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Wednesday Quake in Northwestern Iran Injures over 50 People

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Fars News Agency - 11/07/12

TEHRAN (FNA)- The tremors which struck parts of Northwestern Iran on Wednesday have injured more than 50 people, medics reported.

The biggest of the tremors measuring 5.1 on the richer scale struck the city of Varzaqan, East Azarbaijan Province, at approximately 09:56 local time (0626 GMT) and wounded 50 people, many of them suffering hand and foot fractures.

Those injured people who had suffered serious wounds were immediately transferred to the hospital and others received outpatient treatment by the relief workers.

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Greece to vote on austerity, protests intensify

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Reuters -By Michael Winfrey and Karolina Tagaris

ATHENS | Tue Nov 6, 2012 6:10pm EST

Protesters shout slogans during an anti-austerity rally in front of the parliament in Athens November 6, 2012. REUTERS-Yorgos Karahalis

Protestors shout slogans during an anti-austerity rally in front of the parliament in Athens November 6, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Yorgos Karahalis.

(Reuters) - Greece's coalition government hopes to overcome its own divisions and defy protesters' fury at parliament's gates on Wednesday to push through an austerity package needed to secure an injection of aid and avert bankruptcy.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to narrowly win support for the cocktail of budget cuts, tax hikes and labor reforms. The smallest party in his conservative-liberal coalition will oppose the measures, leaving him with a margin of just a handful of votes.

Authorities remind residents of the danger at the Turrialba Volcano

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Inside Costa Rica - 11/5/12

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November 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s National Emergency Response (CNE) has issued a warning for those who live between 2 and 5 kilometers distance from the Turrialba Volcano.

Research presented by the National Seismology Network, the University of Costa Rica and CNE stresses the importance and urgency in repairing the only evacuation route, as well as building shelters inside the park.

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Nigeria Floods Kill 363, Displace 2.1 Million

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Weather.com - AP, 11/05/12

In this file photo from October 2011, makeshift homes lie submerged in floods in Lagos, Nigeria, where more than 360 people have lost their lives in floods over the past several months. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency says 363 people died over months of flooding across the West African nation and 2.1 million others were displaced.

The agency made the announcement Monday as Nigeria's annual rainy season is coming to an end. The report covered July through the end of October.

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N.C. Coast a 'Hot Spot' for Rising Seas

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Weather.com - 11/5/12, Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer

People walk on North Carolina 12 away from the buckling of the highway, pounded by surf, leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. on Oct. 30. AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley

North Carolina state legislators last summer ignored research that shows sea-level rise will accelerate its creep up North Carolina's coastline this century.

This week, waves of science will say they were wrong.
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