Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:50:56 -0600
From: "bufford" bufford@hiwaay.net
I thought someone might be interested in this site, it contains a daily
list of earth changes going on around the planet such as earthquakes,
volcanoes,etc. Scroll to the bottom and on the right are the daily updates.
Just for a looksee, here are todays updates. Enjoy.
ECR News
MAR 29 — ECRNEWS — EGYPT — ANCIENT WRITING — The oldest known examples of
Egyptian writing have been discovered in the tomb of the ruler Scorpion I.
The tags and seals, dated from 3200 B.C. to 3400 B.C., were used to label
containers and challenges the belief that pictographic writing developed
into phonetic symbols in Mesopotamia.
MAR 29 — ECRNEWS — RUSSIA — FLOODS MAY SPREAD RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION — The
ITAR-TASS news agency reported official fears that flooding in in Belarus
may spread the Chernobyl radioactive pollution from the 1986 nuclear
explosion. The flood waters could carry the pollution to Ukraine, the Black
Sea and Turkey. Flooding has affected around 200 towns and villages in the
Belarus region.
MAR 29 — ECRNEWS — RUSSIA — DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS — Several strains of
drug-resistant tuberculosis that started in Russia's prison system have now
infected the general public. The World Health Organization estimates between
120,000 and 200,000 people have contracted the disease. Other nations
reporting TB outbreaks are Hungary, Armenia, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Latvia,
Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania and Romania
