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Quake sets off Asian tsunami alert
26 Dec 2006 18:31 GMT | einsnews.com
... major 7.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Taiwan has set off a tsunami warning in ... Three others were waiting to be rescued. Taiwanese television reports showed people in the city ... largest had measured less than that. In Hong Kong, residents said they felt their high-rise buildings ...
After SARS, Beijing on alert for mass fever cases (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:58:51 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - China, where the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) first emerged in 2002, is on the alert for fever among groups of flu sufferers in its freezing capital, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
Gunung Talang on Alert: West Sumatra
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:06:41 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
Indonesia has raised the alert level for Mount Talang on Sumatra island following increased smoke and tremors, a vulcanologist said. It appears the activity level of most volcanoes in the archipelago are rising. “The status was raised on March 17 at 7:00 pm,” said Dalifa Marjusi from the local vulcanology office as a report in the [...]
Central China on disease alert after rats invade
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:36:28 +0000 | Newsvine China
CHANGSHA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are on the alert for possible disease outbreaks after an estimated 2 billion rats chomped their way through crops in 22 counties around Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.
Philippines on Alert After Plot
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:08:30 GMT | New York Times
The Philippine authorities went on high alert Thursday after the discovery of what officials said was a plot to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
