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Feb 13, 2012

GREECE News, Feb 13, 2012

European Leaders 'Confident' Greece Meeting Bailout Demands
BusinessWeek
13 (Bloomberg) -- Germany and the European Commission welcomed Greek approval of the austerity steps demanded for a financial lifeline, suggesting euro finance chiefs will pull Greece back from the brink when they meet in two days.
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EARTHQUAKE News, Feb 13, 2012

EARTHQUAKE
Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Costa Rica, U.S. Survey Reports
Bloomberg
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck 46 miles (75 kilometers) south of San Jose, Costa Rica at 4:55 am local time today, the US Geological Survey said in a statement on its website. The quake was 17 miles deep, it reported. There have been no reports of ...
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Quake victim 'lived life to the fullest'
New Zealand Herald
By Kurt Bayer Rachel Conley (right) was killed in the Christchurchearthquake Her mother Deb (left) says the quake inquiry has brought her closure. Photo / supplied The mother of an American backpacker killed by falling debris in the February 22 ...
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Post-quake US food aid hurt Haiti farmers
MinnPost.com
The April USAID briefing concluded the impact of US crops in Haitian markets just after the quake would be temporary. And Food for Progress spending in Haiti has since returned to pre-quake levels. The US government began purchasing American crops to ...
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Quake-damaged hotel goods for sale
Stuff.co.nz
McCleery started removing items from the Crowne Plaza Hotel a few days before the December 23 earthquake last year but was asked to leave the area when the big quake struck. He returned with 15 staff on January 15 to retrieve the rest of the furniture.
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Some Negros quake victims face trauma
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines - Many residents in La Libertad, Negros Oriental remain on edge following last week's earthquake. In Barangay Solunggun, one woman's inability to deal with the tragedy has forced her family to put her under restraint.
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Building Toppled by New Zealand Earthquake Was Substandard: Report
Insurance Journal
The Canterbury Television (CTV) building fell into a smoldering heap when the magnitude-6.1 earthquake shook Christchurch last Feb. 22, and its collapse accounted for nearly two-thirds of the quake's 184 victims. New Zealand's Department of Building ...
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Technical team says highrises in city quake-proof
Times of India
When asked if skyscrapers are unsafe during natural disasters such asearthquakes, a team member said, "If an area or city falls in a seismiczone, builders and their architects are responsible for executing safety norms. These days skyscrapers are ...
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Negros quake death toll rises to 43
ABS CBN News
The government has provided over P21 million worth of relief assistance forearthquake victims. The damage sustained by quake-hit areas in Regions VI and VII now stands at P365.4 million. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, ...
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.3 quake rattles near Fort Bragg
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon eight miles from Cape Vizcaino, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:32 pm Pacific Standard Time at a depth of 0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter ...
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QUAKE REBUILDING, GREEN FEATURES BUOY JAPAN HOMEBUILDER EARNINGS
ElectroIQ
s (TSE:1722) pretax profit shot up 180 per cent as home sales in thequake-hit Tohoku region and elsewhere picked up steam. An increase in residences installing solar power systems and other features helped lift the average unit price per home.
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Coso Junction
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon 15 miles from Coso Junction in Inyo County, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:27 pm Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles. According to the USGS, ...
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Quake inquiry aids turnaround
The Press
Dunlay said traditionally February was when business started to ramp up after the holiday layoff, so the quake on December 23 hit particularly hard. Some staff moved away from Christchurch and his business partner for five years, Toby Ricketts, ...
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The Press
Montana timber may help rebuild quake-shattered Haiti
Billings Gazette
Then he heard an NPR radio story about a Haitian surgeon whose clinic was wrecked in the quake. The concrete building still stood, but it was so unstable he was doing medical care on the sidewalk because no one would risk going inside.
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Survivors remember 1931 quake
Hawke's Bay Today
ASSEMBLY: Earthquake survivors filled the Napier Boys' High School hall yesterday, where there were speeches and the cutting of a commemorative cake by the oldest and youngest survivors. PHOTOS/GLENN TAYLOR HBT121125-07 A Survivors Afternoon Tea was ...
