Everyday, I’ll try to post a summary of three non-geek articles I read today. This is my vain attempt at trying to spread awareness of these types of issues.

WHO
The Country of New Zealand

WHAT
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake – tsunami warnings

WHEN
This morning at 09:22:29 UTC

WHERE
Off the west coast of the south island

WHY
It’s tectonic plates, bitches!

FTA
No injuries or major damage were reported.

More: http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kuvat/2009/07/15/new-zealand-earthquake

WHO
168 passengers on an Iranian passenger plane

WHAT
Died in a plane crash

WHEN
This morning, 16 minutes after takeoff

WHERE
Northwest of Tehran, near Jannat Abad

WHY
Unknown

FTA
At Yerevan’s airport, Tina Karapetian, 45, said she had been waiting for her sister and the sister’s 6- and 11-year-old sons, who were due on the flight. “What will I do without them?” she said, weeping, before she collapsed to the floor..

More: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_PLANE?SITE=ORBAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

WHO
12 Mexican federal agents – 11 men, 1 woman

WHAT
Tortured and killed, ambushed and abducted by members of the La Familia drug cartel. Bodies found along a mountain highway.

WHEN
This week

WHERE
Morelia, Mexico in Michoacan

WHY
Involvement in the Mexican Drug War

FTA
“This marks an important change in the drug war in that they are attacking federal forces directly,” said Jorge Chabat, a Mexican drug expert. “It also suggests the capture of this person has affected the operations of the cartel. It was a major blow and this is a reaction out of weakness not strength.”

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31909590/ns/world_news-americas/