest federal building project in the Washington area since the Pentagon 68 years ago.

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Seismic Shift In Methods Used To Track Earthquakes

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2009) � Scientists have developed a new technique to monitor movements beneath the Earth's surface, helping them better understand how earthquakes behave.

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Ceremonies to honor September 11 victims

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Solemn memorial services in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Friday will mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

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Commentary: Acts of kindness are the way to mark 9/11

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The upcoming eighth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 raises a compelling question for millions of Americans: How should we best observe this uniquely tragic day in our nation's history?

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Istanbul buries dead after fatal floods

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- A day after deadly water roared through this city, killing dozens of residents, hundreds of mourners gathered at a mosque for the funerals of seven women who drowned in a minivan.

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Thousands displaced after heavy rains strike Brazil

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Treacherous storm conditions have plagued southern Brazilian states for nearly a week, causing flooding and landslides and displacing thousands of people, a senior official told CNN Saturday.

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Huge water main bursts, floods neighborhoods in Maryland city

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A huge water main burst under a road in the suburban Baltimore community of Dundalk, Maryland, Friday, sending muddy water erupting over neighborhood streets and down highway ramps, officials said.

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Terror plot suspects head to court

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Three men charged with lying to federal agents during a terrorism probe are scheduled to make court appearances Monday.

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Cold? Flu? H1N1? How can you tell the difference?

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- When Tyra Smith's boyfriend, Chris Lewis, first suggested they be guinea pigs in a H1N1 vaccination study in August, she wasn't so crazy about the idea. But then she warmed to it: While she doesn't like needles, she thought she'd help out because she knew H1N1 was a serious virus.

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From carry-on to eBay: The journey of airport security booty

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A 20-inch machete from Costa Rica. New power drills with the tags still hanging. A pile of brass knuckles and nunchucks. Tubs of golf clubs, baseball bats and 10-pound exercise weights. These objects -- collected at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport security checkpoints -- are among millions of items confiscated by the Transportation Security Administration from travelers' carry-on bags each year.

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Floods kill 2 in rain-soaked Atlanta area

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Torrential downpours overnight in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, led to floods that killed two people, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said Monday

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Quake hits Bali, injures seven

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A powerful earthquake registering magnitude 6.4 struck the Indonesian island resort of Bali, leaving seven people hospitalized early Saturday, the head of the Health Ministry's crisis center said.

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At least 8 dead as quake rocks Bhutan

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A strong earthquake rocked Bhutan on Monday, blocking access roads in the mountainous Asian kingdom and killing at least eight people, the country's home minister told CNN.

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Death toll rises to 11 in Bhutan quake

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The death toll from Monday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Bhutan rose to 11, the country's home minister said Tuesday.

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Leaders to focus on climate change at summit

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- World leaders converge Tuesday in New York to focus on climate change, with the clock ticking down toward a summit this year in Denmark, where a global climate change pact is to be signed.

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VIDEO: Deadly deluge in Georgia

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Heavy flooding in Georgia has killed at least five people. Anderson Cooper talks to CNN's David Mattingly in the floodwaters of Atlanta.

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Stunned Georgians scramble to safety

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The incessant banging on the door finally roused Ted Jackson from a deep sleep.

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Georgia flooding takes at least 6 lives

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Parts of four major interstates in Atlanta were closed by flooding Tuesday morning, and emergency officials warned people not to drive unless it was absolutely necessary.

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Quick California fire injures two, threatens homes

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A rapidly moving fire in southwest California injured two firefighters Tuesday as it ripped through the hills and rugged canyons of Ventura County, a fire official told CNN.

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Stadiums, hotels attract 'terrorist interest,' feds say

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have issued security bulletins to raise awareness regarding "terrorist interest" in attacking sports and entertainment venues as well as luxury hotels.

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D.C. train crash probe prompts nationwide rail alert

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they fear flaws found in Washington's Metro subway system after a deadly crash this summer may endanger other transit systems, and they sent out an urgent recommendation asking that other rail operators check for similar problems.

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State of emergency declared in California wildfire

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Firefighters continued to battle a fire in southwest California that ripped through the hills and rugged canyons of Ventura County, threatened hundreds of homes and prompted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency.

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Drowning mother: 'Please, come help me!'

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Seydi Burciaga just finished her overnight shift at Sam's Club, where she worked for the past 10 years. She made her way through the pouring rain in her minivan and turned onto her cul-de-sac in suburban Atlanta.

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Dust storm blankets Australian cities in red haze

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The story - A massive dust storm swept through parts of Australia on Wednesday, bathing the city of Sydney in a reddish haze.

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California fire began in mulch pile, investigators say

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A fire in steep canyons and rural communities near Los Angeles, California, originated in a mulch pile, investigators have found, and they are trying to determine how it started, a fire official said Wednesday.

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Mother recalls night flood changed everything

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CARROLLTON, Georgia (CNN) -- A clanking noise woke Bridgett Crawford after midnight on Monday. She was sleeping on the couch with her 1-year-old son, Cooper, as rain pounded their mobile home off Horsley Mill Road near Snake Creek.

