The Mercury
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China quake death toll nears 10,000
- 3 Hours ago
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China's worst earthquake for 30 years killed nearly 10,000 people in Sichuan province on Monday, with more feared dead in mountainous areas cut off by landslides, power failures and the collapse of telephone
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Quake in China Kills Thousands
- 5 Hours ago
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BEIJING, May 12 -- A powerful earthquake hit central China on Monday, killing nearly 10,000 people, as schools and other buildings collapsed across four provinces and tremors shook buildings as far away
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Japanese smokers to face age test
- 8 Hours ago
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Too young to smoke? The vending machine will determine your ageA Japanese company is developing a vending machine that counts wrinkles and skin sags to check a smoker's age.It plans to use face recognition
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Shark attacks Australian man
- 4 Hours ago
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From correspondents in New South Wales, Australia, 02:30 PM IST A 37-year-old swimmer lost 'great big chunks' of his leg when he was attacked Saturday by a four-metre shark at a popular beach on Australia's
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U.S. envoy takes nuclear documents out of North Korea
- 4 Hours ago
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0 What's this PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) - A U.S. nuclear envoy returned from North Korea on Saturday, shuttling boxes of documents detailing Pyongyang's production of arms-grade plutonium across
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Oxfam warns of potential health catastrophe
- 4 Hours ago
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le wait for food at a refugee camp on May 10, 2008, in Shwe Pyi Tha township, Yangon, Burma (Myanmar). It has been estimated that more than 100,000 people were killed by Cyclone Nargis. International
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