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الأحد، 25 مارس 2012

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Strong earthquake strikes central Australia, no damage
Indonesia, China reach $17 billion cooperation deals
Five found shot to death at San Francisco home
Allen to Examine Afghanistan Force Package

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 12:51 PM PDT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA… NORTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA… SOUTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA… EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA… NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA…

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 346 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANLEY…OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR… LOWESVILLE. DENVER. LAKE NORMAN…CORNELIUS AND TERRELL. DAVIDSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED TELEPHONES. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER.

Strong earthquake strikes central Australia, no damage

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:40 AM PDT

ERNABELLA, Australia (BNO NEWS) -- The central region of Australia was struck by the country's largest earthquake in nearly 15 years on Friday evening, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties.

The 6.1-magnitude earthquake at 7:55 p.m. local time (0925 GMT) on Friday was centered about 27.4 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of Ernabella Airport, a tiny airstrip near the border with South Australia and the Northern Territory. It struck about 3 kilometers (1.8 mile) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to Geoscience Australia.

The region near Ernabella is home to hundreds of indigenous Australians, but police said there were no reports of injuries or damage. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which measured the strength of the earthquake at 5.6 on the body wave magnitude (Mb) scale, estimated that some 5,000 people in the sparsely populated region may have felt the quake.

Friday's earthquake was the largest to hit mainland Australia since August 1997, when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded off Collier Bay on West Australia's far north coast. It was widely felt but no serious damage was reported, and there were no injuries.

Indonesia, China reach $17 billion cooperation deals

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:22 AM PDT

BEIJING, China (BNO NEWS) -- The governments of Indonesia and China on Friday reached a series of cooperation agreements estimated to be worth more than $17 billion, officials said on Saturday.

During Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's official visit to China, which is scheduled to end later on Saturday, he has met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, as well as with Premier Wen Jiabao and top legislator Wu Bangguo.

The agreements reached involve several sectors such as maritime cooperation, fighting drug trafficking, trade statistics, Chinese visitors to Indonesia and a joint oceanography and weather-research institute, the Jakarta Globe reported.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hu told Yudhoyono that he wants to expand links with Indonesia in oil, gas, mining, electricity, space and renewable energy, as well as a greater bilateral cooperation on global affairs.

Indonesian and Chinese business leaders reportedly reached 15 memorandums of understanding, which could mount to some $17.4 billion in cooperation in seaports, roads, alternative energy, the motorcycle industry, mining, construction in strategic areas and steel industry, Yudhoyono said, who added that both countries are on track to reach $80 billion in bilateral trade by 2015.

A number of important companies participated in the summit, including China Huadian Corp., China National Offshore Oil, China Harbor Engineering and Indonesian state steel maker Krakatau Steel.

Five found shot to death at San Francisco home

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:19 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO, California (BNO NEWS) -- Five people were found shot to death in a suspected murder-suicide at a house in San Francisco on early Friday morning, authorities said.

The bodies were discovered in the Ingleside District of southern San Francisco, near the City College, at around 7:45 a.m. local time when a woman entered the house and found the bodies of three people before rushing out and calling the police.

San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr said police arrived and found two more bodies in the backyard. Among those killed are two men and three women, all believed to be from the same family and living in the same house. The woman who entered the house and discovered the bodies is also believed to be a member of the family.

Suhr said investigators believe the deaths are likely the result of a murder-suicide.

Allen to Examine Afghanistan Force Package

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PDT

The starting point of analysis for the U.S.-coalition fighting force in Afghanistan in 2013 will be the withdrawal of 23,000 surge troops after this year's fighting season, Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, the International Security Assistance Force commander, said during an interview with PBS's Charlie Rose.

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