Nocere – Earth Disasters

A child in the US that had been diagnosed with the swine flu has died. It is the first US human death caused by the H1N1 type of virus.

Dr. Richard Besser, the current director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  in the US is quoted as  Wednesday , “I can confirm the very sad news out of Texas that a child has died of the H1N1 virus.”

So far there have been 64 cases of Swine Flu in the US and 6 of them of them have been found  in Texas according to the CDC.

Mexico has had seven confirmed deaths from the swine influenza.  Besides the US and Mexico, even tho there are 112 cases of the swine flu around the world, no other deaths have been reported.

“Given what we’ve seen in Mexico, we have expected that we would see more severe infections and would see deaths,” Besser said.

The child was approximately 2 years of age.   This is a story that is changing as I write it.

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An earthquake of approximately  6.0 magnitude took place Monday near Acapulco a resort city in southwestern Mexico.  As  I am writing this news report, they have already downsized the earthquake to  5.6 magnitude.

Measurements of the earthquakes epicenter were taken in Guerrero which is approx 43 miles North East of Acapulco.

The tremors were felt as far as 145 miles north of Mexico city and it lasted for less then a minute.

While there are no damage reported, people did take precautions. Many left buildings and gathered outside on the streets.

Most were said to be in good temper. Many were bearing mask to protect them from the swine flu and are wondering what is next.

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2 assaults on evening of Sunday against Christian happened near Kirkuk, a city around 150 miles from Baghdad Sunday leaving 3 people deceased and 2 more seriously injured.

Over the years, Iraqi Christians have been facing extermination and hence they depend heavily on Iraqi government army forces to protect their safety. First assault happened near vicinity south Kirkuk where a Christian lady and her cousin were killed at their house. Officials said the killing was done by slitting their throats. In the second case which happened nearby the first crime scene, officials said that a shooter struck a Christian home and shot the father and 3 sons, leaving 1 son killed on the spot and the others injured.

The violence in the country related to extermination of Christianity has caused 14 Christians dead in October last year. The October alone, more than thousands of Christians ran away from Mosul right after the Muslim terrorists allegedly murdered and threatened them to become Muslim or they would expect to encounter death. Approximately 1 million of Christians have left Iraq after being aimed by the terrorists for extermination.

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The World Health Organization suspects Swine Flu which is a new flu virus that can cause a respiratory epidemic had claimed 60 lives and infected 800 others in Mexico. Majority of cases were in the capital, Mexico city and some isolated cases in central areas of the country.

Strategic Health Operation Centre had been set up by WHO which operates during periods of acute public health risk. The WHO spokeswoman also said this unusual ‘ end – of Season influenza activity’ started to be noticed from the end of March in Mexico. Up till now, there has been 800 suspected to go down with flu-like disease, which had claimed 57 lives in Mexico city area.

The epidemic is claimed to be under controlled by Mexican Health Minister. Mean while the local authorities are trying to determine what strains is this virus.
As for precaution, school has been closed down in affected areas and people are urged to avoid huge crowd and body contacts such as shaking hands and kissing.

The experts in US reported the new form of Swine flu as a combination of pig, bird and human viruses, after seven people had been infected in Texas and California. However the CDC said none of the seven victims had been in contact with pigs which is the conventional spreading route for Swine virus.

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Near South Carolina’s famous tourist spot, a wild blaze raged and scorching 20,000 aches of land. Due to the cool night air, thick smoke resultant from the fire dipped and further impaired the visibility.

So far 69 houses had been destroyed and causing damage to other 100 houses. 2500 of the residents had to evacuate from the area. Therefore the government had declared a state of emergency this Thursday.

Local authorities had began to alert residents in Barefoot Resort area early Thursday after the blaze crossed a highway and began engulfing some houses nearby. However pleasant in disguise, the official said, there is no reports of casualties and injuries so far.

House Of Blues, North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and fitness centre were offered to some 440 people as temporary shelters And 2 more areas which is Barefoot Resort and Pelican Bay including 3 schools were evacuated due to the thick smoke.

The fire rescue team had been trying to fight the wild fire. The cause of the fire which started about midday Wednesday in Conway have not been determined.

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News of suicide attacks in capital of Iraq killed 76 and injured more than hundreds in two separate places on Thurday. Authorities confirmed that one of the assaults happened near Muqdadiya, approximately 80km northeast from Baghdad, killed 48 in the attempt of targeting Iranian pilgrims and made it single deadliest suicide attack in a day since the bombing incident happened in a restaurant close to Kirkuk city last year. The other attack aiming Iraqi home police who were in the midst of dispensing back up supplying killed 28, which included at least 5 youngsters and 2 Red Crescent staff.
Spokesman from Baghdad government Ali al-Dabbagh stated that the ideology which al Qaeda holds is simply killing and they have been attempting to generate wider dispute by killing the most assailable. Briefly after the 2 assaults, the authorities announced that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the putative head of a guerilla group which is closely related to al Qaeda has been captured in eastern of Baghdad. However, the news is yet to be justified as the experts have hypothesized that Baghdadi is merely a character created by the insurgents.
Though suicide attacks have been decreased tremendously last year, extremist like al Qaeda still continuously executes attacks. Officials believe that the recent suicide attacks are a sign of the extremist taking advantages over the detachment of US military of central cities in Jun.

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Welsh Highland Railway line was experienced a fire even it was just newly extended to the area from Rhyu Ddu (near Beddgelert) since last week. North Wales Fire and Rescue service believed that the fire is caused by the spark from the train or from a discarded cigarette and no other suspicious.

The train was stopped when they saw the fire and try to put it out. They were able to stop the fire in short period with their fire service but they never expected that the fire come to the land. Mr. Hughes was able to shift the sheep to safety place but the pasture and fencing was damaged and 100 acres of SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) was destroyed. There is no injury among the 60 passengers on the train and they were sent back to Caernarfon by bus. For safety purpose, the train is stopped and canceled for the rest of day.

Mike Owen, the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service county operations Manager for south Gwynedd said he had been in consultation with respect to the potential of fire along the train track.

“Because of the nature of train mechanics and the current dry atmospheric condition, there is always have posibility of a fire being caused,” he said.

They will check back all the equipment and the staff will be interviewed to investigate the reasons of this incident. Safety of passenger is always the main priority, after the incident, the train service will stop for temporary until further notice from the train company.

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News of Tamil Tigers being forced to the extent of possible surrendering have led to the concerns of Tamils residing in London. Large numbers of Tamil protestants have gathered in a demand for the UK government to step in to resolve the current situation. According to local officials in London, the protestants are seeking UK government to bring forth the implementation of ceasefire in Sri Lanka via UN council.

Though the crowds have grew larger in numbers, however, the protest has been peaceful thus far. Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, expressed concerns over such conflicts happening in the country, and had since requested for an urgent meeting with the UN council. The prime minister shall be discussing the issue with the council for an immediate ceasefire between the two conflicting parties in Sri Lanka.

On the other hand, the Sri Lankan government is against the idea of ceasefire as it might give the Tamil Tigers the chance of regrouping. With as many as 100,000 civilians trapped in the conflicting zone, more are bound to fall victims to clashes if the issue is not resolved.

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