azerireport.com – AZAD Called on NATO Leaders to Pay Attention to Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Record
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Mon, 21/05/12 – 22:00 | No Comment

CHICAGO. May 21, 2012: Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev is attending the NATO summit in Chicago. The representative of the Azerbaijani Americans for Democracy (AZAD) said Nuri has  spread the AZAD statement among the journalists covering …

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Thu, 26/04/12 – 1:00 | No Comment
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Mystery fossil has scientists stumped
DAYTON, Ohio, April 24 (UPI) — an amateur paleontologist from Ohio has found a very large and very mysterious fossil in Kentucky that professional scientists say has them puzzled.
The fossilized mysterious …

6.5-magnitude quake shakes central Chile
Tue, 24/04/12 – 15:00 | No Comment
6.5-magnitude quake shakes central Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile –  a strong magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook central Chile late Monday, prompting authorities to order a preventative evacuation of a stretch of coastline.
There were no immediate reports of damage or deaths, but the quake …

‘Odd duck’ Indonesia quake surprises scientists
Mon, 23/04/12 – 14:00 | No Comment
‘Odd duck’ Indonesia quake surprises scientists

LOS ANGELES –  the massive earthquake off Indonesia surprised scientists: usually this type of jolt isn’t this powerful.
The biggest earthquakes tend to occur in subduction zones where one plate of the Earth’s crust dives under …

Is there enough being spent on Delta’s levees?
Fri, 20/04/12 – 23:00 | No Comment
Is there enough being spent on Delta’s levees?

On one side is a large lake formed when a different levee broke and flooded the area known as Franks Tract in the 1930s. on the other, grazing land and a much smaller lake formed …

Bruins visit Caps for pivotal Game 3
Fri, 20/04/12 – 19:00 | No Comment
Bruins visit Caps for pivotal Game 3

After playing a pair of tightly-contested games in Boston, the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between the Bruins and Capitals will shift to Washington for tonight’s pivotal Game 3 at the Verizon Center.
These teams have combined …

Hundreds of millions spent to protect Delta levees. Is it enough?
Thu, 19/04/12 – 13:00 | No Comment
Hundreds of millions spent to protect Delta levees. Is it enough?

Gilbert Cosio’s truck rolled to a stop on a Delta levee recently fortified with $4 million worth of rock and engineering.
On one side is a large lake formed when a different levee broke and flooded …

Tsunami ‘ghost ship’ sinks after US coastguard opens fire
Wed, 18/04/12 – 23:00 | No Comment
Tsunami ‘ghost ship’ sinks after US coastguard opens fire

Japanese fishing vessel washed out to sea by 2011 tsunami is sunk off the coast of Alaska Link to this video
The US coastguard has machine-gunned and sunk a derelict and fuel-laden Japanese fishing vessel washed …

Tsunami preparedness week offers North Coast important chance to test alerts
Sun, 15/04/12 – 7:00 | No Comment
Tsunami preparedness week offers North Coast important chance to test alerts

Today begins tsunami preparedness week in California. For the next week I am updating the series of My Word articles I wrote last year to discuss the lessons learned in the year since the Japan …

Mets lose to Nationals; Wright has fractured finger
Sun, 15/04/12 – 2:00 | No Comment
Mets lose to Nationals; Wright has fractured finger

It’s just another instance of the Mets getting the Finger.
David Wright could be headed to the disabled list after X-rays last night revealed the Mets third baseman has a small fracture at the middle joint …

Salvaging memories from Japan
Sun, 8/04/12 – 21:00 | No Comment
Salvaging memories from Japan

The Lost & found Project displays photos recovered from Yamamoto, a small town in Japan ravaged by the tsunami last year. Sako Shimizu, a project volunteer, describes how each picture was cleaned, digitized and catalogued. …