Part 2:

Amnesty: World 'is on a ticking time bomb'

Georgia says UN's Ban blackmailed by Russia

Hezbollah Says It Is Talking to European Union and I.M.F.

Russia to spend $10B on IMF bonds

G8: Energy investment ’necessary’ inspite of crisis

Among all the green shoots, this one's a mouthful

Ban denies charge of bowing to 'Russian blackmail'

G-20 to Meet in Pittsburgh in Sept.
Sept. 24 and 25

US to host next G20 world meeting
April's G20 summit in London announced a $1.1tn (£691bn) rescue plan to help revive the world economy.

The September meeting is expected to monitor the implementation of the plan so far, and decide whether further measures are needed.

G8 Interior, Justice Mins Open Talks On Crime, Terrorism

Egypt confident on UNESCO job despite Israel book-burning row

Arms body breaks 12 years of deadlock on nukes

Russia to discuss WTO entry with EU, U.S. next week

World likely to emerge from crisis in early 2010
I thought it was this summer. Or this fall. Gee, maybe it's worse than they want to admit?

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Japan's earthquake rescue robot

4,000-year-old ‘Mumbles Railway’ discovered

Homeland Security begins collecting fingerprints at airports

US Army Looking for Biometric Sensors to Gauge Motives from Facial Expressions

DHS expands RFID use at borders today

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Drought in Oklahoma, Texas pushing grain prices higher

Drought delays S E Australia wheat planting

Argentina's farming in crisis: Parched earth, empty barns

In Brazil, extreme weather stokes climate worries

Heatwaves hit Australian wine output

Iraq seeks neighbours help on power and water

Solar eclipse 2009: Where to go to see the natural blackout

How to delay the end of the world
JAMES LOVELOCK, who developed the Gaia theory of the earth, has issued an apocalyptic prediction. He claims that global warming is now irreversible and, as a result, more than six billion people will die before the end of the century.

ME: Well, yeah. There are a little over 6 billion of us alive right now, and it's a safe bet most of us will be dead BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.
Aargh. Who buys this crap?

Family hospitalised after attack by rampaging apes in Gibraltar

Israel Accuses World Bank of "Propaganda" in Water Access Report

500,000 homeless after South Asia cyclone

Brazil dam break kills 4, leaves 11 people missing

Diarrhoea outbreak after Bangladesh cyclone

Researchers identify new deadly virus in Africa

Argentina's dengue cases rise to 25,833

Sri Lanka Faces Dengue Epidemic

Kenya - 13 in hospital as typhoid returns

Doctors: MRSA, staph cases on rise

Millions Threatened by Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine

Summer heat jumps the gun

Iraq rattled by snakes on a plain
Bwah! This headline gets a gold star.

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Earthquake rattles Taiwan, no reports of damage

Mount Nyiragongo volcano shows increased activity

Magnitude 4.5 - OAXACA, MEXICO

Magnitude 4.7 - WESTERN IRAN
Earthquake jolts Oshtorinan in Iran's province of Lorestan

Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTH OF TONGA

Magnitude 5.1 - TONGA REGION

Magnitude 5.1 - SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Magnitude 4.9 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Magnitude 5.2 - ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Earthquake measuring 4,4 registered in Romania

Five magnitude earthquake shakes Peru


Magnitude 7.3 - OFFSHORE HONDURAS
7.1 earthquake topples homes in Honduras, Belize
Honduras earthquake rattles nerves of divers, anglers throughout Caribbean
Honduras shuts port after quake; coffee unhurt
Major quake strikes off Honduras
Major Earthquake Causes Chaos Across Central America

Magnitude 4.8 - OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Magnitude 4.5 - OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Magnitude 4.5 - OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Magnitude 4.6 - OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Magnitude 4.6 - HONDURAS
Magnitude 4.5 - OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Magnitude 4.5 - OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Guatemala Rates Quake Damage

Was the 7.1 earthquake connected to a 50 foot water retreat in Puerto Rico?
A tsunami? The apocalypse? No, it's just the moon

Magnitude 4.6 - MARTINIQUE REGION, WINDWARD ISLANDS
Magnitude 4.6 - VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
Magnitude 4.6 - NORTH OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
4.6 quake hits north of Virgin Islands; no damage
On the other end of the Caribbean plate.

Magnitude 5.1 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Magnitude 3.0 - ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA

Redoubt watch: Still smoking

Health problems hit as ash rains down on Central Java

Giant undersea volcano found in Sunda Trench
Undersea volcano discovery raises doubts

Magnitude 5.3 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 4.9 - OFF THE COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO
Magnitude 5.4 - OFF THE COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO
Magnitude 5.1 - OFF THE COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO
Off the Pacific coast, not the Atlantic.

Magnitude 5.5 - VANUATU

Magnitude 2.2 - OKLAHOMA

2 minor earthquakes shake volcano Nevado del Huila
400 families want to move over fear of volcanoes

Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE

Magnitude 5.2 - MOLUCCA SEA

Magnitude 5.7 - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

Magnitude 4.7 - ICELAND REGION

Magnitude 5.1 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Magnitude 4.6 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Magnitude 5.2 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.1 - STATE OF YAP, FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA

Magnitude 5.2 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Magnitude 4.8 - CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Magnitude 5.1 - MOLUCCA SEA

Magnitude 4.6 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

Magnitude 2.2 - SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

Officials: Indonesian volcano threatens to erupt

Alaskan volcano could be set to blow again

Quake Shakes Bulgaria Blagoevgrad Region

Earthquake threat persists in Al-Ais