Did you read the article or just dr_pat's false headline?
read the article...why is the headline bogus ?
"At dawn, the most destructive earthquake in recorded European history strikes the Straits of Messina in southern Italy, leveling the cities of Messina in Sicily and Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. The earthquake and tsunami it caused killed an estimated 100,000 people."
doh ! i'm an idiot you meant the title in THIS thread...you are right..it's the writer's lame attempt trying to connect what Abdul Gayoom said to the current disaster.