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Collapse suspects detained (Shanghai Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
Nine suspects involved in the collapse of a building in Songjiang District have been placed in criminal ... The three-story building collapsed on Monday afternoon, injuring a woman and her son....

Powerful Earthquakes Strike Southern Japan

Edit Chosun Ilbo 15 Apr 2016
Both victims are from Mashiki, the hardest hit ... The U.S ... At least 19 houses have collapsed since the initial quake. Police say they fear people are still trapped under collapsed houses in the affected area ... He also said that some houses and walls were collapsed and the water supply had been cut off in his neighborhood in Mashiki....

Death toll rises to 9 after strong quakes hit Kumamoto, SW Japan

Edit Xinhua 15 Apr 2016
Local media said that some 23,000 people were taking shelter at about 350 sites in the prefecture, according to reports. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) revised the first quake from 6.4 magnitude to 6.5 ... The epicenter of the M6.5 quake was detected at 32.7 degree north latitude and 130.8 degree longitude with a depth of 11 km, said the JMA ... A total of 19 buildings damaged and collapsed in the affected area....

Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in Japan

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 15 Apr 2016
Yoshihide Suga said he would visit the area Friday to assess the damage ... The quake struck at 9.26 p.m ... collapsed walls, streets warped by manholes that were pushed higher by the earth’s movement, an expressway crunched and buckled ... Keisuke Urata, an official in nearby Uki city who was driving home when the quake struck, told NHK that parts of the ceiling at Uki City Hall collapsed, windows broke and cabinets fell to the ground....

Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southern Japan

Edit National Public Radio 15 Apr 2016
A partially collapsed house is seen after southern Japan was struck with a 6.2-magnitude earthquake ... A partially collapsed house is seen after southern Japan was struck ... According to the U.S....

Strong quake strikes Japan’s Kyushu Island, killing at least 2

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 15 Apr 2016
Both victims are from the hardest-hit town of Mashiki, about 9 miles east of Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu, said Kumamoto prefecture disaster management official Takayuki Matsushita ... The damage and calls for help are ......

Boosting coal output at the cost of safety?

Edit The Hindu 15 Apr 2016
The fresh mine mishap in Shanthikhani underground mine in Mandamarri coal belt of ... But, the roof collapse at the junction place, that too in one of the deepest UG mine, raises many eyebrows about the violation of safety norms by the SCCL management....

Troops deployed as Japan earthquake kills nine and injures more than 760

Edit Belfast Telegraph 15 Apr 2016
The government's chief spokesman Yoshihide Suga said he would visit the area on Friday to assess the damage ... The area is about 800 miles south-west of Tokyo ... The extent of the damage was becoming more clear with daybreak ... He said some houses and walls collapsed in his neighbourhood, and the water supply had been cut off....

Maduro Orders Time Zone Change to Battle Venezuela Power Crisis

Edit Bloomberg 15 Apr 2016
Faced with a prolonged drought pushing his country’s spotty electric grid to the point of collapse, Maduro also ordered Monday, April 18, a holiday and said he will further curtail power use by shopping malls ... triple-digit inflation and the nation’s deepest recession in more than a decade as a collapse in oil revenue saps government coffers....

Old Kolkata buildings, flyovers at risk from quake shockwaves

Edit The Times of India 15 Apr 2016
Old buildings and elongated structures like flyovers in Kolkata are vulnerable to earthquakes that strike the northeast and if a big one hits near Darjeeling, the waves will be strong enough to wreak havoc here, warn experts ... Newer buildings, even highrises, are safer although the higher floors may sway wildly ... Old buildings, on the other hand, may collapse in a heap even without shaking if a strong wave hits," said Datta....

Spieth will be back, says Love

Edit The Telegraph India 15 Apr 2016
Jordan Spieth will never get over his shocking Masters meltdown, no matter how many Major championships he wins, but will learn from his collapse, United States Ryder Cup captain Davis Love said on Wednesday ... ....

Utah Jazz put wraps on a disappointing, yet hopeful, season (with video)

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 15 Apr 2016
Rudy Gobert limped to the stage, the living, breathing, hobbling embodiment of a Utah Jazz season that ended this week too early for their liking. Seven months ago, Gobert and his teammates sat in the very same room in ... Now, after a late season collapse (in Gobert’s case, literally falling to the ground after badly spraining his ankle in a pivotal ......

Crowds in Washington, D.C., Burnsville denounce Teamster pension cuts

Edit Star Tribune 15 Apr 2016
Rallies target cuts that proponents say will save a pension plan from collapse ... ....
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