Extras

Diary of the planet

Steve NewmanMarch 5, 2008June 15, 2025

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this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Venezuelan Jolt‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”126,128,16″ href=”/ew/ew080229/ew080229g.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=565, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=true;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=35; this.T_OFFSETY=20; this.T_WIDTH=130; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('British Quake Damage‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”242,49,16″ href=”/ew/ew080229/ew080229h.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=607, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=true;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=-55; this.T_OFFSETY=40; this.T_WIDTH=140; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; 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This article appears in Mar 5-12, 2008.

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