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Large earthquakes hit north Thailand borderTwo large quakes with a magnitude of 7.0 struck near north Thailand's border with Myanmar and Laos, the US Geological Survey reported. Witnesses said the tremors were felt in Bangkok, Myanmar and as far away as the Vietnam capital of H More… |
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Catastrophes cost world $222bn in 2010Severe earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and New Zealand trebled the cost of natural and man-made disasters to the world economy in 2010, Swiss Re said in a study released on Tuesday. Global economic losses from such catastrop More… |
