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<p>0107: Reaction just in from flight attendant Mark Richardson, who was on the sixth floor of Narita Airport when the quake struck: "It was absolutely terrifying, computers were flying off the office tables and it seemed to go on for ever," he says. "Now watching the footage of this quake on TV, I count myself very lucky. Aftershocks are still rattling our nerves every half an hour or so and my house looks like it has been raided by burglars."</p>

Syphilis rates in blacks, women and babies declined significantly between 1999 and 2004 but continued to rise overall, driven by a dramatic jump in infections among gay and bisexual men, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. About 64% of all the new syphilis cases in 2004 were in men who had engaged in homosexual activity, according to the CDC. That group made up 5% of the syphilis cases in 1999. "Increases in gay and bisexual men are overshadowing the decreases," Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease and Tuberculosis Prevention,...

There's a temptation to praise "The Book of Daniel" because it is a skillfully produced family drama about an Episcopal minister and his family and it comes along just as WB Network's "7th Heaven" reaches the end of its long run. In the premiere, Rev. Daniel Webster (Aidan Quinn) sermonizes that we should forgive ourselves if we give in to temptation, but I'm not going to do it. Give in, that is. I'm going to call this a well-intentioned drama with a few comedic quirks but without depth or greater purpose. When it comes to troubles, Daniel's sacramental cup runneth...

Last update - 14:43 06/12/2005 At least 111 dead as aircraft crashes into Tehran buildings By Reuters TEHRAN - An Iranian military transport plane crashed into a 10-story apartment building in the suburbs of the capital Tehran on Tuesday, killing at least 111 people, according to state media and the city's mayor. All 94 passengers and crew of the plane were killed, the mayor of Tehran said. Tehran state radio said that of the building's residents, 25 people were killed and 15 were injured. The ISNA students' news agency said the aircraft burst into flames and that the fire was...

Iran military plane carrying 90 crashes in Tehran Tuesday, December 6, 2005; Posted: 7:12 a.m. EST (12:12 GMT) TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian military transport plane with more than 90 people on board has crashed into a building in a residential area of Tehran, state-run television reported. The official IRNA news agency reported that 10 bodies have been retrieved from the site of Tuesday's crash. The C-130 aircraft was headed for the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran when the pilot reported technical difficulties and was returning to base, according to Abdul Rahimi, a spokesman for Iran's civil...

(BARDSTOWN, Ky., August 4th, 2003, 4:30 pm) -- The massive wooden structure was ablaze and firefighters were focused on three nearby warehouses, said Bardstown City Administrator Larry Green. "Only one of them is on fire and they're working to make sure that it stays that way and to contain the burning whisky that's coming out of that warehouse," Green said

Hurricane season finally ending, but next year could be bad, too By JOHN PAIN Associated Press Writer November 29. 2005 4:27PM The busiest and costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record officially - and mercifully - draws to a close Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of Americans still dealing with the devastation wrought by Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Despite the end of the June 1-to-Nov. 30 season, hurricanes could still form over the next few months. In fact, a tropical storm took shape in the Atlantic on Tuesday. But no hurricane has been known to hit the United States between December...

DOVER, Pa. -- Pat Robertson had a special message for residents of Dover, Pa., today after voters there elected to boot the current school board, which instituted an intelligent design policy that led to a federal trial. Robertson made the comment after Lee Webb of CBN News delivered a report on how residents in Dover voted in eight new Democratic board members, replacing all eight current members who had voted for a policy that required students in ninth-grade biology classes to hear a statement on intelligent design before hearing lessons on evolution. Webb then asked Robertson what he thought about...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town Thursday that disaster may strike there because they "voted God out of your city" by ousting school board members who favored teaching intelligent design. All eight Dover, Pa., school board members up for re-election were defeated Tuesday after trying to introduce "intelligent design" - the belief that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power - as an alternative to the theory of evolution. "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is...

