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7.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Indonesia

Five strong aftershocks were reported, measuring 5.2

(SUMATRA, Indonesia) - Sparking fears of another tsunami similar to 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey says a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck . Maggie Rodriguez reports.

The U.S. Geologic Survey says a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

Down the Drain

Putting in a new drain field was never at the top of my list of the ten most entertaining things to do...

(PATAGONIA, Argentina) - Summer ended last night on the 31st of March at four in the morning. That’s when a huge thunderbolt smacked into our house turning on lights before the breaker switch kicked off.

I jumped out of bed to see what had happened as the bang and light had at first appeared to me as signs of a break-in.

So, We are Terrorists!

Tensions between Iran and Canada lead to mistreatment and humiliation, and the unreasonable and questionable rejections of visa applications.

(TEHRAN) - Dr. Hossein Beik-baghban, a renowned Iranian professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Strasbourg, once explained a bitterly interesting memory.

Upon learning he was Iranian, a woman in France stated: Oh! So, you are a terrorist!"

Haiti`s Socioeconomic Makeover

Global intervention is not necessary; However, Global sustainable involvement and empowerment are essential.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Let’s first preface and pose a question; when we consider the path of least resistance what seems easier to pursue AID, OR SOCIOECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT?

This seems to be the standard across the world when it comes to confronting such large undertakings.

The Ruins of Juarez

The world's most violent city, right next door to the U.S.A.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Approaching Ciudad Juarez from the south, passengers on a commercial bus got a hard look at the world’s most violent city.

Halted at a checkpoint outside the city limits, the bus was inspected by Mexican soldiers before being allowed to proceed.

Rule by Law or Defiance

If justice becomes the beacon that guides the UN toward peace, it would have to begin at Resolution 181, the partition of Palestine.

(LA VERNE, Calif.) - Unauthorized statements have been made to the effect that the purpose in view is to create a wholly Jewish Palestine.

His Majesty’s Government regard any such expectation as impracticable and have no such aim in view. Nor have they at any time contemplated... the disappearance or the subordination of the Arabic population, language or culture in Palestine...

Empowering Haiti

How to begin to Empower Haiti and start the mending process?

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Looking through the historical lens of Haiti, before the earthquake, before the hurricane, there is a place known to most of the outside world as a Caribbean island and its related connotation.

If you take one step inside Haiti, there is a much different picture; that of poverty, unemployment, sacrifice and sadness.

Violence Threatens Border Elections

More violence over the weekend.

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - Upcoming state and local elections could become another casualty of the violence ravaging a rural region just south of Ciudad Juarez.

Less than three months before voters go to the polls to elect a new governor and other officials, no one has registered for the mayoral candidacies of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) in the municipalities of Praxedis G. Guerrero and Guadalupe Distrito Bravos.

Was Israel Ever Legitimate?

Israel was never legitimate, and the U.S. has an obligation to secure the weapons of mass destruction now under the control of this enclave.

(TEMPE, Az.) - The history of Israel as a geopolitical fraud will fill entire libraries as those defrauded marvel at how so few deceived so many for so long.

Those duped include many naive Jews who—even now—identify their interests with this extremist enclave.

95 Chinese Miners Rescued One Week After Collapse

The miners were digging tunnels when they broke into a water-filled abandoned shaft.

(SHANXI, China) - Rescue workers have found at least 95 miners out of 153 that were trapped more than a week in northern Chinese province of Shanxi.

"A miracle has finally happened," a rescue headquarters spokesman, Liu Dezheng, said on Monday.