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1.2-megawatt underwater turbine project delayed

Published: August 23, 2007, 3:38 pm

Tags: Electricity, Energy, Hydroelectric, Marine Current Turbines, Marinecurrentturbines, Power, Seagen, Tidal Power, Tidalpower, Turbine, Turbines, Water

be "the world's largest tidal power project," as the installation that was slated to begin Monday will now be lucky to see completion this year. Dubbed SeaGen, the project will reportedly utilize "twin underwater turbines to generate 1.2-megawatts of electricity off the coast of Northern Ireland," which are said to "look and work very much

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Huge earthquake hits Indonesia, region on tsunami alert

Published: September 12, 2007, 11:00 am

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling Islands, Indonesia, Sumatra, Malaysia

A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 has struck Indonesia's Sumatra region, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean and sparking panic in coastal areas across south-east Asia. About two hours after the quake hit, Indonesia's meteorological agency lifted its tsunami warning and said via a telephone text message that there had been no

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Tsunami warning as quake hits Indonesia

Published: September 12, 2007, 7:39 am

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Indonesia

A 7.9 magnitude quake has struck in Indonesia off the western coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami warning for the entire Indian Ocean region.

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Indonesia rocked by quake aftershocks

Published: September 12, 2007, 11:45 pm

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Sumatra, Malaysia

Indonesia has been shaken by 17 separate earthquakes since last night, prompting a number of tsunami warnings, most of which have been withdrawn.

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Indonesia hit by new quake, tsunami alert issued

Published: September 13, 2007, 6:31 am

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Indonesia, Sulawesi

Another tsunami warning has been issued in Indonesia, almost 3,000 kilometres from the epicentre of last night's huge tremor.

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Global warming to trigger volcanic eruptions, scientists warn

Published: September 14, 2007, 1:00 am

Tags: Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Volcanic Eruption, Environment, Climate Change, United Kingdom

British scientists are warning of another possible side effect of climate change: a surge of dangerous volcanic eruptions.

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Indonesia escapes tsunami again as quake takes toll

Published: September 14, 2007, 5:00 am

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Indonesia, Sumatra

Indonesia has lifted yet another tsunami warning after a 6.9 magnitude quake jolted Sumatra today, 160 kilometres south-west of the city of Bengkulu at a depth of 10 km.

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Sumatra hit by another quake

Published: September 14, 2007, 3:00 am

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Indonesia, Sumatra

Indonesia's meteorology agency has issued a tsunami warning after another strong earthquake struck the southern Sumatra island.

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Infinite Undiscovery Heading to the Xbox 360

Published: September 19, 2007, 5:17 pm

Tags: Square Enix, Microsoft, Games, Ace Inc, Fantasy Rpg, Infinite Undiscovery, Real Time, Square Enix, Star Ocean, Tidal Waves, Xbox 360

battle amidst towering tidal waves. The environments in the game will also change and respond in real-time to player commands, creating an entirely new experience each time. Combat, exploration, and other actions all take place within the same environment, shifting between each game facet. Battles are also carried out in real-time,

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Tsunami unlikely to threaten Aust, authorities say

Published: September 30, 2007, 4:11 am

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Australia, New Zealand

The Bureau of Meteorology says it does not expect an earthquake that happened south of New Zealand will generate a tsunami that will pose any threat to Australia.

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Scientists examine data from quakes off NZ

Published: September 30, 2007, 4:23 pm

Tags: Disasters Accidents, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Australia, Tas, Hobart 7000, New Zealand

Seismologists are studying the data from two powerful undersea earthquakes near New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands last night.

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Virgin Mobile Canada takes on Samsung m300 and Samsung M510, unveils $10 unlimited data plans

Published: October 10, 2007, 3:39 pm

Tags: Virgin Mobile, Samsung, Services, Devices, Announcements, Canada, Data, M300, M510, Mobile, Samsung, Tidal, Unlimited, Virgin, Wave

data package. The “Tidal Wave” unlimited data package will run $10 and is only offered with the Samsung m510. It looks like Virgin Mobile wants to really push their Samsung m510, which makes sense given the Samsung m510’s EVDO connection. And with a 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, built-in MP3 player, and microSD

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Vijaya Mulay: 87 and still in love with documentaries

Published: October 27, 2007, 4:47 am

Tags: Bollywood News, Mulay, Idpa, Tidal, Documentaries

Vijaya Mulay has seen two generations of documentary filmmaking but instead of calling it a day, the 87-year-old is waiting for her book on cinema to be released and also plans to study how the poor have used technology to “speak to others”. Mulay has made documentary films and TV programmes for mostly educational purposes. She [...]

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Bangladesh Cyclone:10,000 people may be Dead

Published: November 18, 2007, 12:52 pm