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Deadly Earthquake Leaves Haitian Capital in Ruins
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have died in the most violent earthquake to strike Haiti in 200 years, [...]
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Philippine Volcano Shoots Ash, Lava; Thousands Evacuated
MANILA, Philippines, December 24, 2009 (ENS) – Mount Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, is shooting columns of ash more than a kilometer above the summit and red hot [...]
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Court: Negligence by U.S. Army Corps Caused Katrina Flooding
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 18, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in New Orleans following [...]
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Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done
PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and stopped the main fire at the Montara well head [...]
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Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well
PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea since Sunday, after an attempt by the [...]
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Tanker Spills Heavy Black Oil into San Francisco Bay
ALAMEDA, California, October 31, 2009 (ENS) – Cleanup operations continue today in response to an oil spill from a tanker into San Francisco Bay Friday morning.
Bunker fuel was [...]
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Typhoon-Stricken Philippines Fights Disease, Faces Another Storm
MANILA, Philippines, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – The World Health Organization has sent an international team of health experts to the Philippines to help the government respond to [...]
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Deal Drafted on Nuclear Fuel for Iran’s Research Reactor
VIENNA, Austria, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – A draft agreement on providing Iran with fuel for a civilian nuclear research facility that could defuse tension over Iran’s nuclear [...]
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Dangerous Storms Spin Over Both Sides of the Pacific
GREENBELT, Maryland, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – Powerful tropical cyclones have developed on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA satellite data, and the governments of [...]
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Typhoon Parma Rains Drown Philippines’ Luzon Island
MANILA, Philippines, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – A week of torrential rain on the Philippines main island of Luzon brought by ‘super typhoon’ Parma has claimed more than [...]
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‘Super Typhoon’ Nears Philippines, Calamity Declared
MANILA, Philippines, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – President Gloria Arroyo today declared a nationwide calamity and ordered local governments, police and military to forcibly evacuate residents in the [...]
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Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – At least 1,000 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a severe earthquake that struck the Indonesian island [...]