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(Photo: AP)Police and residents dig for earthquake survivors
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, soldiers prepare to search for missing people at the site of a landslide at Guihulngan township, Negros Oriental province in central Philippines, after Monday's magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook at least three central Philippine provinces....Full Story

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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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Scant hope for Philippine quake missing
| Thousands of soldiers in the quake-hit Philippines Tuesday scoured villages buried under landslides, but authorities said hopes of finding dozens of missing people alive were dim. | Two days after a 6.7 magnitude quake flattened homes, destroyed bridges and triggered ...Full Story
International Humanitarian System Must Go Local To Cope
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 3:31 pm | Press Release: Oxfam NZ | The international humanitarian response system will fail to cope with the expected rise in the number of people exposed to crises unless more resources and trained people are located closer to disaster-pron...Full Story
Light snow later tomorrow, then some intense cold possible this weekend
The northeastern U.S. continued to benefit from unusually mild weather on this Giants parade Tuesday, but there is a little winter weather to talk about in the near term. Don't worry though, it is nothing to write home about...   A weak disturbance will move throug...Full Story
Houston TX And Vicinity Weather Forecast, Wednesday, February 8, 2012
| Discussion As I suspected, the numerical weather forecast models are slowly turning toward wetter, stormier solutions for Texas and most of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. But before rain re-enters the picture locally, some colder temperatures are on the way which ...Full Story
Weather History: February 8: Record Temps, Storms, Ice, Snow, Wind & Tornadoes
| Meteorological events that happened on February 8th: | 1835 | A severe cold wave gripped the southeastern U.S. The mercury dipped to 8°at Jacksonville, FL, and to 0° at Charleston, SC & Savannah, GA. Orange trees were killed to the roots. | 1895 | On this ...Full Story
Weather History: February 8: Record Temps, Storms, Snow, Ice, Wind & Tornadoes
| Meteorological events that happened on February 8th: | 1835 | A severe cold wave gripped the southeastern U.S. The mercury dipped to 8°at Jacksonville, FL, and to 0° at Charleston, SC & Savannah, GA. Orange trees were killed to the roots. | 1895 | On this ...Full Story
Death toll tops 400 in Europe's big freeze
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Study finds noise from ship motors stresses whales
| 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 today has reported for the first time. | The findings were made possible, rese...Full Story
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Wed 8 Feb 2012
Study finds noise from ship motors stresses whales
The Daily Telegraph Australia | 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 today has reported for the first time. | The findings were...
Quake death toll rises to 48; Aquino visits Negros Or. today
Malaya BY VICTOR REYES --> | THE death toll from the magnitude 6.9 quake that hit Negros Oriental Monday rose to 48 yesterday. | Ninety-two are missing, Col. Francisco Zosimo Patrimonio Jr., commander of the Army’s 302nd Brigade based in the province, als...
Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
Jakarta Globe 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 wer...
Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
Yahoo Daily News | 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 w...
Study: Volcanic Eruptions During Little Ice Age Caused Extreme Weather
Yahoo Daily News | 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 127...
Scenes Of Terror As Triple Quake Rocks Philippines
Scoop 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 ...
Monsoon may be weak, say US, Japan forecasters but meteorologists at home dismiss prediction
The Times Of India 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 Jap...
Ice-breakers have been called in to clear the Danube, frozen over in Europe's big chill
The Australian | 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 bega...
Europe death toll now 400 from icy weather
Sydney Morning Herald | 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...
Police and residents dig for earthquake survivors
Gulf News | 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...
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
Gibbs Amphibians Introduces Phibian and Humdinga High Speed Amphitrucks
PR Newswire | - Designed and engineered for multiple transport, first..."/>   | Download image | , Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Designed and engineered for multiple transport, first responder and military applications Phibian features large load capac...
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