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What: A massive earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon triggering a tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean, which was later canceled.
== Why: The quake struck about 434 kilometers (270 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, and had a magnitude of 8.6, the U.S Geological Survey said. It took place a depth of 23 kilometers (14 miles). A second large quake, with a magnitude of 8.2,occurred off the west coast of Sumatra about two hours later, the U.S. Geological Survey said.There is also a series of smaller quakes off the west coast of northern Sumatra with magnitudes between 5.1 and 5.4. There were no reports of destruction or death. ==

Argentina 'miracle' baby found alive after death declaration April 12,2012
==What:She was a tiny thing: 1 pound 12 ounces, cold as a frozen bottle and left for dead. But she would survive. One-week-old Luz Milagros Veron is Argentina's miracle baby.Pronounced dead after her premature birth,the baby withstood more than 10 hours in a moruge refrigerator before being found alive.Doctors at the Perrando Hospital northeast Argentina can't really explain how this happened,and every doctor, nurse and morgue worker who dealt with the baby.==

==What: Iranian nuclear negotiators arrived Friday and began consultations with Chinese and Russian couterparts on the eve of interntional talks on the country's nuclear program, state media reported.On Friday, Iran's offical Press TV cited a source close to the Iraian delegation in reporting that Iran sees lttle encouraging coming from the remarks of European and U.S. officals ahead of the talks.==

==Why:Iran has been under increasing pressure to accept international demands to restrict its nuclear program, including a series of increasingly harsh econic sanctions imposed by European nations and the United States.== ==Last month, Iranian officials signaled they were ready to engage with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, over the issue. The European Union said Monday that Iran had agreed to Saturday's==

Secret Serviceagents relieved in Colombia amid prostitution allegations April14,2012
==What: A group of Secret Service agents and officers sent to Columbia ahead of President Barack Obama were relived of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct that involved prostitution, according to two U.S. government sources familiar the investigation.The 11 Secret Sevice members--both agents and uniformed officers--were interviewed Saturday at the agency's Washington headquaters, after which they were placed on administrative leave,Assistant director Paul Morrissey said in a statement.==

==What: North Korea's leaders Kim Jong Un spoke before hundreds of troops and others in Pyongyang on Sunday as part of a massive, orchestrated celebration marking 100 years since the birth of the nation's founder, his grandfather.The remarks, which touched on a number of issues including the signifacance of North Korea's military, regulary stirred applause from the crowd.==

==Why: Our military has become a powerful military capable of handling any kind of modern warfare, with complete offensive and defensive tactics. The foreign powers are not the only ones with military supremacy anymore. And the days of them treating and lying to us wwith atomic weapons is forever gone.==