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March 2005

'Underground debate' on pylons
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... At one stage about 30 people held up signs urging Transpower to underground its power lines through the area. "This is an underground ...

US officials seize tunnel house
San Diego Union Tribune - USA
... seized a three-bedroom house Tuesday in a middle-class Calexico neighborhood that they say was connected to an upscale residence in Mexico through a drug tunnel ...

!0km tunnel to be bored under Croydon
ic Croydon - UK
By Emily Attwood. A TUNNEL 10km-long just like this could be bored underneath hundreds of homes across the town. The massive engineering ...

Three slightly hurt when bus and truck collide in tunnel
Boston Herald - USA
... State police say no charges have been filed so far after three students and their school bus driver suffered minor injuries in an I-93 tunnel accident this ...

Jawahar Tunnel thrown open to traffic
The Tribune - Chandigarh,India
The nearly 25-km stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar highway between Banihal and Qazigund through Jawahar Tunnel was reopened today after having been blocked with ...

March 9, 2005

Chester Scouts to participate at wilderness survival ranch
The Delaware County Times - Chester,PA,USA
... The Boys Scouts of America own a 170,000-acre ranch in New Mexico named Philmont for the sole purpose of intense wilderness survival. ...

lloja - Fallujah: the American earthquake
uruknet.info - Italy
It is not only the American earthquake ridden city, the completely destroyed houses, schools, hospitals, market places, shops, streets, vehicles, not only the ...

Earthquake felt in Ottawa
CBC Ottawa - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
-- An earthquake jolted some people awake near Rivière-du-Loup early Sunday morning and was felt as far away as Ottawa, Quebec City and Boston. ...

The devastation caused by the recent quake off Sumatra has put a ...
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
The catastrophy of the Sumatra earthquake on December 26 and the resulting devastation poses a billion-dollar question: Can we predict earthquakes accurately? ...

Earthquake 'swarm' under investigation
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
VANCOUVER -- Scientists from Canada and the US are on a ship off the coast of Vancouver Island hoping for a closer look at the latest earthquake action in the ...

March 6, 2005

'Earthquake swarm' prompts research cruise
EastOregonian.info (subscription) - OR,USA
NEWPORT (AP) -- An earthquake "swarm" that began last weekend has resulted in thousands of small earthquakes off the Oregon coast in recent days but the ...

March 1, 2005

Crews labour to clear debris
Wodonga Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia
... and Castlemaine. There were 350 volunteers fielded to cope with the massive clean-up task from the freak storm. Mr Hedditch said ...

Showers ease drought
China Daily - China
Recent rains in Guangzhou had greatly eased a drought that has been plaguing the city for months, the Southern Metropolitan News reported. ...

Sunshine today ... drought tomorrow?
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis,OR,USA
... Some of the more obvious are a severe wildfire season and troubles for spawning fish in low rivers. A drought year also causes trouble for the local economy. ...

Climate experts present findings on drought
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
... For the past six or seven years, "drought has migrated around the West," said Kelly Redmond, of the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nev. ...

Indonesian earthquake rattles windows in Australia, but no ...
Jakarta Post - Indonesia
SYDNEY (AP): No injuries or property damage were reported after a powerful earthquake that struck off Indonesia's eastern coast rattled windows and houses in ...

Earthquake strikes northern Arizona
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
A light earthquake struck northern Arizona early Wednesday, causing people more than 100 miles away to report feeling the tremor, according to the US ...

March 1, 2005

Tsunami earthquake reshapes,tilts, raises, sinks Indian islands
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
The earthquake that triggered Asia's tsunami has moved, twisted and tilted India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, raising some out of sea and sinking large parts ...

Tsunami earthquake reshapes Indian islands
Swissinfo - Switzerland
... "Because of the earthquake, the movement of the plates, the topography and the coastline has changed," he told Reuters. "There has been. ...

Iran Earthquake: Information Bulletin No. 6
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... 6) is being issued to provide an update on the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) response to the earthquake in Zarand, southeast Iran. ...

Earthquake Resistant School Desks
Gizmodo.com - Budapest,Hungary
It would seem to be a bit silly to spend all night safely tucked into an earthquake resistant bed, only to travel to school to be buried under a crushing wall ...

Tokyo quake could kill 13 000
News24 - South Africa
Tokyo - A major earthquake in Tokyo would kill 13 000 people, inflict $1.1 trillion in damage and force millions into shelters, a government panel warned on ...

Tornado devastates homes, crops
Dispatch Online - South Africa
... The tornado devastated at least eight homes, ripped the roofs off many others and destroyed crops. Some people were left with no shelter after strong winds and ...

Government recognises tsunami dangers
National Business Review - New Zealand
... about coverage gaps in the southwest area of New Zealand going into the Southern Ocean, the same area that was hit by an 8.1 (Richter) earthquake north of ...

'I've never heard anything like that'
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA
... His granddaughter, Alexa Velliquette, ran into the bathroom for shelter, screaming. Davis' wife, Helen, said the tornado looked like a dark shadow in the back ...

Downriver residents get $13 million for flooding
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
... "This was a massive storm, and no community could be expected to be able to handle the amount of water," Hupp said. "The communities ...

Charles witnesses tsunami devastation
Scotsman - UK
THE Prince of Wales yesterday witnessed the devastation left by the Asian tsunami, as he stood on a rubble -strewn Sri Lankan beach where the tidal waves ...

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March 2005

UT System sues for open records actionThe Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
... physics freshman was investigated by the FBI and Secret Service last ... requests about surveillance cameras, biological agents and underground tunnels sometimes ...

UNDERGROUND AC: How UA beats the heat
Arizona Daily Wild Cat - Tucson,AZ,USA Overheated students at the UA walk to class in the triple-digit temperatures of the Sonoran Desert with only one thing on their minds: getting inside and ...

Gone fishing for the Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... Executive Director Jeff Swanagan said about 50 percent of the aquarium's animals will come from aquaculture, or fish farms, and the rest will be collected from ...

Swanson Mussel Project Heads to Tremont Selectmen
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA
ELLSWORTH -- Fish farmer Erick Swanson said he is keen to get moving on ... as an informational meeting for him to explain what sort of aquaculture installation he ...

Organic Shrimp's Hopeful Debut
AScribe - USA
... Deborah Brister, co-chair of the National Organic Program's Aquaculture Workgroup, says, "The ... Alaskan Spot Prawns are available at Pike Place Fish for $15.99 ...

Officials weigh in on SB 113
Kodiak Daily Mirror - Kodiak,AK,USA
... those dependent upon them for a livelihood and to promote the efficient development of aquaculture in the ... Laws and the constitution mandate how we share fish. ...

Profitability improves in the UK seafood processing industry
Fishupdate.com - UK
... looks at the number, location, size and activity of UK fish processing businesses ... of this sector will be discussed at the UK's premier aquaculture industry event ...

TSUNAMI HITS INDIA'S MARINE EXPORTS
Press Information Bureau (press release) - India
... jetties, which is likely to affect the landing of fish and exports ... international standards of hygiene and quality; expansion of aquaculture; imparting training ...