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Commentary: Real progress on climate change

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- On Tuesday, more than 100 world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a climate summit. They were called together by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to build momentum for the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, this December.

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Twenty First Century Communications Responds to Techradium Patent Suit

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Twenty First Century Communications has responded to an impending patent infringement lawsuit by Sugar Land, TX-based Techradium. Last week, Techradium said it filed patent suits against eleven mass notification companies, including Twenty First Century Communications.

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The Risk and Response to Fake Twitter Accounts

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It is very clear that more and more emergency management professionals and PIOs are adopting Twitter as one of an increasing array of options to communicate during a major event. There are very good reasons for this, but there are also dangers. The risks include liability if/when used for calls for help (see previous post), unreliability (Twitter is frequently down), spammers, fake Twitter accounts, and information discipline (reviews, approvals and NIMS compliance).

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What's Different This 2009 Hurricane Season?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I lot of people have asked me why the hurricane season has been so quiet thus far in 2009. Most ask with their own answer included, namely, water temperatures must be pretty cold out there this year. That is NOT the reason, water temperatures are nearly everywhere warmer than average across the tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico!

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Hot, dry conditions feed California wildfire

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Hot, dry weather worked against Southern California firefighters early Thursday as they battled a quickly expanding fire in the rugged terrain of Ventura County. The blaze had consumed more than 16,000 acres, fire officials said late Wednesday.

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Twin blasts kill 15 in northwest Pakistan

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 15 people were killed in northwest Pakistan Saturday in three powerful bomb blasts, police said.

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Dozens dead in Philippines from tropical storm flooding

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- At least 51 people have died and at least 21 others are missing after torrential rains and subsequent flooding pummeled the Philippines on Saturday, the government said.

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Dozens dead as flooding engulfs Manila

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Downpours subsided temporarily in the Philippines on Sunday, a day after Tropical Storm Ketsana pummeled the capital Manila with its heaviest rainfall in more than 40 years.

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Scores killed in Philippines floods

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The death toll from flooding in the Philippines climbed to 140 Monday as a tropical depression in the Pacific sparked new fears of flooding.

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Scores killed in Philippines floods

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The death toll from flooding in the Philippines climbed to 140 Monday as a tropical depression in the Pacific sparked new fears of flooding.

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Philippines flood survivors count blessings

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Huddled on the top floor of her home after waist-deep water inundated the lower story, Doranne Lim is bothered by the debris -- and the smell.

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Wildfire shuts down part of Yellowstone's main road

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A 9,000-acre wildfire burning in Yellowstone National Park has forced the partial closure of the main road that encircles the park.

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In social media, a deluge of SOS messages

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The reactions to the early Saturday morning rains started out innocently enough. There was the usual sigh of contentment at getting to sleep in on a cool rainy weekend. As the rains intensified, you can feel the distress pouring off status messages. "God, please make it stop raining." Not long after, it was evident that we weren't just contending with the usual amount of rainfall; rain was crashing down on all of us and everyone was aghast at how the flood waters began to rise all over Metro Manila, swallowing up EDSA, Katipunan, and basically every place you can think of. When cries of help began issuing from everyone everywhere, that's when everyone stopped simply wringing their hands in despair and started to take action.

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Typhoon Ketsana slams into Vietnam

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- After lashing the Philippines for several days, killer Typhoon Ketsana strengthened over the ocean before slamming into the central Vietnam coastline Tuesday afternoon.

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17 deaths reported after Samoa quake; tsunami warning ends

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake was recorded near American Samoa, but the extent of the damage of earlier tsunami waves was still unfolding.

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Dozens dead as tsunami slams into Samoan islands

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A huge emergency effort is under way in the Samoan islands after tsunami waves triggered by an 8.0 earthquake left dozens dead and flattened or submerged entire villages.

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Indonesia quake spawns small tsunami

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S Geological Survey said, revising downward a preliminary estimate of 7.9.

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Quake cuts electricity, phone service in part of Indonesia

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing power and phone outages in some regions.

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More than 300 killed in path of deadly storm Ketsana

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Ketsana, downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical depression, set its sights on a fourth nation Wednesday -- barreling toward Laos after leaving a trail of destruction and death across southeast Asia.

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Newsletter: National Preparedness Month.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

September is National Preparedness Month, and WeAreSafeAndSound.com invites you, your family and friends to...

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New Way To Monitor Faults May Help Predict Earthquakes

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2009) � Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found a way to monitor the strength of geologic faults deep in the Earth. This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely to fail and produce earthquakes. Until now, scientists had no method for detecting changes in fault strength, which is not measureable at the Earth's surface.

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San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sumatran Quake; Largest Quakes Can Weaken Fault Zones Worldwide

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2009) � U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas Fault. The results, which appear this week in the journal Nature, suggest that the Earth's largest earthquakes can weaken fault zones worldwide and may trigger periods of increased global seismic activity

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Indonesia quake toll soars past 400

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Another strong earthquake rocked Indonesia early Thursday as the Southeast Asian nation was reeling from an earlier jolt that killed more than 400 people and caused widespread destruction.

