2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Indonesian militants recruit fighters in video
...walk from the nearest village. It is unknown why the terrorists chose Aceh, which was hard hit by the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, for a base. Until a peace deal in 2005, it was home to a...
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Haiti Loses Its Lifeboat
...and international responders. By contrast, a similar hospital ship, the USNS Mercy, responding to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, had only just arrived on the scene at a...
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...agreement was signed in 2005 after more than 30 years of civil war, and Aceh is still rebuilding after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami that killed 170,000 people and devastated much of...
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U.S., Indonesia Partner on Disaster Preparedness, Response
...traveling across the ocean. "The international community has made tremendous progress since the horrific 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami," said U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric...
Haiti challenge
...fund, managed by the World Bank, was set up in Indonesia to manage the reconstruction effort in Aceh after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. "We are providing feedback to our...
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...other unexpected disasters that have had cataclysmic effects on the world this century: September 11 2001, the Indian Ocean tsunami, wars on several continents, and now the banking...
Top 5 ways to mess with Earth's day
...8.8 earthquake in Chile on February 27, which shortened Earth's day by about 1.26 microseconds. The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake spawned a horrific tsunami throughout the Indian...
"The international community has made tremendous progress since the horrific 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami," said U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Jane Lubchenco in December 2009. "Ongoing NOAA research, development and deployment of tsunami detection and prediction systems, 24-hour tsunami warning centers, and education - the key to tsunami preparedness - ensure improved protection of lives and property. "
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Chilean quake shortened Earth's day, but not by much
...Chilean quake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds -- the unit of time for millionths of a second -- the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that triggered the catastrophic Asian tsunami...
Chilean quake shortened a day by 1.26 microseconds, JPL scientist says [Updated]
...quake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds -- the unit of time for millionths of a second -- the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that triggered the catastrophic Asian tsunami shaved 7...
Tsunami alerts help save lives
...attached to a buoy, is among the newest tools deployed by the United States since the Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 200,000 people in Indonesia, Thailand...
Tsunami magnitude difficult to predict
...of Chile, it will displace "a huge column of water," Yim said. That is precisely what happened with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated parts of Indonesia. Yim noted...
