 | Severe Earthquake Damages Christchurch, New Zealand |
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, September 3, 2010 (ENS) - A severe earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook the South Island for at least three minutes early Saturday morning, at 4:35 am local time. Power and water services were knocked out across Christchurch, a city of 372,000, where facades fell off buildings and homes and bridges were damaged. The quake was centered 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the city at a depth of 33 kilometers, according to the New Zealand GeoNet.
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Hurricane Earl Still Large But Weakening |
MIAMI, Florida, September 3, 2010 (ENS) - Hurricane Earl remains large but is losing its punch," said the National Hurricane Center in Miami at 5 pm EDT as the Category 1 storm blows northeast along the Atlantic coast. Earl was a Category 4 hurricane earlier this week, prompting officials to evacuate the eastern coastal communities from North Carolina to Massachusetts. Now, it appears that people will be able to enjoy the Labor Day weekend with less of a storm threat than was feared. >>more
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Another Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico |
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2010 (ENS) - An explosion ripped through an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of central Louisiana Thursday morning. The fire is out but an oil sheen is floating near the damaged platform. >>more
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Greenland Police Arrest Greenpeace Oil Rig Demonstrators |
BAFFIN BAY, Greenland, September 2, 2010 (ENS) - Four Greenpeace activists who climbed a Cairn Energy oil rig in Greenland waters were arrested this morning and are now being held in police custody in Greenland.
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Police Kill Protester Who Took Hostages in Discovery Channel Building |
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, September 1, 2010 (ENS) - Police shot to death a gunman who held three hostages for several hours at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring. James Jay Lee had for years protested the nature of the Discovery Channel's environmental programming. >>more
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Amur Tigers to Get Protected Area on China-Russia Border |
HUNCHUN, China, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - China's Jilin province and the neighboring Primorsky province in Russia have agreed to jointly establish the world's first transboundary protected area for the endangered Amur tiger, which is now believed to number just 500 animals in the wild. >>more
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