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Samoan islands shaken by second quake

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LEONE, American Samoa (CNN) -- Another earthquake struck Wednesday near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage which killed more than 130 people.

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Man trapped in 'pancaked' hotel in Indonesia

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- I am at a hotel that collapsed. I am talking to a Singaporean man who was in the foyer when the quake struck. He is now trapped.

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Storm-ravaged Philippines braced for 'super typhoon' Parma

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Days after one storm left hundreds dead and most of Manila under water, the Philippines was bracing itself Thursday for the impact of a super typhoon gathering pace in the western Pacific.

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They have just minutes to issue tsunami warning

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- When an earthquake threatens to turn part of an ocean into fast-moving walls of water, tsunami warning scientists can do nothing for the first five minutes except wait for information. But within the next five minutes, they have to decide whether to issue a warning of danger.

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Asia braces for next storm as death toll tops 350

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines began evacuating a province near Manila on Thursday ahead of a looming typhoon, as rain falling on the saturated capital added to the misery of victims of recent floods and stoked fears of another disaster.

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Strong earthquake rattles southeastern Peru

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JULIACA, Peru - A magnitude 5.9 quake struck in southeastern Peru on Wednesday, close to Bolivia's capital of La Paz, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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Tropical Storm Olaf forms off Mexico�s coast

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Olaf has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2009 season.

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Storm-weary Philippines braces for Typhoon Parma

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Filipinos who live near coastlines and mountainous areas started evacuating Friday as the storm-battered country braced for Typhoon Parma, which is expected to make landfall Saturday.

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Strong quake shakes Tonga

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A strong earthquake Friday rattled Tonga -- and more than a few nerves. The 6.3-magnitude quake was latest in a series quakes that have rattled the region this week, spawning tsunamis and leaving several hundred dead.

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Mom in tsunami: I saw my daughter floating away

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LEONE, American Samoa (CNN) -- Taitasi Fitiao was holding her six-year-old daughter's hand when a tsunami wave crashed onto their coastal village in American Samoa.

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Disaster-hit Philippines braces for new typhoon

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down Friday on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second storm disaster just days after one that killed hundreds.

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Boy saved from fire in dramatic rescue

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A store owner in New York who is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a 4-year-old boy from a burning building said he plans to visit the child in the hospital Friday.

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In Indonesian villages, nearly all residents feared buried in rubble

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages.

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Mud rivers flood Sicilian city, killing at least 20

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ROME - Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains overnight flooded parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, killing at least 20 people, sweeping away cars and collapsing buildings. Hundreds were driven from their homes.

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Some villages on Samoan islands gone forever

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LEONE, American Samoa - The village of Leone is a picturesque enclave that has been a mainstay of the Samoas for centuries, a place where residents gather under beach meeting houses for rituals that are sacred to the local culture.

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Cries for help two days after Indonesian quake

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia - Rescuers pulled two women alive from their collapsed college nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia. Meanwhile, cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors Friday.

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Typhoon Parma slams into Philippines

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines, (CNN) -- Typhoon Parma slammed into the already storm-battered Philippines on Saturday afternoon, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes for safer shelter.

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Up to 4,000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday.

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Death toll from Italy mudslides now 21

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ROME, ITaly (CNN) -- The death toll from the mudslides on the Italian island of Sicily now stands at 21, the head of Italian Civil Protection said Saturday.

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Filipinos preparing for worst, 'praying' for best from Parma

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Arturo Fidelino couldn't sleep. The telecommunications executive, who lives in Manila, the Philippines, with his wife and teenage daughter, spent Friday "observing and awaiting" Typhoon Parma, which threatened to bring more destruction to a country already reeling from last weekend's killer storm.

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Samoa plans mass burial for tsunami victims

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

APIA, Samoa (CNN) -- Military officials hurried relief supplies to the tsunami-battered areas of the Samoa islands on Thursday as the death toll continued to rise and authorities prepared to hold a mass burial.

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15 dead as Typhoon Parma whips Philippines

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines (CNN) -- Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines over the weekend triggering landslides and floods that left at least 15 people dead in its wake.

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Agencies working to aid Samoans hit by quake, tsunami

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Five days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami slammed into the Samoan Islands, burying parts of the islands under a sea of mud and debris, U.S. agencies continued Saturday helping residents dig out and providing relief to disaster victims.

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Samoans prepare to bury tsunami victims

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LEONE, American Samoa - Taitasi Suapaia Fitiao is preparing for every parent's nightmare � burying her young child.

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Indonesia: One family's anguish in a national tragedy

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- Harayenti's voice starts out strong as she speaks about the moment the major earthquake struck last week.

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Heavy rains delay search teams in Indonesia

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JUMANAK, Indonesia - Search teams lost hope of finding any more survivors under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, as torrential rains on Sunday held up aid delivery in the remote hills of western Indonesia where several villages were wiped out.

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Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia - Rescue workers called off the search Monday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors in the towns and hills of western Indonesia, despite being hampered by torrential rains.

