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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
March 4th, 2013

N Ireland police seize van with mortars, arrest 3
Northern Ireland police say they have seized a van containing four mortars and arrested three men in a security operation that stopped an attack on a police station in the city of Londonderry. About 100 homes were evacuated overnight after police stopped the van Sunday night as it drove into the city. Police arrested the driver of the van, a man riding a motorcycle behind the van and a third man during a follow-up search. No group claimed responsibility, but Irish Republican Army splinter groups are active in the predominantly Irish Catholic city.

Another Earthquake Shakes Oklahoma
The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.5. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Last week, two earthquakes shook central Oklahoma on the same day.

Volcanic Aerosols, Not Pollutants, Tamped Down Recent Earth Warmingl
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight -- dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide.

'We are above the law of the land'
“If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land,” said Mustafa Carroll, the executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth CAIR branch, a keynote speaker as the recent rally.

Solar Cycle Update: Twin Peaks?
Something unexpected is happening on the sun. 2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle. Yet 2013 has arrived and solar activity is relatively low. Sunspot numbers are well below their values in 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent for many months. The quiet has led some observers to wonder if forecasters missed the mark. Solar physicist Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center has a different explanation:

Top Central Banker In China Says Beijing Is Ready For The 'Currency War' To Begin
A top Chinese banker said Beijing is "fully prepared" for a currency war as he urged the world to abide by a consensus reached by the G20 to avert confrontation, state media reported on Saturday. Yi Gang, deputy governor of China's central bank, issued the call after G20 finance ministers last month moved to calm fears of a looming war on the currency markets at a meeting in Moscow.

Swarms of locusts descend on Cairo
Swarms of locusts have been seen in several districts of Cairo on Saturday, including Moqatam and New Cairo. Some citizens burned tires to create a black fog to keep the locusts from settling in the city. Swarms were earlier reported to have reached Egypt's Red Sea city of Zafarana, some 200 kilometres from Cairo, and then the Upper Egyptian city of Qena where locusts appeared in at least three major villages. There has earlier been reports of a "plague of locusts," which some experts say could hit Egypt's Nile Delta.

Newly Found Asteroid to Pass Within Moon’s Orbit on March 4, 2013
A newly found asteroid will pass just inside the orbit of the Moon, with its closest approach on March 4, 2013 at 07:35 UTC. Named 2013 EC, the asteroid is about the size of the space rock that exploded over Russia two and a half weeks ago, somewhere between 10-17 meters wide (the Russian meteorite is estimated to be about 15 meters wide when it entered Earth’s atmosphere). 2013 EC was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona on March 2. . There is no chance this asteroid will hit Earth.

Japan's record snowfall still not the deepest ever
This is proving a freakish year for weather, but Japan is having an odder time of it than most. The country has had a record winter for snow, and northern Japan is currently coated by unprecedented volumes of the white stuff – more than five metres at higher altitudes, with houses turned into igloos and roads into snow tunnels.

No tsunami from 4.3 magnitude California earthquake
Authorities say they don't have any reports of damage or injuries after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 was recorded off the Northern California coast. No tsunami warnings were issued. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit about 46 miles southwest of Eureka at 9:46 a.m. (7:46 a.m. Hawaii time) Sunday.

Cardinals could set date to elect new pope at first round of meetings
Cardinals from around the world gathered Monday inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. Cardinals were treated like rock stars as they entered the Vatican on Monday morning, with television crews swarming around the red-capped churchmen and their handlers pushing their way through the crowds.

Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude jolts southwest China
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Yunnan province today. The quake struck Eryuan county at 1:41 pm local time, located in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, close to Myanmar border. The China Earthquake Networks Center said the epicenter was detected at a depth of 9 km, state-run Xinhua reported.

China earthquake collapses hundreds of homes
A moderate earthquake in southwest China has caused hundreds of homes to collapse and injured at least 30 people. The quake damaged 2,500 houses and that 700 others collapsed.

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