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South Korea offers aid to quake-hit Philippines
Philippine Star
SEOUL (Xinhua) - South Korea will offer emergency supplies worth $200000 in humanitarian aid to the Philippines, which was hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake last week, the foreign ministry here said Monday. Relief supplies including tents and sanitary ...
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Age Concern to share quake lessons
The Ashburton Guardian
By Susan Sandys February 14, 2012 Age Concern personnel in Christchurch will this week be sharing with Mid Cantabrians what they have learned from the city's devastating earthquakes. A home and personal safety course is being held at the Ashburton ...
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Van quake lessons help shape risk management
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
More than 7000 people still leave in tents in Van, which was hit by two earthquakes last Ocotber. DHA photo Turkey's disaster and risk management is being reviewed in the wake of lessons drawn from the latest Van earthquake in October 2011, ...
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Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
Natural Disasters Influence Mental Mistakes
PsychCentral.com
Helton and Head also noted distinct differences in pre- and post-earthquake findings depending on self-reported responses to the disaster: If the participants reported being anxious following the quake, their response times sped up and they made more ...
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PsychCentral.com
Demolition job closes city street
Stuff.co.nz
BLOCKED: Traffic will be blocked near the quake-hit Terrace on the Park apartment complex while the buildings are demolished. Traffic will be blocked near the quake-hit Terrace on the Park apartment complex while the buildings are demolished, ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Japan piano sales jump post-earthquake
AFP
"Last year, especially in the Tohoku region, pianos broke down after the quake and some customers wanted to buy new ones," he said. Tohoku, in northeastern Japan, was badly hit by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami of March 11, ...
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AFP
Death toll reaches 41 in Philippine quake, 67 still missing
Business Recorder (blog)
The toll rose after rescue teams recovered two bodies from landslides caused by February 6 quake in Negros Oriental province, 570 kilometres south of Manila. The civil defence office said 28 were still missing in the village of Planas in Guihulngan ...
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Clues to Tokyo's great quakes uncovered
Tehran Times
The "recurrence interval is not at all even," he said, making it difficult for scientists to know when to expect the next major quake. The most recent great Kanto earthquake struck Honshu in 1923. The magnitude-7.9 quakekilled more than 105000 people ...
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Council's decision on quake costs: Key
MSN NZ News
The issue of raising money has been controversial and there have been suggestions the council could sell assets. It's lack of a comprehensive plan led Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee to describe Mayor Bob Parker as "a clown" last week but ...
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Quake victims to be honoured at church site
Newstalk ZB
The empty site where a church collapsed in last February's Christchurch earthquake will be used to honour those who died in the disaster. 185 chairs will sit atop ready-lawn rolled out on the site of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, remembering those ...
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Newstalk ZB
Tenants to meet after shock mall closure
Stuff.co.nz
Merivale Mall tenants will meet management tomorrow to discuss the fate of the quake-hit shopping centre. Twenty shops in the mall were closed on Saturday after engineers found part of the centre was earthquake-prone and needed to be cordoned off.
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Stuff.co.nz
Earthquake Shakes Switzerland; No Damage Reported
Insurance Journal
The Swiss Seismological Service said a moderate earthquake shook Switzerland with the epicenter in the northcentral canton Zug and Lake Zurich area. The Zurich-based service said Sunday that the magnitude-4.2quake could be felt around much of ...
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Heat pumps free only if Fletchers runs repair
The Press
The chimney-replacement programme was set up by the Government's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) to replace quake-damaged fireplaces with heat pumps or clean-fuel burners. It is funded byEarthquake Commission (EQC) claims.
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Earthquake hits Artashat
Aysor
Magnitude 2.4 earthquake hit Armenia, 17 km northeast of the town of Artashat today at 07:47 by local time. It measured 3 in the epicenter.Quake's hypocenter was at the depth of 5 meters, the Ministry of Emergency Situations told Panorama.am.
