By ROB HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said. Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney.
The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at about 1 a.m. and was centered about 125 miles north of London, the British Geological Survey said.
Julian Bukits of the geological survey called it the most powerful quake in Britain ... Read More
By ROB HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said. Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney.
The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at about 1 a.m. and was centered about 125 miles north of London, the British Geological Survey said.
Julian Bukits of the geological survey called it the most powerful quake in Britain ... Read More
US to blast satellite after space shuttle lands
(Reuters)
16 February 2008 WASHINGTON - The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled US spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a US general said on Friday.
“The window will open when the shuttle is on the ground,” said Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director of operations for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff.
The space shuttle is scheduled to land on Wednesday at 9:06 a.m ... Read More
India opens massive weapons fair, denies arming for war
(AFP)
16 February 2008 NEW DELHI - A massive defence fair opened in India’s capital Saturday, with hundreds of global weapons firms competing for billions of dollars of sales to one of the world’s largest armies and biggest spenders.
Some 450 firms from countries including the United States, Russia, Britain, Russia and Israel are displaying their latest hardware to technology-hungry India, the top arms buyer among emerging nations and expected to shell out 30 ... Read More
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OIC warns of 'bigger conflict'
ISTANBUL (AFP) - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference denounced Friday the reprinting of a profane Danish cartoon of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), warning it could lead to confrontations between Muslims and Christians.
“By reprinting these cartoons we are heading towards a bigger conflict and that shows that both sides will be hostages of their radicals,” OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, a Turk, told AFP in Istanbul.
“It is not a way of improving your rights and exercising ... Read More
