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Storm-stricken Acapulco hit by new floods
Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)
Authorities in Acapulco closed schools and evacuated dozens of residents Thursday after heavy rains sparked new floods in the Mexican Pacific resort still reeli...
Japan suspends senior official over tsunami victims blog
Sep 26, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's government on Thursday suspended a senior bureaucrat who blogged about the pointlessness of rebuilding tsunami-wrecked towns because they were populated...
FBI releases chilling video of navy yard shooter
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
The gunman who slaughtered 12 people last week in Washington is seen darting through a Navy building like a special forces operator in a chilling video released...
Twitter launches emergency alerts
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
Twitter on Wednesday launched a system for emergency alerts which can help spread critical information when other lines of communication are down. The popular m...
NASA tests space radar for finding buried victims
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
A portable radar device that can sense live victims beneath a collapsed structure was inspired by the same technology used to detect distant objects in space, N...
Australians should be told of boat turn-backs, ex-navy chief
Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)
A retired Australian navy chief, who once led the turning back of asylum-seeker boats, Tuesday criticised the government's decision to keep operations to repel ...
In Mexico, storms dredge up human errors
Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)
Human nature is sharing the blame with Mother Nature in Mexico for the destruction spawned by twin storms, with critics pointing to shoddy construction, endemic...
US Navy moves to tighten security checks after shooting
Sep 24, 2013 (AFP)
The US Navy said Monday it is pushing for more rigorous background checks after a review showed gaps in the case of a former sailor who went on a shooting rampa...
Gov't shutdown won't cut flood aid to Colorado: Biden
Sep 23, 2013 (AFP)
Vice President Joe Biden visited flood-stricken Colorado on Monday, and pledged that a looming government shutdown would not threaten federal aid to the western...
Vietnam estimates to lose 1 and half percent of GDP due to disasters
Sep 22, 2013 (XNA)
Vietnam is estimated to lose around 1.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually due to property damage caused by natural disasters, according to the Vi...
Eerily low on tourists, Acapulco sees water, food shortages
Sep 22, 2013 (AFP)
Still reeling from storms that killed more than 170 people in Mexico, Acapulco has evacuated thousands of tourists but now faces water, power and food shortages...
Obama: Navy Yard shooting must inspire gun law change
Sep 22, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama used a memorial service for the victims of America's latest mass shooting on Sunday to make another impassioned appeal to reform gun owne...
Fukushima town protests Abe's global promise on crippled plant: reports
Sep 21, 2013 (AFP)
A Japanese town abandoned after the Fukushima nuclear accident has protested Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's global promise that the situation of the crippled plant...
Washington gunman 'hunted' victims: FBI
Sep 19, 2013 (AFP)
The gunman who slaughtered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard stalked his victims like a "hunter," officials said Thursday in the chilling first portrait of ...
Japan PM Abe demands end to Fukushima leaks
Sep 19, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's prime minister told Fukushima's operator to fix radioactive water leaks as he toured the crippled nuclear plant Thursday, less than two weeks after assu...
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocks Japan's Fukushima prefecture
Sep 19, 2013 (AFP)
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocked Japan's Fukushima prefecture early Friday morning, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicentre of ...
Poverty seen behind Venezuela's rising youth crime
Sep 19, 2013 (UPI)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says imports of U.S. comics and television cartoons are to blame for a continuing upsurge in youth crime, but analysts say e...
New Technology can Detect Heartbeats in Rubble
Sep 18, 2013 (JPL)
When natural disasters or human-made catastrophes topple buildings, search and rescue teams immediately set out to find victims trapped beneath the wreckage. Du...
US military missed 'red flags' about gunman: Hagel
Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel acknowledged Wednesday authorities missed some "red flags" that might have averted a deadly shooting rampage at the Washington ...
Obama urges new gun laws, swift Congress action unlikely
Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama called on Congress Tuesday to tighten gun laws after the latest in a "ritual" of shooting massacres, but lawmakers admitted there is insu...
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