New tremors shake G8 summit venue amid `Yes, We Camp’ protests

September 21st, 2009 LHASA - An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Bhutan Monday afternoon and the tremors were felt in Lhasa, authorities said. The tremors struck at 4:53 p.m.

September 11th, 2009 ASTANA - A mountaineering expedition team comprising six members of the Indian Army and eight from the Kazakhstan Army has successfully scaled the Mount Marble Wall Peak in Kazakhstan. The expedition was jointly led by Lt Col SS Shekhawat and Ilinski, and the team reached Base Camp on August 23 at 3300 meters and established three camps on the mountain by August 27.

August 29th, 2009 Weak SC earthquake rattles communitiesSUMMERVILLE, S.C. — The U.S.

August 14th, 2009 BANGKOK - The venue for the October summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been shifted away from Phuket because of its conflict with the Thai island's piercings-laden vegetarian festival, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Friday. Phuket's Vegetarian Festival, of Hindu origin, involves gruesome body piercing, including running sharp objects through the cheeks, by participants who purportedly fall into a trancelike state to allow gods of Chinese origin to enter them as they march in white robes through the island's main town.

July 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Parts of Northern Pakistan were struck by an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale on Monday afternoon. The Dawn quoted the U.S.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Leaders of the world's wealthiest countries gathered for the G8-G5 summit may not have the time to go sightseeing but their hosts have ensured that Italy's famous tourist cities are never from their minds. The buildings where the heads of G8 and G5 governments are staying have been given names like Venice, Turin and Florence.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Ground security for the G8-G5 summit in this town and its surrounding areas has been put on top priority with the Italian government hosting 27 heads of states. Nearly 10,000 security personnel have been assigned around Coppito, the main venue of the summit.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - The Italian media seems to be enjoying the "eccentricities" of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. There has been talk in the media that Gaddafi, who is coming for one of the meetings at the G8-G5 summit, will sleep in his luxury tent in Coppito near here.

July 9th, 2009 Mysterious tremors detected on San Andreas FaultLOS ANGELES — Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857. What these mysterious vibrations say about future earthquakes is far from certain.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Gordon Brown in this earthquake-hit Italian mountain town Wednesday afternoon on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit starting here. The two leaders are likely to discuss issues of mutual cooperation between both sides, including terrorism and the financial meltdown, officials said here.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Three tremors shook this mountain town Wednesday as top world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who have gathered here for the G8+G5 summit, were briefed on emergency evacuation plans. Helicopters have been put on standby to move the leaders to Rome, over 100 km away, in case of an emergency.

July 8th, 2009 ROME - Leaders of the world's wealthiest and most industrialised countries are being briefed about emergency evacuation plans by Italian authorities as the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila plays host to G8 and G5 leaders during the three-day (July 8-10) summit here. World leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arriving here are being briefed on evacuation plans, with 12 helicopters on standby to move them to Rome, in case of an emergency, from the mountain town over 100 km away.

June 15th, 2009 Iranian president puts off Russia tripMOSCOW — The Iranian Embassy in Moscow says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has put off a visit to Russia, and it is unclear whether he will come at all. Ahmadinejad had been expected to travel to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and meet on Monday with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit.

April 23rd, 2009 Italy asks to move G-8 summit to quake-hit cityROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he wants to move this summer's Group of Eight summit to earthquake-stricken L'Aquila from Sardinia to both save money and provide the region with an economic boost. Berlusconi told a news conference after a Cabinet meeting in L'Aquila that the security costs of holding the July 8-10 summit in the Sardinian island of La Maddalena would have cost euro220 million ($285 million) alone — money better spent on reconstruction efforts in Italy's central Abruzzo region.

January 6th, 2009 BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Wednesday announced that the 14th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be held in Hua Hin town and not in the Thai capital as planned earlier. He said the decision to shift the venue was taken in view of security reasons.