Prescott defends quake response
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John Prescott stresses the UK's "quick response" to the tsunami disaster and defends Tony Blair's involvement.
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Strong aftershocks from the Indonesian earthquake will be felt for "weeks and months" but more killer-magnitude tremblers and deadly tsunamis were unlikely, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.
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The lead role in coordinating relief efforts in areas of Asia battered by earthquakes and tidal waves should be played by the United Nations and not the G8, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
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Britain is ready to help those hit by the Asian earthquake in any way it can, Tony Blair has said. The &quot;world is united in sorrow&quot;, he said, for those affected by the devastating tidal wave which has killed about 68,000 people in 12 countries.
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After a major earthquake and 10 typhoons, there's more concern that the system can't handle such disasters.
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A warning center such as those used  along the Pacific Rim could have saved most of the thousands of  people who died in Asia's earthquake and tsunami, a U.S.  Geological Survey official said on Sunday.
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Former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar defended his government's response to the Madrid train bombings in keenly awaited testimony Monday before lawmakers investigating the massacre.
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But the it was probably unrelated to the massive quake in sub-Antarctica, an expert said. Seismologist Cvetan Sinadinovski of Canberra-based Geoscience Australia said the earthquake 900km southeast
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 14--Do you remember the Mackay earthquake of 1983? Where were you, and what did you experience?   Betty Hare, who is compiling personal stories for inclusion in "Mackay Earthquake Retrospective," wants to hear about your experience.
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Lawmakers investigating the Madrid train bombings censured the previous government&#39;s handling of the attack, while former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted Monday the Socialists might not have ousted his party were it not for Spain&#39;s worst
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Alistair Darling defends his handling of the Northern Rock crisis, after an MPs report criticises his actions.
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It was not clear who was responsible for the bombs, none of which was big enough to cause major damage to the buildings. &quot;The government is asking the people not to touch any packages and to call the police if they find them.
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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion, even as a published report said government experts had cast doubt at the time.
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Iraq's prime minister vowed on Saturday that attacks by two female bombers which killed 99 people in Baghdad would not derail improved security, but angry residents demanded the government do more to protect them.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other high ranking officials sought to reassure Iraqis after Fridayâs pet market bombings.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. A seismologist says he can&#39;t decipher the meaning of the latest activity on Mount St.
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Lawmakers investigating the Madrid train bombings censured the previous government's handling of the attack, while former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted Monday the Socialists might not have ousted his party were it not for Spain's worst terrorist assault.