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Possible Tsunami Risk as Geologists Discover 45-Mile-Long Hidden Fault

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A brand new 45-mile fault line has been discovered stretching along Canada's Vancouver Island, just north of the Washington state border, and may pose a tsunami risk to people nearby. The fault line was suspected to be lurking in the region by geologists, mineralogists and Earth and ocean scientists, who had recently found evidence of an earthquake occurring on the Saanich Peninsula between 4,700 and 2,300 years ago, according to new research in the journal Tectonics. Read More...

Salvadoran rape survivor faces prison for giving birth in toilet | Women's Rights News

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Usulutan, El Salvador – The trial of a young Salvadoran woman, who became pregnant after being raped and suffered complications during her pregnancy, is set to begin on Monday in the latest case tried under the country’s strict abortion laws. Imelda Cortez, 20, is accused of attempted aggravated homicide of her newborn baby. She became pregnant at the age of 17 after being raped repeatedly by her stepfather. Cortez, who said she was not aware she was pregnant at the time, suffered abdominal pains and went to the toilet where she fainted in April 2017. Read More...