Category: Asia

5.6 Earthquake Hits Sumatra

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Indonesia's Sumatra island Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. There was no tsunami warning.

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Second Big Quake Hits Japan

NEW YORK -- A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled Japan's southern Bonin Islands on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey

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2010: The Deadliest Year Yet

Video Report: Quakes, floods, blizzards, heat waves, and other natural disasters took more lives in 2010 than terrorist attacks

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Japan Quake & Tsunami Update

A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck southern Japan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with people in nearby

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7.4 Quake: Tsunami Hits Japan

TOKYO (AFP) – Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain scrambled for higher ground after a major

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Hanoi: 47 Sailors Missing in Storm

HANOI - FORTY-SEVEN Vietnamese sailors were missing, most of them from a cargo ship and a fishing vessel, and

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5.8 Earthquake Hits Yogyakarta

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Yogyakarta at about 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. According

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Religious Offerings Pollute Ganges

Video Report: Residents living along the historic Ganges River in eastern India complain water pollution is on the rise.

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37 Dead as Bangladesh Boat Sinks

AFP - Rescuers searched for survivors after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in

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China: Fishing Boat Sinks 27 Missing

Rescuers are hunting for 27 people who are missing after a Vietnam-registered vessel sank in the South China Sea,

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