A tsunami wave hit the Solomon Islands on Monday, January 4, 2010. The tsunami was caused by a magnitude 7.2 underwater earthquake and washed away many homes and villages ...

The Chinese government operates a division called the Beijing Weather Modification Office. It is reportedly the largest weather control program in the world.Asia Times Online: Ready, aim, fire and ...

A beverage company in Japan recalled about eight million bottles of Crystal Geyser brand bottled water that were manufactured in the U.S. The Japanese company received about 75 complaints ...

On February 26, 2010, news agency CNN reported that Japan's Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. The location is approximately 50 miles from the coastal city ...

Palmyra Island (technically known as an "atoll") is a 4.6 square mile region administered by the United States government located about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. Though the ...

The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group's high-tech boat, the Ady Gil, was rammed by a Japanese whaling ship, the Shonan Maru No. 2, in early January 2010. Sea Shepherd is ...

Nawaz Sharif is a former, two-time, Prime Minister of Pakistan. His terms as prime minister are most notable for his order to conduct nuclear weapons testing in 1998.

Shortly after its legislative elections, Taiwan held a presidential election on March 22, 2008. Former President Chen Shui-Bian was a second-term incumbent, and thus barred from re-election. The two official ...