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The twin quakes in Iran in a sparsely populated region leave officials scrambling to provide medical care, shelter and aid.TEHRAN — Iranians turned their efforts from rescue to relief Sunday after twin earthquakes that killed more than 300 people, trying to provide medical care for more...(more)
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Two strong quakes leveled villages and damaged homes in northwestern Iran on Saturday.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Gov. Schwarzenegger is calling up 1,500 National Guard troops to deploy to the Southern California wildfires....
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Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis could reach 10,000.
Foreign diplomats said Nyan Win made the comment at a Monday briefing given to them and representatives of U.N. and international aid agencies.
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submitted by Christine 287 weeks 6 days 20 hours 1 minute ago
Coast Guard workers who monitor ship traffic in San Francisco Bay did not warn the crew of the Cosco Busan that it was about to sideswipe the base of a Bay Bridge tower last week, or even that the ship was near the obstacle, federal investigators...(more)
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Raw footage from KGO of the fires in San Bruno
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submitted by Grace 146 weeks 2 days 1 hour 50 minutes ago
In Grand Bayou, La., wiped out by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, the spill is the latest catastrophe to strike its Atakapa-Ishak people, who have long contended with oil companies' encroachment.
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A Metrolink commuter train believed to be carrying up to 350 people collided with a freight train Friday, killing two people ...
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- A colossal Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head-on could cost them their lives....
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 140 weeks 6 days 21 hours 29 minutes ago
With a thunderous roar heard for miles, a natural gas line explosion ripped through a San Bruno neighborhood Thursday evening, sending up a geyser of fire that killed at least one person and injured more than 20 others, and igniting a blaze that destroyed 53 homes...(more)
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submitted by Micca 248 weeks 1 day 11 hours 33 minutes ago
MADRID, Spain (AP) _ Spain's Interior Ministry says 45 people are dead after an airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 261 weeks 3 days 2 hours 30 minutes ago
The numbers are almost too large to fathom, so many Americans stop trying. As bodies pile up in disaster after global disaster, even the most sympathetic souls can turn away.
Charities know this as "donor fatigue," but it might be more accurately described as disaster fatigue —...(more)
