A tsunami generated by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile struck Hawaii Saturday, but an official with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the island chain “dodged a bullet” after smaller-than-expected waves were reported.
The first waves of the tsunami were recorded on The Big Island around noon (5 p.m. ET), 16 hours after the Chilean temblor.
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A vacation to Washington nearly a decade ago led to a life-changing revelation for Kathi Cordsen. Passing by a breast cancer awareness event, her mother blurted it out: Her doctor had just confirmed that she had breast cancer.
She’d found the lump during a self-examination.
Fortunately, Cordsen’s mom had found the cancer so early that she was [...]
The first waves of a tsunami from a massive earthquake in Chile have hit the Big Island of Hawaii, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The increasing wave heights began shortly around 11:15 a.m. local time (4:15 p.m. EST), more than five hours after alarms sounded to warn of a tsunami caused by the Chile [...]
VANCOUVER — In the Olympic semifinal, Team USA gave a gold medal performance.
Certainly, the reward will be greater Sunday in the Olympic final, but the game against Finland was about as citius-altius-fortius as American hockey ever has been. Battling the Finns and the shadow of Team Canada’s dominant quarterfinal performance against Russia, the Americans stormed to [...]
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 78 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said she expected the death toll to rise.
Numerous aftershocks — including one of magnitude 6.9 — were felt within hours of the initial quake, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The [...]
It happened in my city… It might happen everywhere in Russia… Our law-court is treating murderer as a witness. What we can do??? Only publishing it to the world!
I’d like that news about it will know everybody in the World and Mass-media… And maybe our government will change something.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/no-charges-for-driver-in-shock-youtube-crash/400242.html
A driver who plowed into two pedestrians [...]
The Hindu US, Russia Close In on Nuclear Treaty Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — US and Russian arms-control negotiators have reached an “agreement in principle” on the first nuclear arms reduction treaty in nearly two decades, administration and arms control officials said Tuesday. … Disarmament talks strained over Mideast, Russia Washington Post US and Russia back nuclear disarmament push BBC News Obama, Medvedev back nuclear disarmament campaign AFP Ynetnews
Reuters Russia to sell Libya $1.8 bln worth of arms Xinhua MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Russia will supply Libya with weapons worth a total of 1.8 billion US dollars, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday. “It's not only for small arms and light weapons,” said Putin, adding that the contract was signed …
Reuters Russia to sell Libya $1.8 bln worth of arms Xinhua MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Russia will supply Libya with weapons worth a total of 1.8 billion US dollars, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday. “It's not only for small arms and light weapons,” said Putin, adding that the contract was signed …
Globe and Mail Russia, Libya Sign $1.8 Billion Arms Deal Voice of America Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Moscow has agreed to sell Libya weapons in a $1.8 billion deal.
