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4.1 Magnitude Earthquake IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION - 22nd Apr 2012

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:13:55 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) Southwest of Dehloran, Iran
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Guatemala at a depth of 67 km (41.6 miles), the quake hit at 08:07:49 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) South from Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

(Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed and at least one seriously wounded in a suspected drug-related shootout on Friday in a bar in northern Mexico, a region that has been brutalized by fighting between criminal gangs.

On Friday night, armed men entered the bar in Chihuahua, capital of Chihuahua state, and opened fire on various people inside suspected of involvement in drug dealing, the local attorney general's office said in a statement on Saturday.

A local press association said two men killed in the attack were journalists, adding to the tally of media casualties from Mexico's rampant gang violence.

The attorney general's office also said two other people were shot dead in a separate bar attack in the city, bringing Friday's death toll to 17. Read More

Bahrain Demonstrators outraged by activist's death

April 21 - Thousands marched in Manama to call on the government to step down and to demand Sunday's Formula One race be canceled. Deborah Gembara reports

(Reuters) - The United States believes a Chinese firm sold North Korea components for a missile transporter showcased in a recent military parade and will press Beijing to tighten enforcement of a U.N. ban on such military sales, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

The Obama administration suspects the Chinese manufacturer sold the chassis - not the entire vehicle - and may have believed it was for civilian purposes, which means it would not be an intentional violation of U.N. sanctions, the senior official said.

But such a sale - coming to light amid tensions over a failed North Korean rocket launch earlier this month - raises concerns in Washington on whether China is making enough of an effort to abide by the prohibition on weapons sales to Pyongyang.

The New York Times first reported on U.S. findings about the origin of parts of the transporter launcher system - essentially a large truck on top of which a missile is mounted - displayed in a parade in Pyongyang on Sunday. Read More

(CNN) -- Eight American soldiers died of overdoses involving heroin, morphine or other opiates during deployments in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011, according to U.S. Army investigative reports.

The overdoses were revealed in documents detailing how the Army investigated a total of 56 soldiers, including the eight who fell victim to overdoses, on suspicion of possessing, using or distributing heroin and other opiates.

At the same time, heroin use apparently is on the rise in the Army overall, as military statistics show that the number of soldiers testing positive for heroin has grown from 10 instances in fiscal year 2002 to 116 in fiscal year 2010. Read More

(CNN) -- A French official of the International Committee of the Red Cross was kidnapped Saturday in western Yemen, an ICRC spokeswoman said.

The ICRC official, whose identity was not disclosed, was taken about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside of Hudaida, a coastal city on the Red Sea, said Dibeh Fakhr. He was traveling with two Yemeni drivers, who were also taken but then released, she said. They were unharmed.

"Until now, we have no contact with the kidnappers or our employee," Fakhr told CNN.

The spokeswoman declined to identify the official because of concerns for his safety. For the same reason, she said she would not comment on the possible identity of the kidnappers. Read More

Netherlands Train Crash

(CNN) -- Chinese and Russian warships began six-day joint naval exercises Sunday in the Yellow Sea, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

"The exercises will involve several simulated missions, including the rescue of a hijacked ship, the escort of a commercial vessel and the defense (of) a convoy from air and sea attacks," a Russian defense ministry spokesman said Friday, according to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency.

The war game will include 16 Chinese vessels and two submarines, as well as 13 aircraft and five shipboard helicopters, Xinhua said. The agency said four Russian warships and three Russian supply ships arrived Saturday.

More than 4,000 Chinese service members will attend the exercises, Xinhua said, citing navy sources. Source

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Northern Iran at a depth of 6 km (3.7 miles), the quake hit at 06:38:56 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 29 km (14.9 miles) Southeast of Savadkuh, Iran
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

DAMASCUS: Syria has said it was ready to facilitate UN monitors, but stressed that a majority of them should be from "neutral countries" like BRICS, which also includes India.

Syria also stressed that while it was committed to the UN-backed peace plan, the Western powers wanted it to fail due to their own agenda.

