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Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days Magnitudes 4.5 and above are in bold font. Magnitudes 6 and above are in red.
Iran to enrich uranium to 20% as nuclear fears grow Iran has announced immediate plans to step up its nuclear programme, which Western nations fear could be used to make a bomb. Its nuclear chief said Iran would start enriching uranium to 20% from Tuesday, and that 10 new uranium enrichment plants would be built in the next year. Ali Akbar Salehi said the enrichment would take place at Natanz, Iran's main uranium enrichment plant..
Intelligence officials say al-Qaeda will try to attack U.S. in next 6 months
Al-Qaeda seeks WMD, US unprepared: reports The United States has not done enough to protect the country against the threat of weapons of mass destruction even as Al-Qaeda appears intent on staging a large-scale attack, reports said. A bipartisan panel warned that the government had failed to adopt measures to counter the danger posed by extremists using WMD, saying the administration lacked plans for a rapid response to a possible biological attack.
Mississippi Delta earthquake: America's Haiti waiting to happen? The New Madrid fault zone crosses five state lines and the Mississippi River in at least three places. It extends from northeast Arkansas through southeast Missouri and into western Tennessee, western Kentucky, and southern Illinois.
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Pentagon to deploy 20,000 troops for domestic emergencies The US Department of Defense plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to terror or nuclear attacks and emergencies, The Washington Post said Monday.

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