By: Olukunle Odebo | 2010-02-06 | News and society The quake, which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale levelled all the major churches and seminaries in the Haitian capital, Pot-au-Prince.It also killed the Haitian Archbishop, Joseph Serge Miot, among read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-11 | News and society Northeastern Japan has just been slammed by a 10 meter tsunami after the 8.9 quake which struck about 400km from Tokyo. The tsunami wept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings, and so on. 18 people are confirmed dead, 200 others were washed away, with several others missing during the disaster on the Sendai Island. People are still being evacuated to higher ground in coastal areas in order to survive from the powerful waves. Communication links are now broken, making it difficult to confirm the number of deaths and injuries. Let’s have a look at some first images of this deadly tsunami through these photos as below: read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-10-24 | News and society An estimated 1,000 people were feared dead as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Sunday, destroying dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and blocks of concrete and trapping some victims alive under debris. The quake’s epicenter was at the village of Tabanli, 20 km north of Van city, Kandilli said. read more
By: Prince Damin | 2011-08-02 | Personal Finance They don’t warn before they strike, but some common sense precautions help before, during, and after natural disasters. read more
By: Kevin Smith | 2011-05-23 | Environment They don’t warn before they strike, but some common sense precautions help before, during, and after natural disasters. read more
By: Manjunatha Karantha | 2010-03-29 | Software SpywareQuake is a rogue anti-spyware program. These are usually anti-spyware or security software applications that use various forms of deception and/or unethical means or show a history of negligent false positives to goad the end computer user to make a purchase. It was formerly known as SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, SpywareStrike, SpyDawn and is now known as SpyLocked in its latest version. read more
By: Hayi Mansoor | 2010-04-04 | Environmental The morning of October 8, 2005 is a day Pakistanis will never forget for a long time to come. This is because this was the day the powerful earthquake had struck the Indo-Pakistan border with a magnitude of 7.6. Not only did this earthquake in Pakistan affect Pakistan, it also affected northern India and eastern Afghanistan. In fact, this earthquake in Pakistan in considered to be one of the strongest earthquakes that has occurred in this area since M7.6 in 1555. read more
By: Lance Winslow | 2010-04-04 | News and society The news media in Iran is stating that the United States by issuing additional sanctions against Iran and declaring it's suicide Jihad Quds and International Terrorist Group - Is taking the first major steps towards war. Indeed, this is quite a falsehood, in that Iran by sending in support and weapons to insurgents has already been at war with the US in Iraq for quite some time, killing US Troops. read more
By: ryyy | 2010-09-08 | Non Profit Organizations Chongqing four male striving for "Western shoes," middle of last month, the second large national shoe production the Wenzhou footwear giant Aokang Group held two days in Chongqing read more
By: Mary Rose | 2010-02-11 | News and society Earthquakes which strike without warning can kill thousands of people for a moment. Waves of violent shakes can destroy buildings, roads, and entire cities. read more
By: Lanbo Jiang | 2011-06-30 | Marketing In recent years, rapid economic development along the coast, part of the production processes of traditional industries and gradually shift to the central and western regions. As for shoes for the west, Chengdu and Chongqing Bishan two production bases in western footwear. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-04-07 | Current Affairs The Friday’s biggest recorded earthquake and ferocious tsunami striking Japan killed hundreds of people, swept away ships, cars and homes, triggered widespread fires and caused massive explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo. At present, thousand corpses scattered around the Fukushima couldn’t be collected by rescuers because they have been contaminated the radioactive. More than 11,000 people lost their lives and 16,500 others remain missing. Besides the massive devastation and severe casualties, two emerging threats to the Japanese economy can be seen including the compromised domestic power supply and frozen expert. It takes a long time to reach the recovery. Here are some newly released pictures of Japan after quake and tsunami, which capture how people remain their lives, look for disappearing relatives and overcome difficulties from huge ruins. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-11-07 | News and society A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Oklahoma on New Madrid Fault Saturday, followed by aftershocks Sunday, damaged at least 14 homes but luckily no one was seriously injured. The earthquake which was the reportedly strongest earthquake in Oklahoma history was felt as far away as Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to the Geological Survey, the largest earthquake previously recorded in Oklahoma was a 5.5-magnitude tremor in 1952. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-09-12 | News and society It has been six months since the terrible March 11 quake-tsunami in Japan – the event now seared in the national consciousness. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-14 | News and society The most powerful quake in Japan’s recorded history followed by a tsunami savaging the northeastern coast has not only caused heavy casualties and severe property consequences, but also led to dead multiple nuclear meltdowns. The first massive explosion and leak rocked the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, happened on Saturday (March 12, 2011) and make thousands of people be evacuated from their home. Unfortunately, radiation levels around the plant had risen above the safety limit. It threatened to be the world’s most devastating nuclear disaster since Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. On Saturday, Japanese officials took the extraordinary step of flooding the No. 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 170 miles north of Tokyo, with seawater in an effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown. On Sunday, operators lost the ability to cool the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s reactor No.3 and three reactors at a nucle read more