"The Syrian government is committed to the success of the UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan," Syria's Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud told a group of Indian journalists visiting Syria.

"We welcome the UN observers from countries like BRICS which look at the situation objectively. Syria is committed to the Annan plan and will facilitate the UN mission," he said. Read More

Chinese government hackers are believed to be behind a crippling cyber attack on a US-based website that revealed how British businessman Neil Heywood was killed with cyanide on the orders of the wife of a Communist Party leader.

The Boxun website, run by Chinese dissidents, first reported that Mr Heywood was killed in his hotel room after agreeing to syphon almost £1 billion out of the country for Gu Kailai, the wife of rising Communist leader Bo Xilai.

The website said Old Harrovian Mr Heywood was killed after he asked for a bigger cut and threatened to expose Mrs Gu if his demands were not met.

The cyber attack on Boxun paralysed the website for hours on Friday, forcing it to find another internet hosting service to get back online.

The manager of the North Carolina-based site said Boxun had become a victim of a ‘denial of service’ attack, with hackers bombarding it with millions of requests per minute, causing it to crash. Read More

In recent months celebrities and politicians have rushed to join the thousands of media savvy ‘pinning’ on the web’s latest hit social network.

But they may have caught on too late as it now seems that the Pinterest bubble has already burst.

After a meteoric rise in popularity in January and February new figures show that the photo-sharing site is unexpectedly losing users this month.

The majority of Pinterest users sign up through Facebook and the number of people doing this has significantly dropped in the past few months, according to data collected by the Business Insider. Read More

A murder investigation has been launched into the death of a teenager believed to have been shot outside a pub.

The 19-year-old victim was taken to hospital following reports that a gun had been fired at around 3.30am outside The Hubb in Sherwood, Nottingham, where a party was taking place.

A spokesman for Notts police said a post-mortem examination was due to be carried out to find out how the teenager, who has not been named, died.

But it is believed he suffered at least one gunshot wound.

The pub and surrounding area, including a major route into Nottingham, was condoned off for several hours yesterday while forensic examinations were carried out. Read More

A weapons expert who worked with Dr David Kelly at the Government’s secret chemical warfare laboratory has been found dead in an apparent suicide.

In circumstances strongly reminiscent of Dr Kelly’s own mysterious death nine years ago, the body of Dr Richard Holmes was discovered in a field four miles from the Porton Down defence establishment in Wiltshire. It is not yet known how he died.

Mr Holmes, 48, had gone missing two days earlier after telling his wife he was going out for a walk – just as Dr Kelly did before he was found dead at an Oxfordshire beauty spot in July 2003.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the latest case but revealed that Dr Holmes had ‘recently been under a great deal of stress’.

He resigned from Porton Down last month, although the centre yesterday refused to explain why.
Inevitably, the parallels between the two cases will arouse the suspicions of conspiracy theorists.

Despite Lord Hutton’s ruling eight years ago that Dr Kelly committed suicide, many people – among them a group of doctors – believe his inquiry was insufficient and have demanded a full inquest.

Some believe Dr Kelly, who kept an office at Porton Down right up until his death, was murdered. He was outed as being the source of a BBC report that Downing Street ‘sexed up’ evidence of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction to justify going to war. Read More

An Iraqi Muslim cleric suspected of being involved with Al Qaeda and radicalising young Britons has used the Human Rights Act to continue to live in the UK – despite Government efforts to deport him.

Taha Muhammad is regarded as one of Britain’s most dangerous security threats. He was even banned from studying AS-level chemistry because of fears he would use the knowledge to commit terrorist acts.

The decision to let him stay is another setback for Home Secretary Theresa May, already under pressure after attempts to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan descended into chaos.

The Government is so concerned about Muhammad, 35, that for several years he was placed under round-the-clock surveillance, given a curfew and banned from preaching.

But Muhammad says he cannot be deported to Iraq because he could be detained and tortured there.

