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(Photo: AP / H.M. Prison Service)British outrage as radical cleric gets bail
In this image made by the British Prison Service and aired by Arabic TV channels shows Abu Qatada who makes a televised appeal from Belmarsh high security prison, in London calling for the release of hostage British Norman Kember in Iraq. ...Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Judy Flores)Philippine rescuers dig for survivors of deadly earthquake
A military helicopter hovers above the site of a landslide at Guihulngan, Negros Oriental province in central Philippines Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the province and at least four other central provinces killing over a dozen people and damaging homes and infrastructures. (AP Photo/Judy Flores)...Full Story

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Police and residents dig for earthquake survivors
| Manila: Policemen and townsfolk used sophisticated and primitive equipment as they tried digging into ten-metre deep landslides where 71 people were buried in their homes in the villages of one major town and one city in central Philippines' Negros Oriental province, ...Full Story
Phivolcs 7: Tsunami warning correct; sees more aftershocks
| THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) 7 said it did not make a mistake in issuing a tsunami alert level 2, after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in Negros and Cebu at 11:49 a.m. last Monday. | Rolando Montañez of the Phivolcs Seismic...Full Story
Kauri rings point to more extreme weather patterns
| More flooding, droughts and extreme weather events associated with the El Nino and La Nina cycles could be expected in New Zealand in a warming world, Auckland-based researchers say. | A group of University of Auckland scientists looking at 700 years of climate record...Full Story
Frantic search for quake survivors
| RESCUERS have been digging through rubble with their bare hands in the search for earthquake survivors. | The hunt for survivors continued a day after a powerful earthquake killed dozens of people in the Philippines. | The 6.7-magnitude quake hit a narrow strait betwe...Full Story
Small earthquake recorded in central Oklahoma
PADEN — A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma just minutes after an earthquake drill was held in the region. | The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.1 magnitude earthquake about 6 miles south of Paden in Okfuskee County at 10:29 a.m. Tuesday. The county...Full Story
Lana Del Rey's 'Hunger Games' and other hilarious parody videos
| The Hunger Games movie doesn't come out for several more weeks, but fans are already busy making parodies of what will most likely be Hollywood's next big blockbuster franchise. | The latest video is "Lana Del Rey's Hunger Games" by Second City cast member Holly Laure...Full Story
Leuren Moret: The Continuing Fukushima Radiation Threat and Multi-Generational Global Catastrophe
| Fukushima radiation is carried in the Northern hemisphere via the weather warfare capabilities of HAARP | The Real Deal: Dr. James Fetzer Interview with Dr. Chris Busby and Leuren Moret | The Continuing Fukushima Radiation Threat and Multi-Generational Global Catastro...Full Story
'The Hunger Games' movie soundtrack album cover revealed
| Lionsgate has unveiled the cover art for The Hunger Games movie soundtrack, "Songs from District 12 and Beyond." | The album is actually considered a companion album to The Hunger Games movie, and features the single "Safe and Sound" by Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars...Full Story
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Tue 7 Feb 2012
Scary Statistics on Quake Vulnerability
The Examiner | Here’s something we all know: We live in earthquake country. The ground beneath our feet is not always stable, and for all the beauty of San Francisco, there’s also an inherent fear that one day that ground will inevitably begin shaking...
Severe Weather Awareness Week kicks off in advance of Georgia’s tornado season
The Examiner | Severe Weather Awareness Week kicked off yesterday in Georgia, just one month before the springtime tornado season hits. Gov. Nathan Deal, GEMA and the National Weather Service asked families in Georgia to get ready and prepare for possible natural...
Oklahoma and Missouri earthquakes shake on date of Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
The Examiner February 7 was the multi-state earthquake drill known as the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut that was observed by several states in the central part of the U.S. -- including Illinois. Not only is February 7, 2012 the 200-year anniversary of the last and ...
Despite elevated frequency January sees no major natural disaster event, according to Aon Benfield catastrophe study
PR Newswire My news for Investors AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about AON |   | Download image | , Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capit...
Toll in Philippines earthquake climbs to 56
Zeenews Manila: Rescuers assisted by armed forces scrambled to find survivors in quake-hit central Philippines on Tuesday but a series of powerful aftershocks hampered them, as President Ninoy Aquino appealed for calm, a day after a 6.8 temblor shook the cou...
How Facebook and Twitter Help Sound the Official Earthquake Alarm
Yahoo Daily News | When a magnitude 6.7 Monday, residents and local media outlooks used and to alert residents and quell tsunami-inspired panic. | But they're not the only ones using social media to sound a digital alarm when disaster strikes. Officials in the U.S. d...
The Case for Reform of the Humanitarian System -- Report by Oxfam
Huffington Post | The international humanitarian response system will fail to cope with the expected rise in the number of people exposed to crises unless there are more resources closer to where disasters happen and there is more investment in preventing and reduci...
Say 'I love you' with 'The Hunger Games' valentines available online
The Examiner | Valentine's Day is just one week away, and if you're still looking for the perfect way to say "I love you" to The Hunger Games fan in your life, look no further! There are plenty of adorable valentines available online featuring the book and upcomi...
Bracketology February 7th 2012
The Examiner | As those of you who read my weather columns know, I am a weather fanatic. Another passion of mine is NCAA college basketball and in particular as it relates to the NCAA tournament. I am a big ACC basketball fan but love college hoops in general. Al...
Glencore was the World Food Programme's most viable option
The Guardian | When the WFP has to get food aid into a famine-stricken region fast, it is the big grain traders who deliver | How £50m in UN food aid went to buy wheat from Glencore The World Food Programme has been criticised for buying wheat from Glencore duri...
Syrian siege of Homs is genocidal, say trapped residents
The Guardian | People in city describe snipers, bombings and their fear that the regime is preparing to make a lethal final assault A still from a video filmed in Homs shows bodies wrapped in white sheets outside a hospital in the Bab al-Amr neighbourhood. Photog...
Cucina Povera, Greek Style
Huffington Post | Cucina povera, the Italian expression meaning the cuisine of the poor, is starting to have a new ring to it here in Greece. In times of plenty -- in other words, yesterday -- it meant the inspired cooking of times gone by, when meat was scarce, egg...
Greece, Bulgaria battle flooding, 8 dead
The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | SOFIA: Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly w...
Outlook for biotech crop adoption indicates continued global growth
Business Wire | Global biotech adoption stands at 16.7 million farmers in 29 countries, with 160 million hectares planted | MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global adoption of biotech crop technology continues at unprecedented rates. During 2011, an additiona...
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