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California wildfire forces evacuations; destroys homes

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Sunday in San Bernardino County as a fast-moving wildfire burned through a national forest, threatening homes and forcing hundreds of evacuations.

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Toll climbs to 608 in Indonesian quakes

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- With little hope of finding additional survivors, authorities Monday began clearing the rubble left by a pair of devastating earthquakes that rocked Indonesia last week.

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Over 270 killed in India floods

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The number of dead in devastating floods triggered by torrential rains in India has risen to at least 271, and about a million people have fled their homes, officials said Monday.

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Deadly floods swamp southern India

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HYDERABAD, India - Rescue workers used sandbags to stop a raging river from breaching its embankment near a southern Indian city on Monday. Floods triggered by heavy rains over the last week have left 2.5 million people homeless.

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Our house quickly became a refugee camp

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Cleaning and clearing operations are in full swing in many places in Manila, including my family�s house, which got submerged in 14 feet of water on Sept. 26. I will forever remember this as one of the most harrowing days of my life.

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SAMOAN PARADISE GONE

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

APIA, Samoa � Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of "Treasure Island" called the Samoan Islands home. He died here, at only 44 and was later buried on a hilltop overlooking the Pacific. But as gifted a writer as he was, even he might be at a loss for words to describe his beloved Samoa now.

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Japan eyes typhoon, Philippines still stormy

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA - Tropical Storm Parma stalled for two days off northwestern Philippines, was slowly heading toward the country's tobacco-producing region on Tuesday, after killing at least 22 people.

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Submerged Manila faces disease threat

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

LAGUNA DE BAY, Philippines (CNN) -- Water is a lifeline for the farmers and fishermen who live along Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines. The rich ecosystem also serves as a reservoir to catch floodwaters to save Manila, on its western shore, from drowning.

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Aid slow to arrive after deadly India flooding

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HYDERABAD, India - Rescue workers with boats and helicopters struggled on Tuesday to deliver rations to about 5 million victims of flooding triggered by torrential rains in southern India.

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Teen returns home to find family among quake dead

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MALALAK, Indonesia (CNN) -- Septiani Lenianingsih stands off to the side, away from the crowds that have gathered to watch the backhoe at work.

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Approaching typhoon disrupts travel in Japan

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Aid workers helped by Filipino and U.S. troops took advantage of improving weather in the Philippines on Wednesday to distribute food and clear debris in areas slowly recovering from devastating floods, as a powerful new storm threatened Japan.

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Landslides triggered by rains kill 34 in Nepal

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

KATMANDU, Nepal - Landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 34 people in various parts of western Nepal, government officials said Wednesday.

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Villagers return to flood-hit homes in India

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

TALAMARI, India - Thousands among the legions of southern Indians displaced by a week of flooding trickled back to their homes and farms to survey the damage left by a natural disaster that killed at least 269 people, officials said Wednesday.

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Strong earthquakes rock South Pacific

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Two major earthquakes struck 15 minutes apart Thursday morning near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said

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Aid reaches villagers in Indonesia quake zone

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

KAMPUNG LAWEH, Indonesia - Children swarmed into the streets clutching begging boxes and yelling "please help me" Wednesday as an aid convoy reached villages deep in Indonesia's quake zone.

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Another powerful quake rattles South Pacific

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, triggering a regional tsunami alert.

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India flood victims find destruction

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HYDERABAD, India (CNN) -- A blanket of water hides the devastation underneath it. Miles and miles of villages, small cities, and farmland are spoiled by standing flood water.

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Earthquakes rock South Pacific

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Three major earthquakes struck within an hour and 10 minutes Thursday morning near Vanuatu in the South Pacific, prompting a tsunami warning that was quickly lifted.

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Tsunamis More Likely to Hit U.S. Than Asia

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Scientists say that huge tsunamis are much more likely to develop in the Pacific Ocean than in the Indian Ocean.

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Four major quakes strike South Pacific

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- For the fourth time in less than 11 hours, a major earthquake rocked the South Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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2 dead as Typhoon Melor lashes Japan

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

TOKYO, London (CNN) -- Typhoon Melor roared into central Japan on Thursday, leaving two people dead and lashing the region with heavy rain and gusty winds.

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Food shortages hit millions in flood-hit India

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI - Millions of poor villagers across southern India are facing an imminent food shortage following months of intense drought and recent devastating floods, aid agencies warned Thursday.

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Shootout leaves 17 police dead in India

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- At least 17 police officers were killed in what Indian authorities say was a shootout with Maoists Thursday.

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Imelda Marcos� shoes saved from floods

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - When a powerful storm inundated the Philippines last month, most people rushed to save their homes or their lives. Employees of one museum, however, grabbed the shoes.

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Landslides kill 122 in Philippines

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Landslides unleashed by tropical depression Parma across the Philippine province of Benguet have killed at least 122 people and left 31 missing, officials said Friday.

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Mine accident kills 26 in China

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Twenty-six people were killed in a mine accident in central China's Hunan Province, state-run China Daily reported.

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�Sudden rumble� as mud buries 160 Filipinos

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers struggled through mud and pounding rain Friday to clear mountain roads and retrieve more than 160 dead from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines.

