India, where 59 % of land area is classified as highly vulnerable to earthquake, going to have, for the first time, a stringent set of construction guidelines intended to improve seismic safety.

China experienced its warmest year in 2006 since 1951, packed with an unusually high number of natural disasters, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, putting the blame on global warming. Dong Wenjie,

It is the saga of callous and pathetic implementation of relief I work and rehabilitation of the tsunami-affected. The tsunami I that hit the Indian coastline on the morning of December 26, 12004, swept away 1,089 villages, claimed over 10,273 lives I and rendered 2,39,024 families homeless. By all accounts, it was the biggest natural calamity to hit India.

It is the sage of callous and pathetic implementation of relief work and rehabilitation of the tsunam-affected. By accounts, it was the biggest natural calamity to hit India. The report of the