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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
  Leader urges speedy, quake-resistant reconstruction of Bam
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
29 (MNA) -- The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Wednesday called for the reconstruction of the quake-stricken city of Bam in such a way that all ...

Asia killer tops 26,000 death toll of Bam shaker also on Dec. 26
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
The 9.0 killer earthquake in Asia that unleashed tsunamis killing tens of thousands followed exactly one year to the hour after the Bam, Iran, earthquake that ...

After the tsunami: horrifying, but not 'humbling'
Spiked - London,UK
... Exactly one year before the Asian undersea earthquake (which measured 9 on the Richter scale), an earthquake measuring 6.3 devastated the Iranian city of Bam. ...

From 'Do-Gooders' to Better-Organized Relief Professionals
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Moseanko has spent the past two decades responding to natural and man-made disasters, from last year's earthquake in Bam, Iran that killed 30,000 people, to ...


 
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
 

It is official, Bam citadel in the world heritage list
Persian Journal - Iran
The certificate for the registration of Bam citadel in the world heritage list was handed over to the Iranian officials in Bam yesterday afternoon. ...

Disaster relief a new challenge
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... off northern Sumatra triggered its devastation across southern Asia, sending death waves as far as Africa's east coast, the Iranian city of Bam came crashing ...

World helps - but will it forget?
BBC News - London,England,UK
... the first place. A year ago, the ancient Iranian city of Bam was struck by an earthquake. It killed about 30,000 people. A year ...

My comments regarding Persian Gulf name misinterpreted: UNESCO ...
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran
BAM, Kerman Prov. (IRNA) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Deputy Director General ...

Aid workers fly to quake disaster
BBC News - London,England,UK
... Mr Stephens, 62, was also part of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) which went to last year's devastating earthquake in Bam in Iran. ...


 
Monday, December 27, 2004
 
Asian quake hits one year on from Bam disaster
IranMania News - Iran
... A temblor on December 26, 2003 measured just 6.7 on the Richter scale but flattened the mudbrick Iranian city of Bam on the ancient silk route, killing more ...

Year after Bam, Iran sends condolences to Asia
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... on Monday sent his condolences to Asian countries struck by a tsunami a year to the day after an earthquake killed 31,000 people in the Iranian city of Bam. ...

UN, Iran mark first anniversary of earthquake that devastated Bam ...
UN News Centre
27 December 2004 -- Calling the Iranian Bam cultural landscape "an outstanding representation of the interaction of man and nature in a desert environment ...

UN: Tsunami toll worse than Bam quake
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
27 (UPI) -- The UN emergency relief coordinator says the Southeast Asia tsunami death toll should surpass last year's 26,000 dead in the Bam, Iran, earthquake. ...

12 months since earthquake in Bam
ABC Online - Australia
PETER CAVE: It just happens to be a year since an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale struck the southern Iranian city of Bam on Boxing Day and ...

Bam photo expo underway at Tehran Niavaran Cultural Center
Payvand - Iran
Tehran, Dec 26, IRNA -- On the anniversary of the devastating quake which struck the southeastern city of Bam, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ahmad ...

$4.5m allocated for reconstruction of Bam's monuments: UNESCO ...
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... has collected $4.5 million in donations for reconstruction of the ancient citadel and other monuments in the quake-stricken city of Bam, UNESCO Assistant ...

"Bam, City of Oranges" hits Iranian bookstores
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) -- The book "Bam, City of Oranges", which consists of elegies by contemporary poets, is now available in Iranian bookstores. ...


 
Sunday, December 26, 2004
 
Over 5000 shards unearthed in Bam Citadel
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
26 (MNA) -- Over 5000 shards have been unearthed from the rubble of the Bam Citadel during the past year, archaeologist Narges Ahmadi said on Sunday. ...

Iran: Thousands Mourn One Year After Bam Earthquake
Baku Today - Baku,Azerbaijan
Thousands of Iranians have gathered in the southeastern city of Bam to mark Sunday's one-year anniversary of the earthquake that claimed more than 31,000 lives ...

UNESCO allocates over dlrs four million to rebuild Arg-e Bam
Payvand - Iran
Tehran, Dec 26, IRNA -- The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has provided dlrs 4.5 million to rebuild Arg-e Bam and other ...

Govt pledges €1m to Asia relief effort
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
... Last Christmas, the Government sent â‚1m in emergency aid to the Iranian city of Bam, which lost 42,000 of its citizens in an earthquake. ...


 
Friday, December 24, 2004
 
Iran prepares to remember Bam quake
IAfrica South African News - Cape Town,South Africa
A year after one of the worst earthquakes in modern history, residents of the Iranian city of Bam are to pay their final respects on Saturday to the 30 000 ...

"Bam Buds" to open at Niavaran Cultural Center tomorrow
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
24 (MNA) -- A group photo exhibition entitled "Bam Buds" is to open at the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran tomorrow, which is the first anniversary of ...

Bam on world heritage list a year after quake
IranMania News - Iran
LONDON, Dec 24 (IranMania) - According to Agence France Press, a ceremony will be held in the destroyed Iranian city of Bam Monday marking the earthquake that ...

Slow rebuilding of Iran's Bam brings complaints
IranMania News - Iran
LONDON, Dec 24 (IranMania) - Reconstruction of Bam a year after the Iranian city was hit by a devastating earth tremor is progressing slowly, with the historic ...

