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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1996
Page
5
A magnitude 5.6 quake struck at 2:45 a.m. near Axat in the Pyrenees, 40 miles west of Perpignan. No injuries or deaths were reported, and civil defense officials noted little damage from the tremor.
In Ashgabat negotiators fail to agree on renewing the shaky cease-fire in Tajikistan. Russian agencies report U N mediator Ramon Piriz Ballon will convene another round of talks between Tajikistan's hard line government and its Islamic opposition.
Police and rescue teams race to tally victims after a magnitude-7 quake and 21 foot tidal waves hammered Biak Island and surrounding areas. Authorities report 53 dead, 19 missing, 85 injured with hundreds of homes destroyed and flights halted.
An overloaded wooden ferry with more than 200 aboard capsized off Cadiz in the Philippines as waves surged and passengers panicked. At least 51 dead, many children, and 15 missing. the ship was twice its 100 passenger limit and had been declared unseaworthy last week.
An explosion on a Wellington Street double decker bus near the Strand in central London injures eight people, four seriously, with walking wounded. Police say no warning was received and no claim of responsibility yet. The blast occurred at 10 38 p m near the Waldorf Hotel. the bus top deck was destroyed and fire damaged parts of the lower deck. A prior IRA cease-fire breach and a second bomb defusal were noted in recent days.
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