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Highway from Kazakhstan to Chelyabinsk, Russia

Cars pass by a zinc factory building with its roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Moscow, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Kaulin)

 

Please see these important stories about the recent meteor strike in Russia.

 

20,000 ft (6 km) ash plume reported over Barren Island volcano: aviation code red

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 2/18/13

February 17, 2013 – ANDAMAN ISLANDS – A new eruption seems to have started. An ash plume rising to 20,000 ft (6 km) altitude and drifting 120 nautical miles to the SW was reported last night by VAAC Darwin. The aviation color code was raised to RED.  This volcanic island stands in the midst of a volcanic belt on the edge of the Indian and Burmese tectonic plates. Barren Island is located in the Andaman Sea, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands.

 

Quake rattles Rome, no damage or injuries reported

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ROME (Reuters) - An earthquake struck 90 km southeast of Rome on Saturday, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The 4.8 magnitude quake struck at 10:16 p.m. and was felt from Rome to Naples and in the neighboring region of Abruzzo, according to Reuters witnesses.

The epicenter was near the towns of Sora and Isola del Liri.

Pope, at one of last appearances, says pray for me and next pope | Reuters

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An image of Pope Benedict XVI (bottom R) is seen on a publication outside the Vatican February 17, 2013. Thousands of people are expected to gather in St. Peter's Square for Pope Benedict's Sunday Angelus prayer. REUTERS-Alessandro Bianchi

VATICAN CITY | Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:31am EST

(Reuters) – Pope Benedict, speaking before a larger than usual crowd at his penultimate Sunday address, asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope.

The crowd in St Peter’s Square chanted “long live the pope!,” waved banners and broke into sustained applause as he spoke from his window. The 85-year-old Benedict, who will resign on February 28, thanked the crowd in several languages.

Russian Region Begins Recovery from Meteor Fall

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Highway from Kazakhstan to Chelyabinsk, Russia

In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru, municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Oleg Kargapolov, Chelyabinsk.ru)

 

CHELYABINSK, Russia -- As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had happened in this troubled pocket of Russia.

One of the most popular jests: Residents of the meteor were terrified to see Chelyabinsk approaching.

The fireball that streaked into the sky over this tough industrial city at about sunrise Friday was undeniably traumatic. Nearly 1,200 people were reported injured by the shock wave from the explosion, estimated to be as strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs.

Red tide heads south

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Herald-Tribune.com - 2/15/13, J. David McSwane

A beachgoer walks past piles of dead mullet near Blind Pass Beach on Manasota Key in December.

HERALD-TRIBUNE ARCHIVE / 2012 / MIKE LANG
 

SARASOTA - The large red tide bloom looming off the coast of south Sarasota county, which led to large fish kills in the region last month, is headed farther south.

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