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Suicide bomb blast kills at least 49 in northern Pakistan

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb in a bustling market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 49 people Friday, a government official said.

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To vaccinate or not? Some wary on H1N1 choice

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Mary Peterson of Des Moines, Washington, doesn't believe the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu has been studied enough to get it for herself and her daughters, who are 1 and 3 years old.

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Deluge in rain-soaked Philippines buries 160

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides across the northern Philippines on Friday, burying more than 160 people, washing away villages and leaving almost an entire province under water.

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U.N. plane crashes in Haiti; all 11 dead

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A surveillance plane assigned to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed Friday near the border with the Dominican Republic, killing all 11 people on board, the United Nations said.

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Days of flooding, landslides kill 186 in Philippines

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Flooding and landslides from tropical depression Parma have killed 186 people in the Philippines, authorities said Saturday.

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Survivors, bodies found in Philippines debris

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers dug out six survivors and more bodies buried under landslides that killed at least 225 people in the storm-soaked northern Philippines, as workers rushed Saturday to clear mountain roads to aid relief efforts.

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U.S. copters bring aid to stricken Philippine city

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGUIO, Philippines - U.S. Marine CH-46 helicopters loaded with rice, sardines and drinking water flew Sunday into a stricken Philippine mountain city where supplies are running short after landslides triggered by a storm blocked roads and buried dozens of residents.

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17 die as river ferry sinks in Cambodia

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - An overloaded river ferry capsized on its way to a Buddhist ceremony in Cambodia, killing 17 passengers in a tributary of the Mekong River, an official said Sunday.

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Suicide car bomb kills 41 in Pakistan

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people Monday, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize militants across the country for more strikes.

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Extra coffins needed in storm-hit Philippines

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGUIO, Philippines - Authorities sent more than 200 coffins Monday to the typhoon-battered northern Philippines for the grim task of burying the storm's victims, including a family of eight whose house was buried under a torrent of mud.

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Tropical Storm Patricia strengthens off Mexico

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI - The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday that Tropical Storm Patricia has strengthened out in the Pacific, hundreds of miles off Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

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Suspected Maoists launch attacks in India

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Suspected Maoists blew up a railway track, a bridge and fired at a bus Monday in eastern India ahead of a planned crackdown by paramilitaries and police.

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To fight flu, arm your immune system with diet, rest

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BALTIMORE, Maryland (CNN) -- A few weeks ago, 22-year-old Tatiana Gulenkina felt bad. Tired with a headache and high fever, Gulenkina knew she was coming down with something. Yet she wasn't sure with what.

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Satellite Data Look Behind The Scenes Of Deadly Earthquake

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2009) � Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90,000 people in China�s Sichuan Province.

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Fake quake to shake state

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Millions of Californians will duck for cover Thursday morning in one of the largest earthquake drills in the world.

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Runaway balloon built by family known for extreme science

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The family of a boy who is believed to set adrift a balloon in Colorado was known for storm chasing and conducting extreme science experiments together, according to the father's MySpace page

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Strong quake rattles Indonesian capital

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A strong earthquake rattled the Indonesian island of Java on Friday, sending panicked people into the streets of the capital city, Jakarta.

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Rick now a hurricane off Mexico�s Pacific Coast

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI - Hurricane Rick has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast with winds near 75 mph and it could become a major hurricane by Saturday.

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Rick grows to �extremely dangerous� hurricane

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MIAMI - Hurricane Rick quickly strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm early Saturday off Mexico's Pacific coast with winds near 135 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Fireworks blaze kills 32 in India

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

PALLIPAT, India (CNN) -- A raging blaze at a wholesale fireworks store killed at least 32 people in southern India, police said Saturday.

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Flood warning for drought-hit East Africa

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Heavy rains triggered by El Nino weather patterns could potentially prove devastating for east African nations that have been water-starved for months, the United Nations has warned.

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Hurricane Rick weakens, but still Category 5 storm

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Hurricane Rick weakened Sunday as it churned up Pacific waters on its track to strike Mexico later in the week.

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Typhoon nears Philippines as toll rises

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- A powerful typhoon lumbered toward the storm-battered Philippines on Monday, as the death toll from two devastating storms in the last month climbed to 858. Typhoon Lupit, packing winds of 109 miles per hour (175 km per hour), was expected to hit land Thursday, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. It was hovering about 720 miles (1,160 km) east of Cagayan, the northernmost province.

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Hurricane Rick downgraded to Category 3 storm

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Hurricane Rick weakened to a Category 3 storm early Monday as it churned toward Mexico's Pacific coast, forecasters said.

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Evacuations as new storm threatens Philippines

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Police went door-to-door urging residents to leave landslide-ravaged areas of the northern Philippines on Saturday in a "pre-emptive evacuation" as a new typhoon loomed after recent back-to-back storms killed more than 750 people, officials said.

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Samoa tsunamis obliterate some coral reefs

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HONOLULU - Scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs say Sept. 29's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover.

