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Rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico, oil spill risk looms

The rig was drilling BP Plc’s Macondo project with 126 workers on board when it was ripped by an explosion and fire on Tuesday night. Some 115 workers escaped, including 17 helicoptered to New Orleans area hospitals with injuries. read … Continue reading

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Nature Unleashed:Moderate 6.4 Quake Rattles Southern Taiwan

A moderate earthquake shook southern Taiwan on Thursday, knocking out electric service to more than half a million customers and causing a fire in a textile factory, although injuries appeared to be limited, government agencies said. The quake, with a … Continue reading

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Mild quake rocks Kashmir

Barely 16 hours after a major quake of 8.8 magnitude on the Richter scale stuck off coastal Chile in South America, a moderate intensity quake measuring 5.7 on the jolted Kashmir valley at 4:51 am.The quake lasted for a few … Continue reading

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Disaster Struck the Planet Again: Chile Quake

A deadly 8.8-magnitude on Richter Scale earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, ripping apart buildings, highways and bridges and leaving a path of smoky rubble across a long swath of this earthquake-tested country before sending waves rumbling across the Pacific … Continue reading

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