Lighning Claims Danish Soccer Player Jonathan Richter's Leg

Jonathan Richter, 24, was struck by lightning during a practice game between his team FC Nordsjaelland and Hvidovre on July 20, 2009. The lightning bolt hit his leg and caused him to go into cardiac arrest. ...

AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR GEORGE MITCHELL

I thought that this open letter by Professor Elihu D Richter MD MPH (Emeritus) Head of the Genocide Prevention Program at Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine and Associate Director, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem and...

World Health Organization and Hamas slash Israel blockade on Gaza

As the World Health Organization (WHO) accused Israel of providing a selective and reduced health care to Palestinians, a Hamas representative in  Tehran warned that the siege of the Gaza Strip was...

Powerful quake kills 4 in Indonesia

Latest report says that the powerful earthquake struck in an area off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi left at least four people dead and causing several buildings to collapse. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the coastal town of...

Iranian earthquake tremor hits Dubai

A tremor from an Iranian earthquake could be felt in Dubai today, however it was still small enough that not everyone in the country felt it."UAE authorities are now said to be contacting the US Geological Survey...

New giant clam species discovered; early example of human sea-life exploitation

A new species of giant clam, Tricanda costata, has been discovered by German scientists in the Red Sea basin. Believed to be well over 125,000 years old the new species is said to have once dominated the Red...

Riau residents feel the shocks waves of Padangsidempuan earthquake

"Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - The people of Riau living in Rokan Hilir (Rohil) regency and Dumai city felt the shocks of an earthquake which struck Padangsidempuan, North Sumatra, Monday at 9:26 p.m West Indonesia time."The quake struck Padangsidempuan with a magnitude of 6.1 on...

Great San Francisco Quake Anniversary Today

Is this ironic or what? On the same day as people in the Midwest experienced a rare 5.4 earthquake (see links below for details), the lead story on the “This Day in History” RSS feed from History.com...

Quake measuring 5.4 on Richter scale hits West Sumatra

"Padang (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked western coastal areas of West Sumatra on Monday at about 6 a.m., a staff member of the Padang Panjang district meteorology and geophysics agency, M Fitri, said here Monday.Fitri said the quake...

Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Sumbawa

"Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sumbawa district, West Nusa Tenggara province, on Monday at 08:28 am local time.The quake`s epicenter was located at 8.14 degrees southern latitude and 117.16 degrees eastern...

Tectonic earthquake rocks Padang anew

Padang (ANTARA News) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Padang city again at 9.37 local time on Monday morning, Padang Panjang Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) spokesperson Nana Diana has said.She said the epicenter of the quake was...

Earthquake 6.6 on the richter scale rocks Aceh

Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale on Wednesday afternoon jolted Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province causing local people to panic, especially those living on...

Another Earthquake Hits Greece

Another earthquake just struck in Greece, which has been hit hard recently."A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck southern Greece Wednesday evening, Greek radio reported. There were no...

Greece shook by strong earthquake

"A powerful earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the Peloponnese region of southern Greece early this morning, the geodynamics institute of the Athens observatory reported. Police said there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage. The...

West Sumatran coastal residents worry about imminent earthquake

"In Bengkulu province, authorities at provincial, regional and municipal levels had begun taking steps to prepare the public for a powerful earthquake and tsunami predicted to happen in December by Brazilian earthquake observer Prof Jucelino Nobrega da Luz."We expect all...

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