He argues sending him back would be a breach of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Judges at an immigration tribunal allowed him to stay even though the Home Office said they believed he:

Had links to several terrorist groups including Al Qaeda.
‘Took part in both terrorist training and activities’ and had ‘considerable jihadi pedigree’.
Maintained contacts with Islamist extremists in Britain and abroad.
Provided support for the jihadist insurgency in Iraq.
Expressed extremist views. Read More

Note: How many Innocent people will have to die before Human Rights starts being applied to non criminals?

European human rights judges have been accused of ‘alerting’ radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada to the fact he still had time to lodge a last-ditch appeal against deportation.

Furious Home Office sources last night claimed that it was the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) itself that privately told Jordanian-born Qatada that there was still the possibility of an appeal

But they say there was no similar attempt by the Strasbourg-based court to warn Home Secretary Theresa May of the impending deadline.

Senior sources in Mrs May’s department told The Mail on Sunday that the ECHR had reminded Qatada last Monday that he still had the option to appeal.

One said: ‘They took it upon themselves to go to Qatada’s legal team and say, “You haven’t appealed yet. Are you likely to appeal?” ’

Last night, the ECHR, headed by British judge Sir Nicolas Bratza, declined to comment on the claim. Read More

MI5 betrayed enemies of Colonel Gaddafi given refuge in Britain in a covert joint operation with Libyan spies working on UK soil, documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal.

Gaddafi’s secret agents were supplied by MI5 with intelligence, secure mobile phones and a luxurious safe house in the heart of London’s Knightsbridge.

The extraordinary revelations emerge from hundreds of secret documents unearthed from Libyan spymasters’ archives after the Gaddafi regime was toppled – with British military help – last year.

Shockingly, they reveal tactics of intimidation and coercion – and expose the British agents’ specific fears that their actions might be reported by the press in the UK.

The documents disclose that MI5 betrayed the confidentiality that all refugees are promised when they apply for asylum, and told the Libyans that the targets could be threatened with deportation to Libya if they refused to co-operate.

The revelations will cause a political storm. David Davis, the senior Tory MP, said they made clear that the 2004 operation to arrange the ‘rendition’ of former Gaddafi opponent Abdel Hakim Belhadj from Bangkok to Tripoli was ‘merely the start of a continuing intelligence saga’. Read More

There were no immediate reports of fatalities, but of those injured, 13 suffered major injuries while 43 or 44 were badly injured, a spokesman said.

About 70 other passengers suffered minor injuries.

Earlier, National Police Corps spokesman Ed Kraszewski said that some 51 were "seriously or very seriously injured."

He said the victims sustained broken bones and neck injuries. Fleets of ambulances were used to ferry the injured away from the scene.

The accident happened near the station of Sloterdijk, according to Dutch news agency ANP.

Prorail spokesman Jouke Schaartsma confirmed that a Dutch Railways intercity train had collided with a smaller local train called a sprinter. Read More

Doctors are battling to save the sight of a senior British diplomat who was mugged while walking through a cemetery in west London.

Bermuda's new Governor George Fergusson may lose his vision in his left eye after being attacked by a man in Hammersmith Cemetery, police said.

He received other facial injuries in the assault but managed to walk to a nearby hospital.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The 56-year-old man was assaulted and robbed at around 7.30pm on Friday, April 20, while walking in Margravine Cemetery and Park, also known as Hammersmith Cemetery.

"He had suffered facial injuries, including a serious injury which threatens the sight in his left eye. He remains in hospital."

He added: "A small quantity of cash was taken and, at this early stage, officers are satisfied that robbery was the only motive.

"Officers from Hammersmith and Fulham Priority Crime Unit are investigating the incident."

It has been reported that Mr Fergusson was taking a short cut through the cemetery to get to a dinner party, and was attacked after getting out his mobile phone to check the address of his hosts. Read More

Bahrain King's Pledge On Day Of Grand Prix

Bahrain's king has declared himself committed to reform amid tight security for the Formula One Grand Prix which is going ahead today.

