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STRASBOURG, France (AFP) Nov 17, 2003 An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit the Aleutian islands region off the coast of the US state of Alaska on Sunday, the Strasbourg Earth Sciences Observatory said Monday. Vietnam mops up after deadly floods as new storm advances HANOI (AFP) Nov 17, 2003 Vietnam's authorities were Monday trying to restore food supplies and rehouse hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by the floods that killed 58 and caused millions of dollars worth of damage last week. |
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Strong quake rocks southern Siberia MOSCOW (AFP) Nov 17, 2003 A violent earthquake measuring up to 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked the Russian region of Buryatia in southern Siberia early Monday, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported. Moldova's bread producer hikes up prices amid drought crisis CHISINAU (AFP) Nov 17, 2003 Moldova's chief bread producer hiked up prices overnight as the impoverished republic struggles due to a gaping lack of grain following this summer's drought. Strong tremor in western Greece, no reports of damage, casualties ATHENS (AFP) Nov 16, 2003 An undersea earthquake with an intensity of 5.3 points on the Richter scale occurred off the western Greek island of Cephallonia early on Sunday, the Athens Observatory said. Injuries up, death toll revised in southwest China quake BEIJING (AFP) Nov 16, 2003 The death toll in an earthquake that jolted southwestern China's Yunnan province Saturday has been revised to four dead, as the number of injured rose to 65, state press said Sunday. Indonesian flood death toll hits 148 as search enters third week JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 16, 2003 Search efforts entered a third week on Sunday to find more bodies from an Indonesian flood disaster that has already left at least 148 dead, an official said Sunday. Five dead as strong earthquake hits southwest China BEIJING (AFP) Nov 15, 2003 A strong earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck southwestern China Saturday leaving five people dead and 50 injured, state media said. |
Quake jolts northern Japan TOKYO (AFP) Nov 15, 2003 An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted northern Japan early Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. At least 49 people killed, eight missing as flooding hits central Vietnam HANOI (AFP) Nov 15, 2003 At least 49 people were killed and eight others are still missing after severe floods hit central Vietnam, cutting off several villages and burying sleeping people alive, local officials told AFP on Saturday. At least 47 people killed, eight missing as flooding hits central Vietnam HANOI (AFP) Nov 15, 2003 At least 47 people were killed and eight others were still missing after severe floods hit central Vietnam, cutting off several villages and burying sleeping people alive, officials told AFP on Saturday. Japan jolted by quake measuring 5.3 TOKYO (AFP) Nov 14, 2003 An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Japan early Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, according to a local news report. Floods in Sierra Leone leave more than 200 homeless FREETOWN (AFP) Nov 14, 2003 Three days of torrential rain and floods have left more than 200 people homeless in southern Sierra Leone, witnesses said Friday. 18 killed, four missing as severe flooding hits central Vietnam HANOI (AFP) Nov 14, 2003 At least 18 people were killed and another four were missing after severe floods hit central Vietnam, cutting off several villages, officials told AFP Friday. |
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