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The Butchery in Mexico

Dec 23, 2009
Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/world/americas/23mexico.html?th&emc=th NYT, 12/23/09 MEXICO CITY — “It had been an elaborate farewell to one of Mexico’s fallen heroes. Ensign Melquisedet Angulo Córdova, a special forces sailor killed...

Photo of the simmering Mayon volcano

Dec 23, 2009
 

12/23/72: The Nicaraguan EQ kills thousands

Dec 23, 2009
BBC, 1972:   Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake ripped through the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. Initial reports suggest whole communities have been wiped out as an estimated 80% of buildings have been flattened with...

Deadly MVA in Cornwall

Dec 23, 2009
Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8427599.stm BBC, 12/22/09:   “Two women have died and another 47 people have been injured in a coach crash on a country road in Cornwall. The coach is thought to have skidded on sheet ice...

European Cold Snap Continues

Dec 23, 2009
BBC, 12/22/09:   “Europe faces continued transport chaos as a cold snap sweeps across the continent, causing at least 90 deaths.” Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/europe/8425805.stm


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