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Landslide kills 23 in Shanxi Province

National
2009-11-18

EIGHT children aged one to four are among 23 people confirmed dead in Monday's massive landslide that buried part of a village in northern China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said yesterday. The landslide,...

Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking

World
2009-11-15

JENN Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles. "It really used to be a beautiful beach," said the 35-year-old mother of two....

Earthquake shakes northern Chile

World
2009-11-13

A strong earthquake struck northern Chile early today, briefly knocking out power to a city but otherwise causing no major damages, authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude quake's epicenter was between the cities...

Police bust baby-trafficking ring

National
2009-11-9

POLICE in northern China's Shanxi Province have seized 42 suspected baby traffickers belonging to a ring that allegedly sold at least 52 infants nationwide. Officers said over the weekend that charges would soon...

5.6-magnitude quake jolts Xigaze of Tibet

National
2009-11-8

AN earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Xigaze Prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region early this morning, the National Seismological Network said. The quake struck an area bordering...

Shanxi mines merge as province tackles safety

National
2009-10-26

THE first group of 19 merged coal mines in Shanxi Province have won business permits from authorities, as the region ramps up its restructuring campaign to improve work safety conditions and production capacity. ...

California stages massive earthquake drill

World
2009-10-16

SCHOOL children dove under tables in Los Angeles and sirens sounded in San Francisco yesterday as California practiced how to survive a major earthquake. "Drop, cover and hold on," dozens of fourth-graders chanted...

Rain, landslides threaten Indonesian quake victims

World
2009-10-5

HEAVY rain threatened to trigger more landslides and hamper delivery of desperately needed aid today on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where thousands of people were buried by last week's powerful earthquake. ...

Village deaths to lift Indonesian quake death toll

World
2009-10-4

THE death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials reach rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of them guests at a...

2 rescued days after Indonesia quake kills 715

World
2009-10-3

RESCUERS pulled two women alive from their collapsed college, nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, as cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors...