Turkish quake death toll rises to 19 Albany Times Union 9, 2011. An earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Wednesday night, killing at least three people and leaving dozens trapped in the rubble of toppled buildings damaged in the previous temblor, which had killed 600 people. About 20 buildings collapsed in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Los Angeles Earthquake Today Strikes Ontario LALATE LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A Los Angeles earthquake today struck Ontario shortly after midnight. The Los Angeles earthquake today Tuesday, December 20, 2011 was centered in Ontario near Mira Loma, Chino, Rancho Cucamonga, and Fontana. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Earthquake shakes parts of Riverside, San Bernardino counties Southwest Riverside News Network By City News Service, on December 20, 2011, at 7:20 am The quake struck at 12:32 am at a depth of six tenths of a mile, its epicenter five miles west of Glen Avon and 38 miles east of the Los Angeles Civic Center, the US Geological Survey reported. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
GDACS Daily Newsletter for 12/20/2011 Newsroom America 68 - 18 December 2011 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:15:19 +0000 This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was prepared by OCHA Libya. It covers the period from 5 to 15 December 2011. This is the final Libya Situation Report. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd and Its Subsidiaries MarketWatch (press release) OLDWICK, NJ, Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AM Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to "aa-" from "a+" of Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re) (Zurich, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Report: Journalists detained in Turkey Boston.com By Suzan Fraser AP / December 20, 2011 ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish police on Tuesday detained some 40 people, including several journalists, as part of a growing investigation into a group prosecutors accuse of having links to Kurdish rebels, the country's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Top business story in '11: Europe financial crisis STLtoday.com AP | Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:42 am | Loading… FILE - In thisDec. 15, 2011 file photo, former MF Global Holdings Ltd. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jon Corzine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washingto, before the House Financial ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Subaru sales slump by 20% due to Japan quake gulfnews.com By Deena Kamel Yousef, Staff Reporter Dubai: Subaru sales in the Middle East have declined 20 per cent in the past six months after the earthquake in Japan disrupted production of car parts for the brand, a senior company manager told Gulf News. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Beazley Plc and Lloyd's Syndicates 2623, 623 ... MarketWatch (press release) LONDON, Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AM Best Europe -- Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "a+" of Lloyd's Syndicate 2623, Lloyd's Syndicate 623, Lloyd's Syndicate ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Asian Market for P-xylene Took Turn for Decline According to Merchant Research... MarketWatch (press release) LONDON, Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Asian market for p-xylene has taken a turn for a decline in the recent time -- the demand in China is drying up gradually at the moment, making the trading activities more complicated for the global resellers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Daiwa Next Bank Deploys Red Hat Enterprise Linux as its Core Banking Platform MarketWatch (press release) RALEIGH, NC, Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Red Hat, Inc. /quotes/zigman/208092/quotes/nls/rht RHT -8.66% , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Daiwa Next Bank, the Internet bank of Daiwa Securities Group, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Phusion Projects and XL.net Team Up to Provide Laptops for Chicago Women's Shelter Sacramento Bee By Phusion Projects, LLC CHICAGO, Dec. 20, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Phusion Projects, LLC, a Chicago-based alcoholic beverage company, and technology firm XL.net, Inc. are pleased to announce the donation of 12 laptop computers to the Breakthrough Urban ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Approval Granted to Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal Merger, an Industrial Info ... MarketWatch (press release) KOFU-SHI, JAPAN, Dec 20, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources East Asia (Kofu-shi, Japan) -- In February, Nippon Steel Corporation (tyo:5401) (Tokyo) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited (tyo:5405) (Osaka) announced ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
CN receives Toyota Canada's Carrier of the Year Award for 2011 Sacramento Bee By CN MONTREAL, Dec. 20, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that it has received Toyota Canada's Carrier of the Year Award for2011. Toyota presents the award annually to the railway or truck carrier that has exhibited the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Psychic Predictions for 2012 PR Newswire (press release) PHOENIX, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Can Blair Robertson see into the future? His successful forecasts of coming events seem to prove he can. His past predictions include the Japanese 8.9 earthquake and tsunami, the two devastating New Zealand ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Ohio set to see oil boom thanks to fracking CNN By Steve Hargreaves @CNNMoney December 20, 2011: 8:31 AM ET Thanks to fracking, Ohio could soon become the sixth largest oil producing state in the country. But can they get the rules surrounding the controversial technology right?... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Dow and Aksa Sign Joint Venture Agreement for Carbon Fiber and Derivatives MarketWatch (press release) ISTANBUL, Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --JV expected to invest up to $1 billion US dollars within 5 years; potential to create up to 1000 jobs in Turkey The Dow Chemical Company /quotes/zigman/224698/quotes/nls/dow DOW +3.95% , through its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Big quakes no more likely than in the past: study Calgary Herald By Agence France-presse, Washington December 20, 2011 Massiveearthquakes are no more likely today than they were a century ago, despite an apparent rise of the devastating tremors in recent years, US researchers said on Monday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Yes We Can For Progress and Build A Better Planet to Build a School and ... MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, Dec 20, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Today, Yes We Can For Progress in conjunction with Build A Better Planet announced a national campaign to encourage every caring American to help build a sustainable educational and living facility ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
