Sunday, April 21, 2013

Workers Continue Search Efforts After Chinese Quake

Rescue workers are continuing their efforts to find missing people after Saturday's 6.6 quake, near Ya'an, China.

One hundred and eighty-four people were killed, nearly twelve thousand, and twenty-four are still missing.

The government has sent eighteen thousand troops to help with rescue efforts, as well as clearing roads of rock slides.

Residents are still considering themselves lucky, as many remember the region's 2007 quake which killed seventy thousand.

Iranian F5 Fighter Goes Down Killing 2

Iranian F5
An Iranian F5 fighter crashed on Sunday.

Both pilots were killed when it crashed into a mountain near Abdanan, Iran.

They had been flying out of Dezful.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused the fighter to crash.

North Korea Moves More Missiles to Coast

Musudan missiles
North Korea has moved two more Musudan missiles to their east coast.

This brings a total of at least four Musudans and seven TEL missiles, to the coastal area.

According to South Korean sources, the North is planning to test launch a missile.

April 25 may be a target date for a test, as that is the anniversary of the founding of the North's military.