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Wellington business a smashing success
The Dominion Post
Their business is booming after their efforts to help Christchurch quakevictims salvage mementos from the ruins. Caroline McGlinchy and Joanne Grove are accidental businesswomen in more ways than one. Their artisan business making jewellery out of ...
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South Korea offers aid to quake-hit Philippines - Home » Other ...
South Korea will offer emergency supplies worth $200000 in humanitarian aid to the Philippines, which was hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake last week, the foreign ministry here said Monday.
philstar.com - Breaking News
H5N1: New Zealand 2011 quake: CTV building 'was sub-standard'
By Crof
Via BBC News almost a year after the Christchurch quake: CTV building 'was sub-standard'. Excerpt: A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake was sub-standard, an official report has found. The six-story Canterbury ...
H5N1
Quake risk, ‘structural’ concerns shut down historic Manila ...
By Pots de Leon, InterAksyon.com
The historic Manila Cathedral will officially close indefinitely to give way for a structural retrofitting amid concerns that the 'liquefaction' in the soil on which it stands could render it at-risk in a strong earthquake, the head of the Roman Catholic ...
Interaksyon.com
Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Costa Rica, U.S. Survey Reports
The quake was 17 miles deep, it reported. There have been no reports of injuries or damage so far, San Jose-based newspaper La Nacion reported on its ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../magnitude-6-1-quake-strikes-costa-ri...
Europe's cold snap leaves many of Turkey's quake survivors ...
The cold snap, which began in Europe in late January, has left some families in Turkey's quake relief centers trying to stay warm by using coal stoves or ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAC6lo3Q_story.html
Earthquake in Central Philippines Leaves Dozens Dead or Missing
Mr. Degamo said eight bridges were damaged by the quake, potentially complicating rescue efforts as well as disrupting the local agriculture-driven economy.
online.wsj.com/.../SB10001424052970204369404577206403...
Rescuers Dig To Reach Trapped In Philippines Quake | Fox News
Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central ...
www.foxnews.com/.../magnitude-68-earthquake-shakes-philip...
Costa Rica Earthquake 2012: 5.8-Magnitude Quake Rocks Central ...
MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.8earthquake shook the central and Pacific coastal regions of Costa Rica early Monday ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../costa-rica-earthquake-2012_n_12...
Philippines - At Least 13 Killed in Quake - NYTimes.com
Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake on Monday that shook a central ...
www.nytimes.com/.../philippines-at-least-13-killed-in-quake.ht...
Philippines revises down death toll from quake - CNN.com
The Philippine authorities have significantly revised down the death toll from a strong earthquake that shook the country's third-largest island on Monday.
www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/world/asia/...toll/index.html
Children among 12 dead as quake hits Philippines | Reuters
MANILA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-earthquake-philippines-idUSTRE8150...
Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake – USATODAY.com
Aquino criticized the shoddy road construction, while Ramos said bridges that were damaged were not built to sustain such a strong quake. Eleven bridges ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-06/.../1
Europe's cold spell hits Turkey's quake survivors - Weather - msnbc ...
Freezing temperatures and heavy snow in Turkey are making life miserable for the more than 140000 residents who were left homeless by the nation's...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../europes-cold-spell-hits-turkeys-quak...
6.8 quake shakes Philippines; 1 dead - CBS News
Earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing a child and triggering a local tsunami alert.
www.cbsnews.com/.../6.8-quake-shakes-philippines-1-dead/
Strong quake jolts Negros-Cebu; fatalities rising | ABS-CBN News
MANILA, Philippines (9th UPDATE) – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck between the islands of Negros and Cebu before noon Monday, killing at least 6 people ...
www.abs-cbnnews.com/.../magnitude-68-quake-jolts-negros-c...
5.7 quake reported off of Vancouver Island | kgw.com Portland
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vancouver Island, the United States Geological Survey reported Saturday.
www.kgw.com/.../57-quake-reported-off-of-Vancouver-Island...
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