Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area, 2nd hits Indian OceanTOKYO —A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to be shut down for safety checks. US says huge 7.6 earthquake hits in Indian OceanWASHINGTON —U.S. officials on Monday reported that a huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean and issued a regional tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh that was lifted later. Yemeni official: Yemenia Air plane bound for Comoros in Indian Ocean crashesSAN’A, Yemen — A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said. USAID giving $1 million to project for southern Africa’s disaster-stricken Zambezi River basinJOHANNESBURG — The U.S. development agency said Thursday it has committed $1 million to a project that aims to help people living along southern Africa’s Zambezi River cope with worsening natural disasters because of climate change. India fears Pakistan’s problems can ‘easily’ spill over (Second Lead)NEW DELHI - Fearing that Pakistan’s problems could easily spill over to India, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday asked the armed forces to be vigilant about the happenings in the neighbouring country and to keep in mind that the groups Islamabad was now acting against were once considered assets by the establishment. |