King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, who is due to attend the controversial race, said in a statement that he wanted "to make clear my personal commitment to reform and reconciliation in our great country".

He insisted that substantial progress had already been made, adding: "The door is always open for sincere dialogue amongst all our people."

His statement came a day after claims surfaced that anti-government protester Salah Habib Abbas, 37, was killed by shotgun pellets fired by secruity forces on a rooftop. Read More

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Potosi, Bolivia at a depth of 122.8 km (76.3 miles), the quake hit at 04:08:34 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 162 km (100 miles) NNE of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the North Indian Ocean at a depth of 11.6 km (7.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:17:30 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 602 km (374 miles) Southwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Volcano Islands, Japan at a depth of 48.9 km (30.4 miles), the quake hit at 00:35:06 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 284 km (176 miles) Southeast of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Western Iran at a depth of 10.4 km (6.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:22:00 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) ENE of Dezful, Iran
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 33 km (20.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:26:48 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 193 km (119.6 miles) East of Lambasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck offshore Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 12.1 km (7.5 miles), the quake hit at 22:18:14 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) SSW of Lebu, Bio-Bio, Chile
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

Formula One racing and its host nations have a symbiotic financial relationship, brought into sharp focus by the latest events in Bahrain.

For six years Formula One and Bahrain had an uncontroversial partnership which benefited both the sport and the state.

In 2004 Bahrain became the first Middle Eastern country to host a motor racing grand prix, in a move overseen by the Crown Prince.

A brand new circuit was built at a cost of around £100m, and the event brought attention and prestige to the tiny but wealthy nation, which has a population of just 1.2 million. Read More

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 111.6 km (69.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:51:33 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 69 km (42 miles) South of Faizabad, Afghanistan
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eastern Uzbekistan at a depth of 23.1 km (14.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:58:08 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) ESE of Qarshi (Karshi), Uzbekistan
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A 'giant rat' has been caught and killed by a man in the North East of England.

Grandad Brian Watson killed the large rodent with a piece of wood in Castleside, County Durham.

It was first spotted by the boyfriend of Mr Watson's granddaughter, while he was out cutting grass on a tractor.

In an interview with Sky Tyne and Wear, Mr Watson said: "I heard him shouting there was a large rat.

"I came running round the corner. I managed to grab some wood on the way."

"It wasn't very fast. I managed to kill it there and then.

"I've never seen a rat as big in my life before." Read More

Two trains have collided near the Dutch city of Amsterdam, injuring dozens of people.

The accident happened near the station of Sloterdijk, Dutch news agency ANP reported.

Local reports cited an unnamed Dutch Railways spokesperson, who said 48 people had been injured ranging from scratches to broken bones.

Prorail spokesman Jouke Schaartsma confirmed that an intercity train had collided with a smaller local train called a sprinter, but said he had no details of injuries.

Amsterdam local news network AT5 posted photos on its website showing two trains that appeared to have collided head-on.

Both trains were still on the rails and the double-decker intercity train sustained damage near some doors close to the impact.

More follows...

UPDATE: at Least 70 Injured

The NAACP's Jacksonville chapter has thrown its support behind a woman who will be sentenced Monday in a shooting where she claimed self-defense against an abusive husband under the state's Stand Your Ground law.

Marissa Danielle Alexander, 31, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault in August 2010 after she fired a single shot into the ceiling of her home during a dispute that somehow turned physical.

A judge denied her immunity in a Stand Your Ground hearing. And after a jury found her guilty, she faces a mandatory term of 20 years in prison.

"This is a clear case of domestic violence against Marissa," branch President Isaiah Rumlin said Friday. "After looking into it and studying the case, this is a clear case of Stand Your Ground as it relates to what she had to do on the date that she did it." more

Note: Wasn't the Sanford incident a clear case of violence against Zimmerman? Shouldn't Marissa and Zimmerman both be free due to domestic abuse / assault? There are grounds for both of them going free, yet bias seems to be the word of the day.