Bam goes on heritage list
Al-Jazeera.Net - Qatar
A ceremony is to be held in the destroyed Iranian city of Bam to mark the earthquake that struck the city one year ago and celebrate its inclusion on UNESCO's ...

Bam rises from the rubble
Guardian - UK
... days of digging, the bodies of Azam Amiri's husband, parents, two brothers and a sister were hauled out of the rubble that had been her home in Bam, she felt ...


 
Thursday, December 23, 2004
 

President inspects reconstruction efforts in Bam
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN (IRNA) -- President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday inspected the reconstruction efforts in the quake-hit city of Bam and the site of the technical and ...

"Bam Is Alive" in Tehran gallery this week
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) -- A painting exhibition entitled "Bam Is Alive" is to open at the Vali Gallery in Tehran tomorrow. The ...

US University Offers Help for Earthquake Damage in Bam, Iran
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
... The School of Architecture at Catholic University in Washington has conducted a semester-long study of the 2,000-year-old city of Bam and come up with ...

 
 
Iran: One year after the earthquake in Bam
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Cologne/Bam. People in Bam are still suffering from the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that struck the town one year ago. ...

Iranian President inaugurates Kerman-Bam railroad
Payvand - Iran
Bam, Kerman prov, Dec 23, IRNA -- By arrival of President Mohammad Khatami in the city of Bam, the Kerman-Bam railroad was officially inaugurated and put into ...

Trauma haunts Bam's children as city rebuilds
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
LONDON (AlertNet) -- On the anniversary of an enormous earthquake that killed almost 31,000 people in southeastern Iran, the people of Bam are still ...


 
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
 

Psychological scars run deep a year after Bam earthquake in Iran
Daily Star - Beirut,Lebanon
Dec, 22 GENEVA: Domestic violence and drug addiction mar the Iranian city of Bam as residents suffer psychological problems one year after a massive earthquake killed ...

One Year After Quake, Bam Residents Rebuilding, But Psychological Scars Run Deep
Radio Free Europe - Prague,Czech Republic
Dec, 22 A year ago, an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.6 destroyed the historic Iranian city of Bam and killed more than 25,000 people. Some ...

UN support for Bam reconstruction effort in last one year
Payvand - Iran
Tehran, Dec 21, IRNA -- Immediately after the devastating Bam earthquake on December 26, 2003, United Nations agencies based in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

Archaeologists unveil mystery of children buried in Bam Citadel walls
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran

21 (MNA) -- A team of archaeologists solved the puzzle of children's bodies buried in the walls of the Bam Citadel over the past years, a member of the team ...

Khatami launches Khatoon-Abad Smelter, Meyduk Copper Complex
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran
Dec, 21 ... He would continue his journey to pay a visit to the historic city of Bam in order to assess how reconstruction operation is going on in this city where a ...

Bam Earthquake - One Year Later - Much Has Been Done, But ...
CNW Telbec - Canada
Dec, 20 ... Next Sunday (December 26th 2004) is the first anniversary of the disastrous earthquake that claimed the lives of 40,000 people in the historic city of Bam, Iran ...

Pictorial books on Bam to be publishedMehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
Dec, 19 (MNA) -- Two pictorial books, "Bam, the City It Was" and "Wrecked Roof of Bam", are to be published concurrently with the "Bam Buds" photo ...


Children to decorate Bam streets with paintings
MehrNews.com - Tehran, Iran
Dec, 17 (MNA) -- Iranian children are to decorate the main streets of Bam and Kerman with their paintings concurrent with the week-long Children's International

Gift of health centre for Bam
The Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Dec, 17 KUALA LUMPUR: When a devastating earthquake hit the historic city of Bam in Iran last December, Malaysians showed their sympathy and scooped out a lot of money ...


"Living for a Day in Bam" exhibition kicks off in Bam
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
15 (MNA) --- The exhibition entitled "Living for a Day in Bam" kicked off on Tuesday (December 14) at the historical site of Bam Citadel with the ...

Bam Municipality seeking funds
IranMania News - Iran
LONDON, Dec 14 (IranMania) - A Bam Municipality official said it received only 5 bln rials of the 180 bln rials allocated for the development projects of this ...

Bam reconstruction trend criticized
IranMania News - Iran
LONDON, Dec 12 (IranMania) - Majlis is not satisfied with the trend of reconstruction of the quake-hit city of Bam, the rapporteur of Majlis Development ...

A year later in Bam, 'hard work having an impact'
Payvand - Iran
Geneva, December 10, 2004--Nearly a year after a devastating earthquake struck the city of Bam in Iran, members of the global alliance Action by Churches ...

ACT Appeal: Bam Earthquake Rehabilitation, REVISION 2, Iran
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
The earthquake in Bam that left behind 26,000 casualties, 75,600 homeless and 5,204 orphans is approaching its first anniversary. ...

Bam's earthquake emergency is still not over a year after 32,000 died
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
Dec, 5 ... baby as she recollects the circumstances of his birth, 11 hours after an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale levelled the city of Bam in south ... 
 
President inspects reconstruction efforts in Bam
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN (IRNA) -- President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday inspected the reconstruction efforts in the quake-hit city of Bam and the site of the technical and ...

"Bam Is Alive" in Tehran gallery this week
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) -- A painting exhibition entitled "Bam Is Alive" is to open at the Vali Gallery in Tehran tomorrow. The ...

US University Offers Help for Earthquake Damage in Bam, Iran
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
... The School of Architecture at Catholic University in Washington has conducted a semester-long study of the 2,000-year-old city of Bam and come up with ...

 
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