European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 272007 stars and stripes paoi7 in the world earthquake kills one injures 162 in Japan by Shizuo Kanbayashi the associated press Yajima Japan a powerful quake Tore into a Rural area of coastal Central Japan on sunday killing at least one person As it top pled aging farmhouses and tem Ples set off landslides and caused a Small tsunami at least 162 peo ple were injured the magnitude69 quake struck at am off the note Peninsula on the sea of Japan coast the meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning urging an evacuation but the Alert was lifted after a 6inch wave hit the Shore causing no damage the temblor was a Shock to the Region which had not seen a major quake since 1933 the shaking was so violent i freaked out All i could do was to Duck underneath the desk said Yukiko Taka 58 the owner of a traditional lacquer Are shop in Yajima the hardest hit town in Ishikawa prefecture it was so frightening weaker quakes rattled the re Gion through the Day including a magnitude53 aftershock no additional damage was reported Hok Koku news Rescue workers work on houses shattered by a Strong earthquake in Yajima in Ishikawa prefecture in North Ern Japan on sunday morning the 71magnitude quake struck at am off the North coast of Ishikawa triggering a Small tsunami and killing at least one person and injuring 162 others officials said a 52yearold woman was local authorities said they crushed to death by a falling were thankful the death toll was Stone lantern officials said and so Low at least 162 other people were in perhaps our traditional Homes Jared most of them Hurt when they fell during the shaking or were hit by falling objects and broken Glass the initial quake knocked Down buildings caused land slides and Cut Power water and transportation lines the Noto air port was closed and roads were snarled with residents leaving or concerned japanese Rushing to the area to see relatives were sturdy enough to survive the quake said Masayuki Muro Zuka an Ishikawa official i think it was also fortunate that the quake hit in mid morning so most people were fully awake perhaps even finished breakfast by then television footage of the quake showed buildings shaking violently for about 30 seconds after the quake buildings Lay in heaps of rubble and the windows of shops were shattered roof tiles cluttered streets with cracked pave ment fear of aftershocks and More landslides caused by the loosen ing of soil waterlogged by Over night Rains continued to plague the quake zone and keep Resi dents jittery a fairly big aftershock hit just minutes ago and i jumped out the door said Tomio Maeda manager of convenience store family Mart in Anamizu town its scary i guess its not Over yet the quake also knocked Down at least 45 Homes in Ishikawa and partially destroyed another 227 the fire and disaster management Agency said most of the injuries and damage were concentrated in Yajima about 193 Miles Northwest of Tokyo the last major quake to cause casualties there was in 1933 when three people died Indonesia holds out on Bird flu samples by Margie Mason the associated press Jakarta Indonesia Chil Dren rarely die from measles or other preventable diseases in the West but in the developing world lifesaving drugs and vaccines Are still out of reach for Many will a Cess to Bird flu vaccines be any different that the question in Donesia is asking by boldly Refus ing to share its h5n1 Bird flu virus samples with the world health organization until it gets a guarantee that it can obtain vac Cines if a flu pandemic emerges Indonesia the nation hardest hit by Bird flu with 66 human deaths has dug in its heels re fusing to Bow to International pressure from scientists Desper ate to Check whether the virus is mutating into a More dangerous form this is the inevitable Conse Quence of trying to privatize knowledge and of a poor country saying the system is unfair said Joseph Sigute a Nobel economics laureate who has written about patents and globalization there Are so few examples where a poor country has some bargaining chips on its Side and that what makes this Case so interesting Indonesia is not opposed to monitoring in general but health minister Siti Adilah Stupari has repeatedly stressed that she is against giving vaccine makers free Access to the country viruses under who 50yearold sys tem of virus sharing she fears any Bird flu vaccine created from the viruses would be too expensive for developing nations to afford Rich and poor countries were set to meet with who on monday in Jakarta to try to Hammer out a Compromise but regardless of the outcome the standoff has raised a much bigger Issue equal Access to drugs and technologies the Price is too High for the developing countries to have a Cess to patented drugs said or Suwit  senior adviser on disease control at the thai ministry of health who agrees with Indonesia stance in january Thailand broke the patents on a commercial aids drug and a heart Medicine by using a world Trade Organiza Tion Rule that allows countries to use generic drugs when faced with a National Public health emergency Una ids estimates nearly 600000 people Are infected with his in Thailand where the government has promised treatment for everyone poor countries still do not have Access to Many vaccines including seasonal flu shots often devel oped from viruses collected in Asia and shipped to the who database earthquakes shake Vanuatu the associated press Wellington new zealand two powerful earthquakes Shook the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on sunday but police said a tsunami Alert passed without incident no injuries or damage were immediately re ported Australia emergency management office had initially warned that the quakes measuring magnitude 72 and 60 could generate a tsunami affecting Vanuatu outlying islands a police spokesman said so far there is no tsunami reported from the Southern part of Vanuatu police Deputy com missioner it col Arthur Cault on told the associated press adding that the time for a tsunami was Well earlier emergency officials had moved coastal residents to higher ground there Are no reports of injury or damage from the quakes Felt throughout Vanuatu South Ern islands Caulton said the larger earthquake struck at am and was followed 28 minutes later by the second we experienced a Little bit of movement in the capital port but not As destructive As might be expected police Cap Tain Arnold Giro said earlier the stronger quake was Cen tired 210 Miles Southeast of port Vila but Only 75 Miles South of the Small volcanic Island of Tanna it was 47 Miles beneath the surface the smaller quakes epicentre was 220 Miles Southeast of port Vila and 85 Miles South of Tanna according to the us geological Survey it was Cen tired 69 Miles below the sur face Caulton said the police operations Center and the nations disaster management office remained on 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