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Greek police capture helicopter fugitive

World
2009-11-17

A CONVICTED murderer in Greece who made a dramatic prison escape by helicopter earlier this year was arrested near Athens yesterday, police said. Alket Rizaj, of Albania, was arrested with a female companion at an...

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...

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...

US: 14 Americans killed in 2 helicopter crashes

World
2009-10-26

THE US military says 14 Americans have been killed in a series of helicopter crashes in Afghanistan. A US statement says seven US troopers and three US civilians working for the government died when their helicopter...

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...

Indonesian quake toll at 1,100; thousands missing

World
2009-10-2

ACROSS this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps of concrete in searches for thousands still missing. ...