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Two strong tropical cyclones in the North Pacific

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Two strong tropical cyclones - Typhoon Lupit (called �Ramil� in the Philippines) in the western North Pacific, and Hurricane Rick in the eastern North Pacific are currently being closely monitored.

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Facebook, Twitter users beware: Crooks are a mouse click away

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- If you're on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site, you could be the next victim.

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Hurricane Rick weakens, blamed in death

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Rick was more than a day away from the resorts of Baja California on Monday but the 13-foot waves it kicked up have already killed one person in Los Cabos, which lies almost directly in the Category 1 storm's forecast path.

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Typhoon strengthens as it nears the Philippines

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- As the Philippines tried to recover from the one-two punch of deadly storms, another typhoon strengthened as it rushed toward it Tuesday.

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Twin storms hurt economy

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Powerful storms that claimed nearly 1,000 lives in the Philippines have also taken a heavy toll on the nation�s economy, with the impoverished Southeast Asian nation expected to take years to recover.

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Seismic Noise Unearths Lost Hurricanes

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Oct. 20, 2009) � Seismologists have found a new way to piece together the history of hurricanes in the North Atlantic -- by looking back through records of the planet's seismic noise. It's an entirely new way to tap into the rich trove of seismic records, and the strategy might help establish a link between global warming and the frequency or intensity of hurricanes

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At least 22 dead as trains collide in India

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A train collision in northern India killed at least 22 people early Wednesday.

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Teen accused of plot to attack school on Columbine anniversary

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 15-year-old boy remained in a psychiatric facility Tuesday after Monroe, New York, police arrested him in connection with a plot to attack his former high school on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, police said.

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Typhoon slows; Philippines, Taiwan still wary

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Authorities distributed canned goods and rescue boats and kept helicopters on standby as Typhoon Lupit slowed to a crawl along a course that forecasters said might hit the northern Philippines by Friday or veer toward Taiwan.

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Prayers offered as typhoon nears Philippines

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines put seven northern coastal areas on alert Tuesday for fast-approaching Typhoon Lupit, as the church offered prayers that the storm will spare the battered country still reeling from deadly floods and landslides.

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Rising seas threaten Shanghai, other big cities

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

EDITOR'S NOTE � This is one of an occasional series of stories leading up to December's climate conference in Copenhagen, reporting on the impact, future and responses to climate change

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Five Ways Social Media is Changing Emergency Management

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I just read a great post on 5 Ways Social Media is Changing our Daily Lives by Soren Gordhamer. I encourage you to read the post but here are the five changes he identifies:

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Interesting Emergency Notification Partnerships Developing

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Public safety officials are beginning to call for more versatility from their emergency notification and warning vendors. Language is beginning to show up in Requests for Proposals (RFP) such as this clause from a recent RFP:

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Train crash near India�s Taj Mahal kills 21

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NEW DELHI - A passenger train crashed into another train's rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 21 people and injuring 17 who remained trapped for hours Wednesday near the Taj Mahal in northern India, police said.

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Sudan cargo plane crashes in UAE; 6 dead

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Sudanese cargo plane crashed Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Sharjah International Airport north of Dubai, killing the entire six-member crew but causing no other casualties on the ground, an official said.

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Disease kills dozens in flooded Philippines

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - The World Health Organization will send an emergency team to help the Philippines fight a bacterial disease outbreak that has killed at least 148 people and sickened nearly 2,000 in and around the flood-hit capital, officials said Thursday.

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Philippines: Typhoon Season 2009 Situation Report No. 12

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

This report was issued by OCHA New York based on inputs from the OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) and OCHA Philippines. It covers the period from 20 to 22 October 2009 and addresses Typhoon Parma, Tropical Storm Ketsana and preparations for Typhoon Lupit (Ramil). The next report will be issued on or around 26 October.

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Strong earthquake rocks Afghanistan

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A strong earthquake rumbled deep beneath mountainous regions northeast of Kabul early Friday, waking residents and sending some into the streets. But no serious damage has been reported from the magnitude 6.2 quake, which struck about 12:30 a.m. about 50 miles southeast of Feyzabad, Afghanistan, in a sparsely populated area.

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Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A passenger flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or perhaps fallen asleep.

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Explosion rocks Gulf gas facility in Puerto Ri

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CATANO, Puerto Rico - An explosion at a Gulf gasoline facility Friday rocked a neighborhood outside Puerto Rico's capital, causing minor injuries and forcing evacuations as firefighters raced to prevent additional blasts.

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Strong quake strikes Afghanistan and Pakistan

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

KABUL - A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals. NBC News reported that three people were killed in Kashmir when a house collapsed as a result of the quake, which struck about 12:21 a.m. Afghan time (1951 GMT, 3:51 p.m. EDT Thursday).

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Strong quake strikes near Indonesia's Papua

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An earthquake struck near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia, Friday night, but no tsunami warning was issued, the head of nation's meteorological agency said. The magnitude-5.8 quake, considered a moderate one by U.S. Geological Survey standards, was located at a depth of 35 kilometers (21.7 miles).

