| Mon, 6 Feb 2012 6.8 quake in Philippines kills 5, buries homes
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least five people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents. At least 29 people were missing. | The 6.8-magnitude quake,... | SRI LANKA: War amputees fight for new limbs
Photo: Udara Soysa/IRINOnly one in 10 of Sri Lanka's amputees is able to get a prosthetic limb JAFFNA, 4 October 2010 (IRIN) - More than 16 months after the Sri Lankan government ended a 26-year civil war by defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, thousands of a... | Tropical weather forecasters watching system near Cuba
| A low pressure system near Cuba lead forecasters to issue a Special Tropical Weather Outlook Statement at the National Hurricane Center on Sunday. Forecasters said the non-tropical system, located just west of the western tip of Cuba, is continuing to become better or... | Police units in quake-hit areas alerted vs tsunami
| MANILA—Policemen in Central and Western Visayas have been tasked to help in the evacuation of residents in areas rattled by magnitude-6.9 quake on Monday. | This developed after state seismologists issued a tsunami alert along the coasts of eastern Negros Oriental a... | One dead in strong Philippine quake
| A 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the central Philippines on Monday, killing at least one person and causing panic in cities where buildings shook, authorities said. | The quake hit 70 kilometres (44 miles) north of the city of Dumaguete on Negros Island at 11:... | Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes Philippines
| Manila, February 06: Seismologists say a 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck the central Philippines, but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties. No tsunami warning was issued. | The head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Renato... | 6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines; 1 dead
| MANILA, Philippines — A strong earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing a child, destroying buildings, shattering windows and triggering a local tsunami alert that sent residents fleeing. | The 6.8-magnitude quake hit in a narrow strait just ... | One dead, local tsunami alert in 6.7 quake off Philippines (Updated)
| MANILA (Reuters): One child died and a local tsunami alert was issued after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake followed by two aftershocks struck off the Philippines island of Negros on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) and a local monitoring service. | The... | |
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