If the E.U. ordered Islam and Muhammad to henceforth be spelled with a lower case “i” and a lower case “m”, Muslims would riot, people would die, and the U.N. would pass a resolution condemning Islamophobia. Creating grammar rules dictating that Christ, Jew, and Judaism be spelled with lower case letters, however, will be met with silence. Christophobia is totally acceptable in the new age of the Caliphate. Since Muslims hate Christians and Jews, it’s actually a form of tolerance to avoid offending Islam by showing any respect for other religions. Is it just me, or are things really going...

Homosexual party sunk by Wilma? Fantasy Fest had been reset for Wednesday, but 'debauchery' could be canceled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 24, 2005 8:25 p.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Historic Customs House in Key West, Fla., stands behind remains of Hilton pier torn apart by Hurricane Wilma (photo: Key West Citizen) Despite the attempt to dodge the impact of Hurricane Wilma by changing the dates for the annual Fantasy Fest, the storm has deluged any hopes for the homosexual debauchery party this week, and could force a complete cancellation. "We know Fantasy Fest is on everyone's mind," City Commissioner Bill Verge...

With the most powerful storm in recorded history weakening but every bit as devastating as its predecessors, saint, sinner and blogger alike are again wondering if God really does use nature in retribution for sin. Bill Moyers, late of PBS and CBS television and the day's keynote speaker, cited the incredible devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and linked it with the Genesis flood. He noted that millions of conservatives believe the biblical teaching that God brought the deluge to punish human sin and also accept "God-ordered genocide" elsewhere in the Old Testament. Others also used the Katrina moment to level...

Local Date: Sunday October 16th, 2005 Local Time: 02:11 PM PDT Universal Time: 10/16/2005 21:11:36.914 UTC Magnitude: 4.88 ML Latitude: 32.6501 Longitude: -118.0677 Depth: 9 miles (14 km) Author: Antelope Automatic System Authoritative: No

FL winds of 162kts, pressure 901mb, an 80mb drop in 24 hours, historic.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Wilma became the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record on Wednesday as it churned towards western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on a track towards Florida, having already killed 10 people in Haiti. The season's record-tying 21st storm, fuelled by the warm waters of the northwest Caribbean Sea, strengthened alarmingly into a Category 5 hurricane, the top rank on the five-step scale of hurricane intensity. A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane measured maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 kph), with higher gusts, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. The plane also recorded a minimum pressure...

Hurricane Wilma, which was upgraded from a tropical storm just 24 hours ago, has roared to become one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. That distinction is based on barometric pressure, the force which drives a hurricane's winds. The National Hurricane Center's 8:00 a.m. advisory indicated observations inside Wilma are the lowest in history. Hurricane hunter aircraft reported Hurricane Wilma's winds soared to 175 mph early Wednesday, making it a catastrophic Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Hurricane Wilma's surprisingly rapid intensification is the quickest on record, and its characteristics are now in line with...

Seism in Pakistan: from 30.000 to 40.000 died, according to the UNICEF and Islamabad ISLAMABAD - Out of 30.000 to 40.000 people were killed by the seism which struck Saturday Pakistan, indicated Monday to AFP the UNICEF and a Pakistani official person in charge. "the government indicated to us that between 30.000 and 40.000 people had been killed" by the seism, affirmed with AFP Julia Spry Leverton, spokesman of the UNICEF with Islamabad. "Between 30.000 and 40.000 people were killed in Pakistan and more than 60.000 wounded", with AFP a high person in charge for the Pakistani authorities under...

Militants' training camps wiped out By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi (Filed: 10/10/2005) Training camps used by jihadists battling with the Indian army for control of Kashmir were buried by landslides or left in ruins by the earthquake, bringing hope of a new opportunity for peace-making after a 16-year Islamic insurgency. India and Pakistan, nuclear rivals who both lay claim to Kashmir in its entirety, have fought two of their three wars over the territory. Security analysts said yesterday that the earthquake in Pakistan's highly-militarised Kashmir region had "significantly depreciated'' the insurgents' capacity to carry on their fight for independence...