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Typhoon weakens, stalls off Philippines

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Typhoon Lupit weakened into a tropical storm Friday after zigzagging around the rain-soaked northern Philippines and living up to its name � meaning cruel in Filipino � by keeping weary residents on edge and forecasters guessing. The third successive storm in a month has been hovering for several days near the coast and inland mountains, sending thousands to seek shelter following two back-to-back typhoons that killed nearly 1,000 people, most of them buried in dozens of mudslides.

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'Predictable Surprises' Must be Better Managed, Featherstone Tells All-Hazards Summit Attendees

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake would stun and possibly devastate the Southern California region and might fall into the category of what Los Angeles Emergency Management General Manager James Featherstone called "predictable surprises."

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Tropical storm drifts away from Philippines

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Tropical Storm Lupit drifted away from the Philippines on Saturday after a week of zigzagging across the rain-soaked north, allowing residents who had been evacuated to return to their homes.

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Another strong quake hits Indonesia

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake struck deep under the sea in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, causing panic and sending residents running out of their homes, officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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Two passenger trains collide in Egypt, killing 25

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CAIRO - A passenger train collided with the back of a second one ahead of it on the tracks just outside of Cairo on Saturday, destroying several passenger cars and killing at least 25 people, a police official said.

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Toxic smoke from Puerto Rico fire a health risk

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Thousands of people living on the outskirts of a burning fuel-storage site were urged to relocate Saturday to avoid toxic smoke still billowing from the fire. More than 1,500 people were evacuated after Friday's earthshaking explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. in the suburb of Bayamon, just west of the capital of San Juan.

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Trains collide in Egypt, killing up to 20

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.

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Hundreds still displaced after Puerto Rico fuel depot fire

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- A blaze at a Puerto Rico oil storage facility continued to rage out of control early Sunday, sending thick black smoke into the air and forcing at least 1,500 people out of their homes. Five tanks were still burning, Gov. Luis Fortuno said Saturday night. An additional 12 tanks were smoking, but posed no danger. Four had burned themselves out and collapsed. The blaze had cost the island at least $6.4 million, the governor said.

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Death toll past 100 in Baghdad bombings

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 132 people were killed and 520 wounded in twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad Sunday, officials said -- the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq this year. Two car bombs detonated in quick succession near Iraqi government buildings about 10:30 a.m., an Interior Ministry official said.

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Death toll in Egypt train crash reaches 18: agency

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CAIRO (Reuters) � The death toll from a train crash south of Cairo has reached 18, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, a day after the two Egyptian passenger trains collided. The ministry, in a statement carried by the official Middle East News Agency (MENA), said 39 people were also injured in the accident on Saturday evening but said 12 of those had already been discharged from hospital. A first class train, filled with passengers, rammed into a mostly empty stationary train on the same track, security sources said.

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Twin suicide car bombs kill 70 in Baghdad

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD (AFP) � Twin suicide car bombs blasted the justice ministry and city governorate in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 70 people, wounding 600 and sparking turmoil in the embattled Iraqi capital. Authorities closed off streets leading to the bomb sites, which were littered with charred bodies and torn-off limbs, as fire trucks and ambulances struggled through thick traffic to reach the blazing buildings.

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'At least 38' killed in twin Baghdad car bombs

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD (AFP) � At least 38 people were killed and 75 wounded in twin suicide car bombs in central Baghdad on Sunday, an interior ministry official said.

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Death toll reaches 132 in Baghdad bombings

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD (Reuters) � Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 132 people and wounded more than 500 in Baghdad Sunday, police and health officials said, in one of the bloodiest days in the Iraqi capital this year. Violence has fallen in Iraq since U.S.-backed tribal sheikhs helped wrest control from al Qaeda militants and Washington sent extra troops but attacks are still common in a nation trying to rebuild from conflict, sanctions and strife.

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Baghdad car bombs near government offices kill 106

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD, Iraq � Two suicide car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 106 people and delivering a powerful blow to the heart of the fragile city's government in the worst attack of the year, officials said.

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Twin suicide vehicle bombings kill 90 in Baghdad

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD (AFP) � Twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda shattered the justice ministry and a provincial office in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 90 people and sparking turmoil in the embattled Iraqi capital. Around 600 people were wounded in the near-simultaneous attacks at around 10:30 am (0730 GMT), which left streets littered with charred bodies and torn-off limbs, and buildings in ruins.

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Strong quake hits Indonesia, causes panic

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake struck deep under the sea in eastern Indonesia, causing panic and sending residents running out of their homes, officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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Car bombs hit Baghdad government, killing 106

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 106 people in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices, Iraqi medical officials and authorities said. While violence has dropped dramatically in the country since the height of the sectarian tensions, such bombings like Sunday's demonstrate the precarious nature of the security gains and the insurgency's abilities to still pull off devastating attacks in the heart of what is supposed to be one of Baghdad's most secure areas.

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Train collision kills at least 15 in Egypt

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said. Another 40 to 50 people were injured when one train traveling from Cairo to Asyut crashed into a train en route from Giza to Fayyoum, Deputy to the Health Ministry Mohammed Sarhan told state-run Nile News TV.

