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MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS All U contents Copyright 2007, Dally Herald. Any reproduction or other use is strictly prohibited without written permission. - rpi) "i iviaiaysi. 7 lank HONIARA, Solomon Islands A powerful earthquake struck in the South Pacific ' Monday off the Solomon Is-lands, triggering a tsunami several yards high that destroyed a village and left at least four people missing, officials and residents said. Judith Kennedy, a resident of the western town of Gizo, said water "right up to your head" swept through the town. "All the houses near the sea were flattened," she told The Associated Press by telephone. "The downtown area is a very big mess from the tsunami and the earthquake," she added. "A lot of hpuses have collapsed. The whole town is still shaking" from aftershocks. Police and residents said buildings were inundated when the wave hit Gizo, a regional vfrLaos s Thailand ASSOCIATED PRESS Thomas vtfarimarsp ,s Evan Wasuka www.heraldextra.com Executive Editor India SN. t. ,''r". PI Tsunami In the South f --Philippines f New Guinea - - f.Vi i r J fl Solomon Island K Pacific A powerful earthquake t struck of the Solomon Islands at 739 a.m. Monday. The quake triggered a tsunami wave that hit the country's west coast and prompted region- wide disaster warnings. Australia Kloui osoorm Zealand 6 500km AP SOURCES: ESRI; U.S. Geological Survey throughout the South Pacific and as far north as Hawaii, though officials canceled the alert after the danger period passed. Julian McLeod of the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office said there were unconfirmed reports that two villages in the country's far west were flooded. center. "Two villages were reported Harry Wickham, who owns to have been completely inuna waterfront hotel in the town, dated," McLeod told Australian said the damage was wide- Broadcasting Corp. radio. "We have received reports of four spread. "The waves came up probpeople missing." A town in the west, Munda, ably about 10 feet and swept through town," he told Austra- was believed to be badly damlia's Nine Network television aged, officials and the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corp. by telephone. "There's a lot of water damage and a lot of said, but communications were debris floating around," he difficult and details were not added. confirmed. ' "Ten feet of water washing The U.S. Geological Survey through town you can imag- said the quake struck at 7:39 ine what damage it has done a.m. about 6 miles beneath the sea floor, 217 miles northwest here." The magnitude-8.- 0 quake of the capital, Honiara. The agency had earlier estimated triggered tsunami warnings the magnitude at 7.6. The Maugh Hawaii-base- II TIMES Danish researchers have perfected an inexpensive and efficient way to convert types A, B and AB blood into type O, the universal-dono- r blood that can be given to anyone an achievement that promises to make transfusions safer and relieve shortages of type O blood. The team reported Sunday in the journal Nature Biotechnology that they isolated bacterial enzymes that safely remove frdm red blood cells the sugar molecules that provoke an immune reaction in the recipient. Previous studies of type O blood produced from type B by a different method have shown it to be both safe and effective, and the researchers are now conducting clinical trials with the new product. Papua , H. LOS ANGELES W .Mr 2007 Researchers Tsunami hits Solomon Islands Customer Service April Monday. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported the quake at magnitude 8.1, and said a temblor of that strength could cause a destructive tsunami and issued a warning bulletin for the Solomon Islands and neighboring Mismatching of blood causes at least half of all transfusion-relate- d deaths. And the need for matched blood drives the Costly and inefficient process of shuttling blood units between regional blood banks and hospitals. "Those issues could be largely resolved if there were a universally transfus-ibl- e blood supply," said Doug Clibourn, chief executive of ZymeQuest Inc. in Beverly, Mass., which is developing the technology. The problem involves sugar molecules on the surface of red blood cells. Type A blood has one set of sugars and type B has another, while type O has none. People with type A blood have antibodies Papua New Guinea. "tsuIt ordered a lower-levnami watch" for other places, including most South Pacific countries, but later canceled the alert. The center said a wave had been reported in the capital Honiara. Police Sgt. Godfrey Abiah in Honiara said police in Gizo had received warning about a possible tsunami and were helping people leave the town for higher ground when the wave hit. "We have lost radio contact with the two police stations down there and we're not getting any clear picture from down there," he told The Associated Press by telephone! A spokesman for Prime Minel against the type B sugars, people with type B have antibodies against type A, and people with type O have antibodies against both. ister Manasseh Sogavare, Deli Oso, said the quake was felt in Honiara but there were no reports of any damage. POD COLLEGE 1 ViVirs'-- i mm We'll listen to all your questions about the WaMu Free Checking"" account. To answer a few already, yes, we offer free checks for life, free ATM cash withdrawals and free outgoing wire transfers. Call visit wamu.com or stop by a WaMu near you. We'll be listening for you. Tm !!) 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