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TBILISI (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Mikhail Saakashvili was poised Monday for a landslide victory in Georgia's weekend presidential election, six weeks after ousting veteran Eduard Shevardnadze from power in a "rose revolution." Bam survivors move to tent cities as Iran mulls Tehran quake plan BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Survivors of the Bam earthquake began moving into vast tent cities away from the rubble on Monday as the regime studied plans to move the seat of government out of the quake-prone capital Tehran for fear of impending catastrophe. |
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Bam quake survivors move into tent cities BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Ten days after the powerful quake that razed the ancient Iranian town of Bam, homeless families finally Monday began moving into vast tent cities set up by the Iranian authorities and foreign aid agencies. Child survivors of quake face traumatic day back at school BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 In a prefabricated hut barely bigger than a minibus, five rows of desks are lined up in front of a blackboard. Outside, the child survivors of the Bam earthquake line up to register for school. After Bam quake, Iran leadership to consider shifting capital TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Iran's top national security body is to "seriously" consider proposals to shift the political capital out of quake-prone Tehran following last month's devasting temblor in the southeast of the country, state television reported Monday. Back to school in quake-hit Bam, survivors to move to tent cities BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Children from the quake-devastated southeastern Iranian city of Bam were headed back to school on Monday, as authorities unveiled plans to move survivors to massive camps away from the rubble. Earthquake measuring 4.9 jolts Taiwan TAIPEI (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rocked Taiwan on Monday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Washington's 'earthquake diplomacy' stirs up fresh debate in Iran TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Iran's clerical leaders may have played down the US aid to Iranian quake victims and Washington's offer to follow up with a high-level visit, but the gestures have still sparked fresh debate here over how to deal with the "Great Satan". |
Cyclone Heta lashes Samoa, American Samoa, coastal flooding forecast PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Tropical Cyclone Heta was believed to have claimed at least one life as it lashed American Samoa and neighbouring Samoa on Sunday, forcing coastal residents to move inland as extreme high tides swept seaside homes away. Indonesian quake damaged 6,000 buildings, to cost 12 million dollars JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 A powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia's holiday islands of Bali and Lombok last week damaged more than 6,000 buildings and caused financial losses of 12 million dollars, officials said Monday. 11 die fighting forest fire in southern China BEIJING (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Eleven people have been killed while fighting a forest fire in southern China's Guangxi province, state press reported Monday. Japan FM heads to Iran, UAE to discuss quake aid, nuclear inspections TOKYO (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi left for Iran on Monday to discuss pledged aid to the quake-devastated nation and welcome Tehran's moves to co-operate with nuclear inspections, a foreign ministry official said. After Bam quake, Iran's leadership to consider shifting capital TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Iran's top national security body will this week "seriously" examine proposals to shift the Islamic republic's political capital out of quake-prone Tehran following the devasting earthquake in the southeast of the country, state television reported Monday. Severe coastal flooding forecast as Cyclone Heta lashes Samoa PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AFP) Jan 05, 2004 Residents if coastal villages in American Samoa were packing up and moving inland Sunday ahead of threatened extreme high tides as tropical cyclone Heta swept through the area. |
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