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  • Coincidence! Major quake exactly 1 year ago
    30 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Is it just a striking coincidence?
    The 9.0 killer earthquake in Asia that unleashed tsunamis killing tens of thousands followed exactly one year to the hour after the Bam, Iran, earthquake that killed 26,000.
    On Dec. 26, 2003, a 6.6 quake hit the ancient city of Bam in Iran. While the quake was much smaller than the one that struck near the island of Sumatra Sunday, its epicenter was directly under the city.
    On Dec. 26, 2004, the 9.0 quake struck in South Asia. While the death toll (…)

  • Asia Earthquake kills +24,000 EXACTLY one year after Iran quake killed 26,000
    27 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Incredible Coincidence: A massive earthquake in Asia unleashed tsunamis killing thousands, exactly one year to the hour after the Bam, Iran earthquake killed 26,000. What are the odds of two of the most destructive earthquakes in decades occuring exactly one year apart- almost to the minute!
    December 26, 2003 - Bam, Iran, only 6.6 on the richter scale, but quake is centered directly under the city- 26,000 dead.
    December 26, 2004 - Centered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the (…)

  • Freighter failed to communicate
    16 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by ERIC NALDER
    For hours last week, the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley repeatedly radioed the captain of the cargo ship Selendang Ayu, asking him what was wrong with his engines.
    They never got a clear answer, said Coast Guard Capt. Jack Davin, who is in charge of marine safety in Alaska.
    "It just seemed unusual we couldn’t get an answer," said Davin, who was among the officers at the Juneau command center last week who tried unsuccessfully to find out what was wrong with (…)

  • Silent Night, Deadly Night
    3 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Twenty years later, the Dow/Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal continues to wreak havoc on the lives of thousands. And yet corporate officials have never answered for their actions.
    By Mark Hertsgaard
    On the night her world changed forever, Rashida Bee was 28 years old and had already been married for more than half her life. Her parents, traditional Muslims, had selected her husband for her when she was 13. He worked as a tailor, and they lived together in her parents’ modest home in the (…)

  • Bring Them Home, Where We Need Them Where is the Florida National Guard?
    1 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By WAYNE MADSEN
    My sister just found my 80 year old mother late this morning sitting in a state of shock in a Red Cross church evacuation shelter in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Wiith her were some of her neighbors, along with a number of the regular street derelict residents of the facility. She was forcibly evacuated yesterday afternoon with only minutes warning and only enough time to grab her medications, cell phone, and phone charger.
    Because the state of Florida waited so long to (…)