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AP Photo/CCTV In this image made from CCTV news program footage, rescue workers are shown at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Yushu county in western China’s Qinghai province. BEIJING – A series of strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan area of western China on …
MLive.com · April 14, 2010, 4:45 AM (PST)
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A cyclone packing winds of more than 100 mph (160 kph) demolished tens of thousands of mud huts in northeastern India, killing at least 76 people, officials said Wednesday. The cyclone struck Tuesday night in northeastern parts of West Bengal and Bihar states, uprooting trees and snapping telephone …
Salon · April 14, 2010, 4:52 AM (PST)
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SYDNEY – Australian police arrested a Chinese ship captain and senior officer Wednesday and charged them with damaging the Great Barrier Reef, more than a week after their coal carrier ran aground and tore a two-mile (three-kilometer) gash in the protected area. FILE – In this Monday, April 5 …
Atlanta Journal Constitution · April 14, 2010, 4:38 AM (PST)
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BISHKEK (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday it was prepared to help Kyrgyzstan’s new rulers, putting pressure on ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who hinted he may go into exile. The unrest has disrupted flights from the Kyrgyz air base that the United States rents to support the war …
Reuters · April 14, 2010, 4:31 AM (PST)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised President Barack Obama on Tuesday for his nuclear security summit and improved relations between the two countries. Just days after Medvedev and Obama signed a major nuclear weapons treaty, the Russian leader praised the new atmosphere of …
KSDK · April 13, 2010, 6:44 PM (PST)
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New Delhi – At least seven people died in a stampede Wednesday as millions of Hindu devotees crowded to bathe in the holy Ganges river in the northern Indian city of Haridwar. Five men, a woman and an infant died in a stampede on a crowded bridge, triggered when a car belonging to a Hindu religious …
Monsters and Critics · April 14, 2010, 4:09 AM (PST)
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A volcano under a glacier in Iceland rumbled back to life Wednesday, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes. Emergency officials evacuated 800 residents from around the Eyjafjallajokull glacier as rivers rose by up to 10 feet (3 meters …
Vail Daily News · April 14, 2010, 4:31 AM (PST)
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Mourners kneel before the closed coffins holding the first couple of Poland, President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria Kaczynska, in the presidential palace in Warsaw. WARSAW, Poland – Thousands of mourners tossed flowers on a slow-moving hearse and joined an enormous viewing line at the …
Columbus Dispatch · April 14, 2010, 3:26 AM (PST)
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – First lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit Tuesday to the ruins of the Haitian capital, a high-profile reminder that hundreds of thousands remain in desperate straits three months after the earthquake. The first lady and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden …
San Mateo Daily Journal · April 14, 2010, 3:55 AM (PST)
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s nuclear summit has paid early dividends: China’s agreement to work with the U.S. on possible sanctions against Iran and Ukraine’s decision to rid itself of nuclear bomb-making materials. Obama opened the global security summit Monday night after two …
The Oakland Press · April 14, 2010, 2:43 AM (PST)
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