New Zealand
New Zealand mine: 'No survivors' after second blast
November 24, 2010All 29 men missing in a New Zealand coal mine since Friday are believed to be dead after a second explosion. Police Supt Gary Knowles said there was no hope that anyone could have survived the "massive" underground blast at the Pike River...
Smaller than expected Tsunami reaches Japan, Russia
February 28, 2010A tsunami generated by Chile's massive earthquake reached the shores of Japan and Russia Sunday, but waves were smaller than expected and did not cause damage or casualties. Japan had ordered hundreds of thousands of people to move to higher ground along...
UN swine flu pandemic alert remains at phase 4
April 29, 2009The international influenza pandemic alert remains at phase four, on a six-level warning scale, the United Nations health agency said today, as the count of swine flu infections continues to rise. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that at...
Barack Obama: Utmost Precautions Needed to Combat Swine Flu
April 29, 2009By Michael Bowman U.S. President Barack Obama says schools should consider closing if cases of swine flu are even suspected among students or faculty. Mr. Obama spoke just hours after the United States recorded the first known death outside Mexico...
Naked statue dressed up for rugby tourney
February 04, 2009A prominent statue of a naked man was dressed up for a big rugby tourney in Wellington, New Zealand, this week only sans pants. Nicole Retter, an events coordinator for the local tourism agency, braved high winds to deck out the upper half of the Solace...
