| Thu, 17 May 2012 Early warning system succeeds in catching quake
| Chengdu--Scientists in Sichuan province successfully managed to send an early earthquake warning in Wenchuan county, site of a disastrous earthquake four years ago. | Though the warning was only for an earthquake of magnitude 1.3 that took place on Monday in Qingchuan... | Developments in Namibian mining indicate growth of sector
| The Namibian Minister of Environment and Tourism has given environmental clearance to Australia-based uranium explorer Deep Yellow for its 95%-owned Shiyela iron-ore project. | Standard conditions have been attached to the clearance, including local and regional consu... | Diamond miner announces $3m financing agreement
| TSX-listed diamond miner Afri-Can Marine Minerals, which is involved in the acquisition, exploration and development of major properties in Namibia, says it has entered into a financing agreement with fund manager Trinity Asset Management International, of Mauritius, ... | Company reports 2011 drilling results for Namibian project
| Gold exploration company Helio Resource has finalised results from its 2011 drill programmes on the Gold Kop and Leatherman targets, at its Damara Gold Project (DGP), in Namibia, which indicate significant intercepts. | Twelve reverse-circulation (RC) drill holes tota... | Pinamungajan rained with ‘ice’
| SOME 86 houses were destroyed, trees fell and residents were hurt after whirling winds and ice-like particles, slightly bigger than marbles, hit Barangays Lamac and Punod, Pinamungajan town, midwest of Cebu Province yesterday noon. | One woman was rushed to a hospital... | ExxonMobil Foundation benefits Texas A&M
| The Texas A&M Foundation of College Station has received more than $1 million from the ExxonMobil Foundation of Irving in matching funds for donations by the company’s employees. | The ExxonMobil Foundation Educational Matching Program has given more than $477 m... | The songs of Donna Summer: A voice to a generation
Shirley Husar | Ask me a question. | LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2012 – Donna Summers, Queen of Disco, has gathered her family around her to celebrate her "Last Dance". Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on New Years Eve December 31, 1948, Donna Summer has died a... | 4.2 degree quake shakes southern Iran
Tehran, May 18, IRNA – A quake with a magnitude of 4.2 degrees on the richter scale jolted Ahl, an area in the suburbs of the provinces of Hormuzgan and Fars, at 00:02 hours local time (1932 GMT) on Friday. | | According to the Seismological Center of Tehran Un... | Mount Erebus: Antarctica's Most Active Volcano Now Seen From The Inside
| By Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: | What's it like to stare into the roiling mouth of an active volcano? Pretty darn cool, say scientists who work at Antarctica's Mount Erebus, home of one of Earth's only long-lived lava lakes. | But it's what's happen... | |
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