Harayenti’s voice starts out strong as she speaks about the moment the major earthquake struck last week. “My only thought was ‘run, run,'” she said.
Indonesia: One family’s anguish in a national tragedy
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Up to 4000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble
As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday. Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535.
Mom in tsunami: I saw my daughter floating away
Taitasi Fitiao was holding her six-year-old daughter’s hand when a tsunami wave crashed onto their coastal village in American Samoa. “I held her hand.
Another quake hits near Samoan islands
Another earthquake struck near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage.
Indonesia quake toll soars past 400
Another strong earthquake rocked Indonesia early Thursday as the Southeast Asian nation was reeling from an earlier jolt that killed more than 400 people and caused widespread destruction.
Magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes Indonesia
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Former RBS bank chief in pension storm
The former chief executive of British bank RBS faced scrutiny over his million-dollar pension Thursday after the troubled bank announced a record loss of £24.1 billion ($34.6 billion) for 2008. Fred Goodwin, 50, retired from RBS after the company’s government bailout last year. He receives an annual pension of £650,000 ($933,000)