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                                                    </description><title>GDACS EMM News Feed</title><item><title>2005 Quake Killed Coral Reefs</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1610519,00.html?xid=rss-topstories</link><description>(BANGKOK, Thailand) — A 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia raised an island nearly four feet out of the water, causing one of the biggest coral die-offs recorded, scientists said Friday. Researchers who surveyed the island of Simeulue in recent weeks found that the March 2005 quake had....</description><pubDate>2007-04-14T00:18+0200</pubDate><source>time</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>time-de161da2096ad9128ea7ab6afdfe6cb7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070414001800</sortelement></item><item><title>Indonesia Yogyakarta Earthquake: Appeal no. MDRID001, Operations Update no. 16</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JBRN-728DD4?OpenDocument</link><description>The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Operations Update no.</description><pubDate>2007-04-13T15:31+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-4f59af85ccaf3db8ad2a8cbb6d6c61af</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalTechnology</category><category>Flooding</category><category>Echo</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070413153100</sortelement></item><item><title>Indonesia counts coral deaths cost of '05 tsunami</title><link>http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=180670390&amp;p=y8x67x98x&amp;n=180671079&amp;x=</link><description>13/04/2007 - 12:06:28 PM Indonesia counts coral deaths cost of '05 tsunami A 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia pushed an island four feet out of the water, causing one of the biggest cases of coral deaths recorded, scientists said today. Researchers surveying the island of Simeulue last....</description><pubDate>2007-04-13T13:52+0200</pubDate><source>examiner</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>examiner-eaa1f5879dd6380a41a8a4cb7a221a78</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070413135200</sortelement></item><item><title>Earthquake Causes Coral Reefs to Die</title><link>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3036928&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link><description>Scientists Say Indonesia's 2005 Earthquake Raised Island, Causing Huge Coral Die-Off</description><pubDate>2007-04-13T13:12+0200</pubDate><source>ABCnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ABCnews-d8be649537482787e24e0049653ec298</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070413131200</sortelement></item><item><title>2005 quake in Indonesia caused massive coral death, researchers say</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/ap-en/070413/ap-en-34ba7d4f14fbd69fb7280698fa2c31c7.html</link><description>AP Photos planned ^By MICHAEL CASEY= ^AP Environmental Writer= 

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ A 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia pushed an island 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) out of the water, causing one of the biggest cases of coral deaths recorded, scientists said Friday.</description><pubDate>2007-04-13T08:10+0200</pubDate><source>ap-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ap-en-34ba7d4f14fbd69fb7280698fa2c31c7</guid><category>Ecology</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070413081000</sortelement></item><item><title>Indonesia earthquake caused huge coral die-off, survey finds</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/front/2007413/106997.htm</link><description>A strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island two years ago caused one of the biggest coral die-offs ever documented, a study by scientists from two conservation groups found.</description><pubDate>2007-04-13T03:59+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-3b5a621c1eb8b292fda8057994ddeb4a</guid><category>Ecology</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070413035900</sortelement></item><item><title>Exposed reefs growing again off Sumatra</title><link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/abbbc0d6-e94e-11db-a162-000b5df10621.html</link><description>One of the greatest mass deaths of coral ever recorded occurred when islands were lifted more than a metre out of the water in the 8.7-magnitude earthquake of March 2005 off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, scientists said on Thursday. The earthquake, which was linked to the December 26....</description><pubDate>2007-04-13T02:18+0200</pubDate><source>ft</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ft-aca574e01e1a77effbc5bbc461b0ed99</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070413021800</sortelement></item><item><title>Indonesia quake caused huge coral die-off -- survey</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK251429.htm</link><description>JAKARTA, April 12 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island two years ago caused one of the biggest coral die-offs ever documented, a study by scientists from two conservation groups found. The quake itself killed nearly 1,000 people on Nias island off the western coast of Sumatra island.</description><pubDate>2007-04-12T10:53+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-12161153e89a18e7ad17216a7e878da8</guid><category>Ecology</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070412105300</sortelement></item><item><title>Indonesia quake caused huge coral die-off: survey</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSJAK25142920070412?feedType=RSS</link><description>JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island two years ago caused one of the biggest coral die-offs ever documented, a study by scientists from two conservation groups found.</description><pubDate>2007-04-12T10:37+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-1abcb7c735ba8a5fdcae05eb7901bbca</guid><category>Ecology</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070412103700</sortelement></item><item><title>Indonesia quake caused huge coral die-off -- survey</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/reuters-en/070412/reuters-en-04585bb68aaea78ca300657935f7ee37.html</link><description>JAKARTA, April 12 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island two years ago caused one of the biggest coral die-offs ever documented, a study by scientists from two conservation groups found.   

 The quake itself killed nearly 1,000 people on Nias island off the western coast of Sumatra island.</description><pubDate>2007-04-12T10:32+0200</pubDate><source>reuters-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-en-04585bb68aaea78ca300657935f7ee37</guid><category>Ecology</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070412103200</sortelement></item><item><title>Mud hole wreaks havoc (Anton Foek)</title><link>http://www.washtimes.com//world/20070410-111408-5310r.htm</link><description>Mud hole wreaks havoc By Anton Foek THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 11, 2007 SIDOARJO, Indonesia -- To Indonesia's recent natural disasters -- tsunamis, volcano eruptions and the earthquakes -- add a man-made one: the mud volcano eruption of Sidoarjo. On May 29, two days after an earthquake wrecked....</description><pubDate>2007-04-11T09:56+0200</pubDate><source>washtimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>washtimes-1bde03fcf141596f3f260713200d8cf8</guid><category>PoliticalUnrest</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category><sortelement xmlns="emm">20070411095600</sortelement></item></channel></rss>