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(Photo: AP /   H.M. Prison Service)British outrage as radical cleric gets bail
In this image made by the British Prison Service and aired by Arabic TV channels shows Abu Qatada who makes a televised appeal from Belmarsh high security prison, in London calling for the release of hostage British Norman Kember in Iraq. ...Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Judy Flores)Philippine rescuers dig for survivors of deadly earthquake
A military helicopter hovers above the site of a landslide at Guihulngan, Negros Oriental province in central Philippines Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the province and at least four other central provinces killing over a dozen people and damaging homes and infrastructures. (AP Photo/Judy Flores)...Full Story

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Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported for the first time. | The findings were made possible, res...Full Story
Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
| The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported for the first time. | The findings were made possible, r...Full Story
Study: Volcanic Eruptions During Little Ice Age Caused Extreme Weather
| A recent outlined findings that the Little Ice Age, which began sometime between the 13th and 16th centuries, was caused by volcanic activity. The study found a series of four very large tropical volcanic eruptions that started sometime between 1275 and 1300 and occur...Full Story
Scenes Of Terror As Triple Quake Rocks Philippines
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:37 pm | Press Release: World Vision New Zealand | Aid workers have described scenes of terror as a triple quake rattled the Philippine islands of Negros and Cebu yesterday morning local time. A tsunami alert was issued in the immediate aft...Full Story
Monsoon may be weak, say US, Japan forecasters but meteorologists at home dismiss prediction
AHMEDABAD: Weather forecasters in the US and Japan have predicted a below-normal monsoon in India but meteorologists at home have dismissed the projection, saying it is too early to raise an alarm for the country's rainfall-dependent economy. | A Japan Agency for Marine...Full Story
Ice-breakers have been called in to clear the Danube, frozen over in Europe's big chill
| ICE-BREAKERS have battled Europe's big chill as more than 170km of the Danube river froze over, and dozens died of cold on a continent gripped by some of the lowest temperatures in decades. | The overall death toll from the cold snap that began 11 days ago edged ...Full Story
Europe death toll now 400 from icy weather
| AP | Icebreakers have battled Europe's big chill as the Danube river froze over more than 170km, and dozens died of cold on a continent gripped by some of the lowest temperatures in decades. | The overall death toll from the cold snap that began 11 days ago topped 400...Full Story
Police and residents dig for earthquake survivors
| Manila: Policemen and townsfolk used sophisticated and primitive equipment as they tried digging into ten-metre deep landslides where 71 people were buried in their homes in the villages of one major town and one city in central Philippines' Negros Oriental province, ...Full Story
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Wed 8 Feb 2012
Phivolcs 7: Tsunami warning correct; sees more aftershocks
Sun Star | THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) 7 said it did not make a mistake in issuing a tsunami alert level 2, after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in Negros and Cebu at 11:49 a.m. last Monday. | Rolando Montañez of ...
Kauri rings point to more extreme weather patterns
Otago Daily Times | More flooding, droughts and extreme weather events associated with the El Nino and La Nina cycles could be expected in New Zealand in a warming world, Auckland-based researchers say. | A group of University of Auckland scientists looking at 700 yea...
Frantic search for quake survivors
The Daily Telegraph Australia | RESCUERS have been digging through rubble with their bare hands in the search for earthquake survivors. | The hunt for survivors continued a day after a powerful earthquake killed dozens of people in the Philippines. | The 6.7-magnitude quake hit a...
Tue 7 Feb 2012
Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?
GlobalResearch | Filmmaker Michele Mitchell presented her documentary, "Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?" at a congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Barbara Lee, and Rep. Donald M. Payne (CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot spoke at the briefin...
Nearly half a million join Illinois quake drill
STL Today | Nearly half a million people in Illinois took part in an earthquake drill that was held Tuesday throughout the central United States. | An emergency announcement over loudspeakers sent schoolchildren dropping and taking cover under desks. A few doz...
Cleveland Institute of Music Joins Cleveland Foodbank in Fight Against Hunger
The Examiner | CIM Opera Theater:  | Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel | David Bamberger, director | CIM Orchestra  | Harry Davidson, conductor | Hänsel & Gretel | Harvest for Hunger Food Drive    | Wednesday, February 29 thru | Satur...
Ten Society for Science & the Public Science Fair Alumni Participate in the Second White House Science Fair
PR Newswire | WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ten..."/>   | President Obama Praises the Next Generation of Innovators | , Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ten Society for Science & the Public (SSP) science fair alumni attended...
NASA sees cyclone Jasmine's power and new eye
PhysOrg | The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Jasmine on February 7, 2012 at 03:17 UTC (2:17 p.m., Pacific/Noumea local time/Feb 6, 10:17 p.m. EST). Jasmine's strongest thunderstorms were ...
NASA satellite sees tropical storm Cyril a strong, compact storm
PhysOrg | In the morning hours of February 7 (local time Vanuatu) Cyril was located south of the island of Vavau in the Kingdom of Tonga. All warnings for Niue and Tonga have now been cancelled. | During the morning hours of February 7, Cyril picked up speed...
Heavy snowfalls and floods hit Europe
Independent online Sofia - Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks on Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes under water, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly washed away their village...
Ten Society for Science & the Public Science Fair Alumni Participate in the Second White ...
Yahoo Daily News | To: EDUCATION, NATIONAL AND SCIENCE EDITORS | President Obama Praises the Next Generation of Innovators | WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ten Society for Science & the Public (SSP) science fair alumni attended the second White H...
Floods claim one more life, threaten Evros
Kathimerini | A flash flood carried away a 40-year-old woman on the southeastern Aegean island of Symi Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the torrential rains and heavy snowfall that have swept across Greece over the past few days to four. | Eight people were...
Small earthquake recorded in central Oklahoma
Tulsa World PADEN — A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma just minutes after an earthquake drill was held in the region. | The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.1 magnitude earthquake about 6 miles south of Paden in Okfuskee County at 10:29 a.m....
Lana Del Rey's 'Hunger Games' and other hilarious parody videos
The Examiner | The Hunger Games movie doesn't come out for several more weeks, but fans are already busy making parodies of what will most likely be Hollywood's next big blockbuster franchise. | The latest video is "Lana Del Rey's Hunger Games" by Second City cas...
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