EARTHQUAKE

U.S. economic growth increased at its fastest in a year in the third quarter as consumers and businesses set aside fears about the recovery and stepped up spending, creating momentum that could carry into the final three months of the year.

Economic growth likely gathered steam in the third quarter as consumers and businesses set aside fears and stepped up spending, creating momentum that is expected to carry into the final three months of the year.

When disagreements arise between long-time allies, it would make sense, if the alliance was worth anything all in the first place, to mend fences.

Turkey struggled to provide shelter on Wednesday to tens of thousands left homeless by an earthquake that killed nearly 500, and rescue teams began taking painful decisions to call off searches for those buried alive.

Hundreds of people have been confirmed dead after the Van, Turkey earthquake and thousands more could still be buried. Could the devastation have been avoided?

After the massive devastation in Turkey caused by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, rescue operations are increasing in intensity and workers are racing to save as many people who are still alive and trapped in the rubble as possible.

Turkey clung to hopes on Wednesday of finding survivors under rubble three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 459 people, and the government finally requested foreign help to shelter thousands of homeless families.

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A two-week-old infant, her mother and her grandmother were found alive on Tuesday in the wreckage of an apartment building in Ercis, Turkey, two days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

The death toll of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which hit Van province in eastern Turkey Sunday afternoon has increased to 279, while about 1,300 people were injured as on Monday. Hundreds of people continue to remain unaccounted for and Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said they may be buried under rubble.

Turkish rescuers saved a two-week old baby who had been buried by rubble after a 7.2 magnitude hit the country on Sunday.

Asia's PC makers, already grappling with the prospect of subdued year-end holiday season consumer demand, are faced with a likely further slowdown in the lunar new year sales season as Thailand's floods cut the supply of hard disk drives.

Tsunami debris from the earthquake that struck Japan in March is heading straight for the West Coast, though the 20 million pounds of debris will not likely hit the U.S. for two to three years, scientists say.

Could the Turkey earthquakes (or the 9.0 Japan quake in March of the L'Aquila, Italy quake in 2009) have been predicted in advance?

While the humanitarian tragedy arising from the quake will not occupy the hearts, minds and bodies of the local population – the longer-term struggle between Kurds and Turks will likely not abate.

The death toll for Turkey's 2011 earthquake has risen to 239 people, with around 1,300 people injured, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Be?ir Atalay has announced and rescue workers aren't getting to casualties fast enough due to a lack of equipment.

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Within two hours of the initial tremor, ten more aftershocks hammered the region.

Following the Earthquake Sunday, Israel offered aid and anything from food, medicine, medical staff and equipment to search-and-rescue teams, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said, according to Reuters.

The confirmed death toll in the earthquake in eastern Turkey rose to 200 Monday morning, and thousands are missing, many trapped under the debris of shattered buildings, and feared lost.