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Death toll past 100 in Baghdad bombings

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Three trapped Chinese miners rescued after 8 days underground

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Eight days after they were trapped in an underground mine in northwest China, three coal mine workers were rescued early Sunday, state media said.

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Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way To Save Lives In The Pacific Northwest

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2009) � Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical engineer at the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in Portland.

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Death toll rises to 160 in Baghdad bombings

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The death toll from twin car bombings in Baghdad climbed to 160, with hundreds more wounded in the deadliest attack in the capital in more than two years, the Interior Ministry said Monday. At least 540 people were wounded in Sunday's attacks.

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Water buffalo behind Egypt train crash

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CAIRO - An errant water buffalo caused two Egyptian passenger trains to collide at high speed south of Cairo, killing 18 people and wounding 39, the Health Ministry announced Sunday in a revised toll.

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Disaster Preparedness Costs Little, Saves A Lot

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Just as every home should have a smoke alarm, every home should have an emergency supply kit packed and ready. And being prepared doesn�t have to cost a lot of mone

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Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-archaeological Research Suggests

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2009) � "There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel," says Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following an encompassing geo-archaeological study at the port of Caesarea. "Tsunami events in the Mediterranean do occur less frequently than in the Pacific Ocean, but our findings reveal a moderate rate of recurrence," she says.

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Kids missing after Malaysia bridge collapse

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- One child is dead and two others are missing in Malaysia, after a suspension bridge they were crossing collapsed, the Bernama national news agency said Tuesday.

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At least 8 migrants drown off Greek coast

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- Eight people drowned and one was missing after a small boat carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan hits rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Greek coast guard said.

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Report: Tsunami warning funds squandered in American Samo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Pago Pago, American Samoa (CNN) -- When an earthquake-triggered tsunami cascaded into this tiny island in late September, the result was 34 lives lost and untold millions in property damage. But a CNN investigation to air on tonight's "AC 360" has uncovered an array of unsettling facts that point to a single conclusion: this natural disaster was in many ways a man-made tragedy.

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Chicago men accused in foreign terror plots

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CHICAGO - Two Chicago men are charged with plotting terrorist attacks against overseas targets, including at a Danish newspaper that sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world by publishing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines gets U.S. food aid

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - The U.S. government on Monday announced $8.5 million in food aid for the Philippines, which is struggling to recover from back-to-back storms that killed more than 900 people.

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Landslides--What Makes Them Happen?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The simple answer to the question above is water and gravity. But, knowing more about how, when and where they might occur is the role of the USGS.

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Powerful car bomb kills at least 57 in Peshawar market

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A powerful car bomb ripped through a bustling marketplace in Peshawar, killing at least 57 people on Wednesday, officials said. The blast at the Meena Bazaar injured 150 people, according to Dr. Zafar Iqbal of Lady Reading Hospital. The market is a labyrinth of shops popular with women in the Peepal Mandi section of the city. A suicide car bombing on October 9 in Khyber Bazaar, a commercial hub in Peshawar, killed at least 49 people and injured 135 others.

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Philippine storm warning: Avoid cemeteries

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos should avoid visiting cemeteries during this weekend's All Saints' Day celebrations because a new storm threatening the country could trap them there, making rescue difficult, the country's national disaster administrator said Wednesday.

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Drought, typhoons threaten Asia food supplies

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CEBU, Philippines - A drought in India and typhoons in the Philippines have damaged large tracts of rice paddies, threatening to upset the fragile food market amid fears of shortages and riots, experts said Wednesday.

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Prosecutors: Chicago terror suspect a flight risk

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CHICAGO - Prosecutors urged a federal judge Wednesday to deny bond to one of two Chicago men charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper, while the man's lawyer argued that his client could have been the innocent dupe of an alleged coconspirator.

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First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2009) � Tsunamis are among the most-devastating natural calamities. These earthquake-generated waves can quickly engulf low-lying land and bring widespread destruction and death. They can deposit sand and debris far inland from where they came ashore.

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UNEXPECTED WAKE UP CALL

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I am living inside a containerized shipping box. It�s a base housing unit here at Bagram, and it�s actually perfect. Small? You betcha. It�s tiny, taken up mostly by bunk beds. But it�s got all the comforts of (a very tiny) home, and we feel fortunate to have a place to rest our heads and take a shower at an Air Base where they have other things to worry about... aside from where to put the folks visiting from NBC.

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Looking to the Sky for Communication Solutions

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Emergency teams in Missouri often look to the sky for signs of storms and danger. In an area where floods, tornadoes and even earthquakes are a vey real threat, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) needed an emergency communications network that would not be subject to terrestrial outages. It was then that the people of Missouri looked to the sky for their best solution: customizable satellite infrastructure.

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Climate change: Can we even do it? Should we even try?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

(CNN) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has long been known worldwide for its engineering programs, and a symposium at MIT this week will draw scientists from around the globe to focus on a hot facet of the field -- climate engineering.

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Passport with 9/11 suspect's name found in Pakistan

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Sherwangei, Pakistan (CNN) -- A passport bearing the name of Said Bahaji, a suspect linked to the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, has been found in a town captured by the Pakistani military.

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