At least 296 killed in Ivory Coast unrestAt least 296 people have been killed in Ivory Coast since a presidential stand-off escalated in mid-December, the United Nations mission in the crisis-hit west African nation said on Thursday. At least 22 people have died in the past week, the spokesman for the UN Mission in Ivory Coast (UNOCI),...
Ivory Coast fighting spreads to southern Abidjan Baku APA. Explosions rocked the southern Abidjan suburb of Koumassi overnight and on Wednesday, as fighting between insurgents seeking to oust Ivory Coasts Laurent Gbagbo and security forces spread to new areas of the main city, APA reports quoting Reuters. Security in the worlds top cocoa...
BP Asks To Resume Gulf Coast Drilling
Some (who don’t speak Chinese) say that the Chinese word for “crisis” also means “opportunity”. Well, no one creates crisis/opportunities like BP does. Via the Boston Globe:
BP has asked US regulators for permission to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, two company...
Papua New Guinea - Earthquake Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time:
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 23:38:57 UTC
Monday, August 01, 2011 at 09:38:57 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
3.569°S, 144.844°E
Depth:
16.8 km (10.4 miles)
Region:
NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
Distances:
134 km (83 miles) E of...
Vanuatu - Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - 24th August
Date-Time: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 23:06:16 UTC
Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:06:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location: 18.180°S, 167.730°E
Depth: 10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region: VANUATU
Distances: 79 km (49 miles) SW of PORT-VILA, Efate,...
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