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Indonesian police Saturday were studying DNA evidence from the remains of two suicide bombers who carried out twin attacks on luxury Jakarta hotels, as security was tightened across the country. Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated powerful devices at the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in an upmarket business district Friday, leaving nine dead and...
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A 7.9 magnitude quake about 209km (130 miles) south-east of Tonga triggered a tsunami in the South Pacific, but there were no immediate reports of damage. A regional tsunami warning was issued, but withdrawn just over an hour and a half later. The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) had said high waves were...
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The death toll from Australia’s deadliest bushfires may reach 300, officials said, as police probe whether the blaze in the worst-hit town of Marysville was lit deliberately. At least 181 people are confirmed dead in the wildfires sweeping through Victoria state and the coroner is prepared for as many as 300 bodies, Police Commissioner...
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SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Authorities rushed on Monday to deliver clean drinking water and other supplies to thousands of villagers who fled flooding from tropical storms that have killed at least eight people on this Pacific island nation. The government declared a state of emergency in the western districts that were the hardest hit...
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French search divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Airbus plane that crashed in the Mediterranean killing all seven people on board. The black box was to be dried out in Paris before data was retrieved, said Air New Zealand’s Ed Sims. Four of the airline’s staff, one aviation official and two...
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A New Zealand air force plane is searching the Pacific Ocean for 29 Taiwanese fishermen after their burnt-out boat was found adrift north of Fiji. The men have been missing since October 28. The New Zealand air force says the search was launched after the Taiwanese long line boat was spotted with no-one on...
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NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck beneath the South Pacific Ocean on Sunday, shaking buildings in the nearest country, Tonga, for about two minutes, officials and residents said. No damage or injuries were reported. The earthquake, which hit shortly after 5 a.m. local time, was felt in the archipelago’s southern islands...
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An earthquake with a 5.5 magnitude has struck off New Zealand, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no early reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit at a depth of 35 kilometres off the remote Kermadec islands at 2:50am local time, the USGS said. Earthquakes are frequent in New Zealand, where...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand’s remote and largely uninhabited Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, New Zealand’s GNS Science geological agency said. New Zealand’s Ministry of Civil Defense issued no tsunami warning following the quake, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin on its Web site that...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand’s remote and largely uninhabited Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, New Zealand’s GNS Science geological agency said. New Zealand’s Ministry of Civil Defense issued no tsunami warning following the quake, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin on its Web site that...
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