Current Events archive

Pope John Paul II dies at 84

2005-04-02 21:32

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“The Holy Father is deceased this evening at 9:37 in his private apartment,” Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a written statement.

My condolances to catholics all over the world.

8.2 magnitude earthquake hits off Sumatra coast

2005-03-28 18:47

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An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 hits off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Let’s just hope that this one doesn’t result in another tsunami.

Buy Opera. Aid Relief Efforts

2005-01-06 07:51

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Quoting from the linked image:

Opera Software will donate 10% of all desktop licensing revenues in January to relief efforts.

Anders Jacobsen's Tsunami Victims Fund Drive

2005-01-05 15:10

Anders Jacobsen will be giving US$ 1 to the British Red Cross for every web log that picks up on his Tsunami Victims fundraiser challenge. This is a great idea, and within 48 hours 74 blogs had responded.

Sumatra Earthquake / Asia Tsunami

2004-12-26 13:24

Now, this is a bit creepy. Since I wanted to read up on Asteroid 2004 MN4 - I found the The New World-Wide Earthquake Locator only a few hours prior to the earthquake off the West coast of Northern Sumatra, that hit on 2004-12-26 at 00:58:50 UTC.