| SPACE DAILY | TERRA DAILY | SPACE WAR | MARS DAILY | SPACE MART |
 |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
| PREVIOUS ISSUE OF NATURAL DISASTERS NEWS AT TERRADAILY |
|
Hollywood's Jolie, Pitt arrive in quake-hit Pakistan MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 Hollywood megastars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrived in Pakistan Thursday to visit victims of last month's giant earthquake, officials and witnesses said. Mediterranean, Northeast Atlantic to get tsunami warning system PARIS (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 Countries on the Mediterranean rim and Northeast Atlantic coast are to launch a tsunami early warning system, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said here in a press statement. Time for world to repay Pakistan for refugee help, says UN MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 The UN refugee agency chief urged the world Thursday to prevent a tragedy over the winter in quake-hit Pakistan and to repay the country for generously hosting millions of Afghan refugees. |
India holds wargames at island base hit by tsunami NEW DELHI (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 India was set Thursday to wrap up week-long wargames held amid secrecy at a strategic island military base in the Indian Ocean that was flattened by last year's tsunami, officials said. Demise of airline reflects Bali's post-bombing woes JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 The demise of a fledgling Indonesian airline shows how the country, and especially its major resort island of Bali, is still suffering from the after-effects of terrorism, the tsunami and bird flu. Bird flu outbreaks in Indonesia's Aceh: official JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 Hundreds of chickens in Indonesia's tsunami-hit province of Aceh have died of bird flu, an official said Thursday. |
|
|
Indonesian president on surprise visit to quake-hit Pakistan ISLAMABAD (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived for a surprise visit to Pakistan Thursday, to show solidarity after last month's devastating South Asian earthquake, officials said. Three children dead, thousand evacuated as floods hit Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 Floods in Malaysia's northeastern states this week have killed at least three children and forced more than one thousand residents to flee the area, reports said Thursday. Storm-ravaged New Orleans ready to party on Mardi Gras NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras parades will fill the storm-battered city's streets in February, but the cash-strapped city reduced the number of party days, officials announced Wednesday. |
Moderate quake hits Indonesia's Papua JAKARTA (AFP) Nov 24, 2005 A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Thursday, the meteorology and geophysics office here said. Tropical Storm Delta forms, 25th in record hurricane season MIAMI (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 Tropical Storm Delta formed Wednesday in the Atlantic, the 25th in an already record-breaking hurricane season, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported. Minister quits as Marxists, monks kept out of new Sri Lanka cabinet COLOMBO (AFP) Nov 23, 2005 Sri Lanka's new president on Wednesday set up a 25-member cabinet which excluded hard-line allies from the Marxist and Buddhist monks, immediately sparking a resignation by a dissident minister. |
|
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2005 - SPXDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by TERRADAILY on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
