GenevaLunch » Sumatra http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Indonesia tsunami death toll rises http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/29/indonesia-tsunami-death-toll-rises/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/29/indonesia-tsunami-death-toll-rises/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:55:47 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=49174 GenevaLunch.com More bodies are being found on islands off the western coast of Sumatra, as Indonesian rescue workers reach the more isolated villages and bays along the coast, following the tsunami on 25 October. The death toll has climbed above 400, officials said 29 October, and hopes are receding that the 300  people said to be [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/29/indonesia-tsunami-death-toll-rises/feed/ 1 Indonesian ferry sinks: 240 saved but 29 die http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/indonesian-ferry-sinks-240-saved-but-29-die/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/indonesian-ferry-sinks-240-saved-but-29-die/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32097 GenevaLunch.com (AP video) A ferry with more than 242 people aboard sank in heavy seas off the island of Sumatra Sunday. A dramatic rescue operation brought some 240 people to safety, but at least 29 people died, and it was clear that the ferry’s manifest did not list all the people aboard, not uncommon in a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/indonesian-ferry-sinks-240-saved-but-29-die/feed/ 0 Swiss Rescue team heads for Sumatra quake area http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-rescue-team-heads-for-sumatra-quake-area/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-rescue-team-heads-for-sumatra-quake-area/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:04:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=28944 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - An advance team of seven earthquake experts was scheduled to leave Zurich for Sumatra at noon today Thursday 1 October, to be followed Friday by 120 members of Swiss Rescue, who will provide search and rescue operation aid. The team will also undertake emergency relief work and help assess the needs [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-rescue-team-heads-for-sumatra-quake-area/feed/ 0 New earthquake rattles Sumatra, Indonesia again http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/new-earthquake-rattles-sumatra-indonesia-again/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/new-earthquake-rattles-sumatra-indonesia-again/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:27:20 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=28883 GenevaLunch.com A second earthquake in under 24 hours, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, shook southern Sumatra in Indonesia Thursday morning 1 October. Sumatrans were still recovering from the earlier, stronger earthquake in the port of Padang which has left at least 400 dead and many people trapped under collapsed buildings. The death toll could climb [...]

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