Popocatepetl volcano's activity puts Mexico City on alert‎

A volcano outside of one of the world's largest cities, Mexico City, has begun spewing ash and molten rock, forcing the authorities to raise the level of alert for fear of an eruption.

Eruptions from the Popocatepetl volcano began to grow larger a week ago as columns of ash began pouring from more than 60 openings in the 17,886 foot high cone.

On Friday a low pitched roar and rolling towers of ash and steam were spewed out as some of the pressure built up inside the magma chamber escaped.

Glowing rock fragments have also been sighted more than 3,000 feet down the slopes of the volcano. Read More

OSEMEAD, Calif., Apr 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Operations personnel at Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) declared the occurrence of an unusual event as the result of a small fire in an electrical panel in the non-radiological side of Unit 2. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was immediately notified.

Operators declared an unusual event at 12:49 p.m. and exited the event less than an hour later at 1:41 p.m. The SONGS fire department responded and extinguished the fire.

There was no threat to the public or employees, and no one was hurt. The cause of the fire is now being investigated.

Unit 2 was taken out of service for a planned outage on Jan. 9. Both Units 2 and 3 remain shut down for steam generator testing and analysis. Read More

FRIDLEY, Minn. — A mercury spill prompted Totino-Grace High School in Fridley to evacuate students Friday.

But the students were told Friday to remain on campus in case chemicals were found on their shoes.

The Star Tribune reported that the school was evacuated at 11:45 a.m. after mercury from a thermometer was found on a classroom floor. School normally ends at 1:50 p.m., but students were told to remain on campus.

A hazardous materials assessment team and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's emergency response team were at the school. Read More

(Reuters) - China's military warned the United States on Saturday that U.S.-Philippine military exercises have raised risks of armed confrontation over the disputed South China Sea in the toughest high-level warning yet after weeks of tensions.

China's official Liberation Army Daily warned that recent jostling with the Philippines over disputed seas where both countries have sent ships could boil over into outright conflict, and laid much of the blame at Washington's door.

This week American and Filipino troops launched a fortnight of annual naval drills amid the stand-off between Beijing and Manila, who have accused each other of encroaching on sovereign seas near the Scarborough Shoal, west of a former U.S. navy base at Subic Bay.

The joint exercises are held in different seas around the Philippines; the leg that takes place in the South China Sea area starts on Monday.

"Anyone with clear eyes saw long ago that behind these drills is reflected a mentality that will lead the South China Sea issue down a fork in the road towards military confrontation and resolution through armed force," said the commentary in the Chinese paper, which is the chief mouthpiece of the People's Liberation Army. Read More

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the North Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:52:26 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 187 km (116 miles) East from BRIDGETOWN, Barbados
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan security officials said Saturday they had seized 10 tonnes of explosives and foiled plans to stage attacks in the capital, Kabul.

Three Pakistani citizens and two Afghans were captured, the National Directorate of Security said in a statement.

The five suspected militants confessed their involvement during questioning and admitted to being members of Pakistani and Afghan Taliban terrorist groups, the NDS said.

The explosives -- amounting to about 22,045 pounds -- were hidden under bags of potatoes in a big truck with Pakistani license plates, it said. Read More

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia at a depth of 98 km (60.8 miles), the quake hit at 15:27:32 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 312 km (193.4 miles) Northeast of Los Palos, Timor-Leste, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution allowing a 300-strong ceasefire monitoring mission in Syria, despite the strong doubts of many Western nations.

Under UN resolution 2043, the unarmed military observers will be sent if UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon decides it is safe for them to go.

Envoys from several western nations highlighted the risks of sending the monitors as violence has not stopped amid a ceasefire.

Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed the vote decision and implementation of the UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan’s six-point plan.

"This resolution increases the pressure on the Syrian regime to begin a transition to a democratic, plural political system. I welcome the fact that the council reaffirmed its full support for this goal," Mr Hague said.