International Reaction to Japan's Misuse of Earthquake Relief Funds BYM News (press release) On September 30, 2011, the Japanese government announced that they would increase the whaling program budget by almost 600 percent, drawing that money from funds intended to rebuild the country after the earthquake and tsunami. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Revision of the EU Civil Protection legislation: delivering more effective ... EU News Brussels, 20 December 2011 – The European Commission today proposed legislation to strengthen European co-operation in civil protection which will provide a more efficient, effective and rapid response to disasters as well as enhanced prevention and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Bayer foundation provides EUR 700000 for construction of children care ... IEWY News Leverkusen,- Bayer is rounding off its aid to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan: As a result of a corporate fund-raising campaign, the Bayer Cares Foundation is donating EUR 700000 to the Japanese non-governmental organization ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Top 20 Stories on KY3.com in 2011 KY3 People felt quake in 5 states - Feb 28, The largest earthquake to hit Arkansas in 35 years also shook parts of Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Mississippi on Sunday night. This comes in a swarm of about 800 earthquakes to strike north central ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Defence cooperation: What does Beijing want? Lowy Interpreter by Wilson Chau - 20 December 2011 10:21AM Wilson Chau is a Lowy Institute intern. His Security Challenges essay on this topic recently won the Australian Defence Business Review Young Strategic Writers prize. The deepening of the Australia-US alliance ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Tokyo Elec. Power : (Dec 20,2011)Detection of Radioactive Materials from ... 4-traders (press release) (Previously announced) On December 19, 2011, we conducted sampling to evaluate the spread of radioactive materials to the ocean which were detected at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. As a result, radioactive materials were detected as shown in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Cheer up, Christians Ottawa Citizen By Dan Gardner December 20, 2011 12:54 PM Are you an aggrieved Christian? Convinced that you are stigmatized for your faith? Angry at the “war on Christmas”? This column is for you. You are not the persecuted minority you believe yourself to be. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Stony Brook University Collaborative Experiment Named a Top 10 Breakthrough of... Newswise (press release) Newswise — STONY BROOK, NY, December 20, 2011 – Chang Kee Jung, a Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University along with an international team of physicists working on the Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) collaboration were recently named seventh in a list ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
ZTE Corporation : ZTE Launches Waterproof STAR7 Softbank 009Z Smartphone in Japan 4-traders (press release) 20 December 2011, Tokyo, Japan- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE") (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced the launch of the unique, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
St. Mary's floating dormitory; panda changes at the Zoo; Md. land-use order ... Washington Post (blog) The battle over Alexandria's waterfront. Bert Ely, one of the citizens appointed to find consensus on the waterfront, says he's still against it. Test your knowledge of2011's biggest local stories. From an earthquake to a basketball brawl, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Hodgdon Group Completes 12th Retail Project for Ashley Furniture HomeStore at... RealEstateRama (press release) by California RealEstateRama COLTON, CA – December 20, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The Hodgdon Group, a full-service real estate brokerage, development and construction firm, announced today that it has completed construction on the conversion of the ... See all stories on this topic » |
Foo Fighters or land shakers? — RT By RT Go to main page Art & culture News Foo Fighters or land shakers? Follow RT on. facebook twitter YouTube Google+. MORE ON THE ... Published: 20 December,2011, 17:06. Foo Fighter's fans caused minor earthquake in New Zealand ... Fans at the concert in the West Springs Stadum in Auckland were jumping so much, their foot stomping was registered as a small earthquake at a seismic station two kilometers away. The New Zealand seismic survey GeoNet says it first detected the ... News RSS : Today |
Earthquake shakes parts of Riverside, San Bernardino counties By City News Service Earthquake shakes parts of Riverside, San Bernardino counties. By City NewsService, on December 20, 2011, at 7:20 am. A magnitude-3.6 earthquake shook parts of Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties this morning. The quake ... SWRNN |
Strong Earthquake Shakes Papua New Guinea Strong Earthquake Shakes Papua New Guinea. Posted Wednesday, December14th, 2011 at 3:20 am. A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island... blogs.voanews.com/.../strong-earthquake-shakes-papua-new-g... |
Global threat of large quakes not on rise | COSMOS magazine News. Global threat of large quakes not on rise. Tuesday, 20 December 2011. Agence France-Presse. Massive earthquakes are no more likely today than they... www.cosmosmagazine.com/.../global-threat-large-quakes-not-... |
Mega-quake clusters unlikely: study › News in Science (ABC Science) Tuesday, 20 December 2011 Anna Salleh ... Mega-quake clusters The global risk of catastrophic earthquakes has not risen in recent years, according to a new... www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/12/20/3394245.htm |
Big quakes no more likely than in past: study ‹ Japan Today: Japan ... JapanToday NEWS ALERT ... National Dec. 20, 2011 - 05:16AM JST ( 5 ) ... The deadly 9.0 earthquake this year in Japan, an 8.8 quake in Chile last year and ... www.japantoday.com/.../big-quakes-no-more-likely-than-in-p... |
Illinois Earthquakes News - Earthquake News Today Tuesday Dec 20, 2011 ... The Latest Illinois News from Earthquake News Today.... New Madrid fault study to prep for potential quake 18 Dec 2011 04:53 GMT ... earthquakes.einnews.com/state/illinois |
Earthquake rocks PNG, no damage reported Dec 20, 2011. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea on a day of political upheaval. The quake hit 221 kilometres north of the capital Port ... news.ninemsn.com.au/.../7-3-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-pn... |
Early Morning Earthquake Shakes Ontario Area | NBC Los Angeles Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 | Updated 8:19 AM PST ... Earthquake Section: Preparedness, Quake Myths ... Sign up to receive news and updates that matter to you. ... www.nbclosangeles.com/.../Earthquake-Ontario-135917998.ht... |
Los Angeles Earthquake Today Strikes Ontario - lalate news The Los Angeles earthquake today Tuesday, December 20, 2011. ... USGS reports to news that the quake was centered four miles east of Ontario and north of ... news.lalate.com/.../los-angeles-earthquake-today-strikes-ontari... |