"However, I remain extremely concerned that the Syrian regime is still failing to meet its commitments, and that there has been further violence and the use of heavy weapons since 12 April when a ceasefire should have come into effect." Read More

Police Fire Tear Gas In New Bahrain Clash

Police in Bahrain have fired tear gas on protesters as they responded with petrol bombs ahead of the Gulf state's Formula One Grand Prix.

Up to 150 protesters were reported to be facing off against 50 police in jeeps during the violence in a Shiite district outside Manama.

The fresh clashes came after an anti-government protester was found dead after violence overnight ahead of Sunday's grand prix, according to the opposition party Wefaq.

Wefaq said the body of Salah Abbas Habib, 37, was found on the roof of a building in the village of Shakhoura.

It claimed Mr Habib was part of a group who were chased and "brutally" beaten by police during the clashes, late on Friday night.

Wefaq, the leading party among Bahrain's majority Shi'ite Muslim population, published a photograph of Habib's body on a corrugated iron rooftop. Read More

Violent student protest in Montreal

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan at a depth of 94.4 km (58.7 miles), the quake hit at 14:29:37 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) East of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

Obama urges Sudan, South Sudan to resolve issues through dialogue

(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama urged Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their outstanding issues through dialogue and avoid a return to war amid soaring tensions between the neighboring nations.

Clashes have escalated between Sudan and South Sudan in recent days following Sudan airstrikes targeting the South and the latter seizing the disputed oil-rich region of Heglig.

South Sudan said Saturday that its troops have left the region, but maintained its claim that Heglig is its territory.

Sudan troops are now in control of the region, but if they continue with attacks, South Sudan will retake it, said Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, the South Sudanese vice president.

Both nations have a choice to avoid a return to war, Obama said in a videotape message to citizens of both nations . Read More

Free Syrian Army Terrorists Expose Each Other, Murder, Rape and Pillage

Syria peacekeeping plan 'doomed'

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 51 km (31.7 miles), the quake hit at 13:23:39 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 146 km (90 miles) Northeast of Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:01:39 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 593 km (367.6 miles) Southwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of 4.9 km (3 miles), the quake hit at 12:45:25 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) South from Wellston, Oklahoma
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

New Delhi (CNN) -- A man was arrested Saturday in India after he was caught traveling on a train with about 30 detonators and other explosives, CNN affiliate IBN reported.

The man was a passenger on an express train traveling from Chhattisgarh state in central India to Bankura, in West Bengal, IBN said.

As well as the detonators, 30 gelatin sticks, a form of explosive, were recovered, IBN said. Source

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Southeast of the Loyalty Islands at a depth of 39.5 km (24.5 miles), the quake hit at 12:36:10 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 237 km (147 miles) East from Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A pair of British brothers are facing charges in the United States for allegedly defrauding investors out of more than 1.2 m US dollars (£745,000) through a bogus stock scheme.

Twins Alexander and Thomas Hunter were just 16 years old when they devised the "elaborate" online scam which fooled around 75,000 people, according to US officials.

In 2007 the brothers, reportedly from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, are alleged to have invented a fictitious "stock picking robot" and claimed on a series of websites that the highly sophisticated computer trading programme could identify stocks that were poised to rocket in value.

They then targeted thousands of unsuspecting investors, mainly in the US, selling them "home versions" of the bogus software - named Marl - and annual subscription to a newsletter that listed the programme's stock recommendations, it is said.

However, the stocks were not generated by any technical analysis and were in fact those companies who were paying the brothers to promote, according to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who has brought the civil action.

Legal papers filed in a New York federal court claimed investors paid 47 US dollars for newsletters listing Marl's stock picks and 97 US dollars for the home software. Read More

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:53:57 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 359 km (223 miles) Southwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck Central Peru at a depth of 90.9 km (56.6 miles), the quake hit at 11:36:03 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 155 km (96 miles) SSE of Cusco (Cuzco), Peru
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10.5 km (6.5 miles), the quake hit at 11:10:51 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 311 km (193 miles) Southwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 11:04:30 UTC Saturday 21st April 2012
The epicenter was 306 km (190 miles) Southwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time

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