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49 min ago | Live Science

GPS Could Issue Tsunami Alert in Minutes

An image from an animation using satellite observations of the March 11 tsunami that shows how the waves of the tsunami were influenced by seafloor features.

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3 hrs ago | The Standard

Rice planting resumes near Fukushima nuke plant

Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a local official said Wednesday.

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8 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha

Tokyo Electric Power Company: Power Surge In Stock Price

On Friday, March 11, 2011, Japan experienced an earthquake and a tsunami that killed many people and destroyed nuclear power plants owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company .

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Related Topix: Energy, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Natural Disasters

13 hrs ago | Stars and Stripes

Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis

Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels.

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Related Topix: Energy, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Asian Tsunami Disaster

17 hrs ago | A-Infos Radio Project

TUC Radio: Akio Matsumura: What did the World Learn from the Fukushima Accident? , Segment 1

This is the last of a ten part program series covering the most recent and complex status of the ecological and medical consequences of the Fukushima catastrophe - as well as the very important details of engineering in nuclear power technology.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Jaunted

Why Tornado Preparedness is Something Travelers Should Learn

Oklahoma 's huge tornado hit this week is a painful reminder that the sun isn't always shining when you plan to travel.

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The Jackson Sun

GOP donor pledges $1M to Okla. tornado victims

WASHINGTON a?? Republican donor Foster Friess is pledging $1 million to help Oklahoma tornado victims and challenging others to match his gift.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Asian Tsunami Disaster

New York Magazine

Metro-North, Amtrak Restoring Service, Order to World by Wednesday

Metro-North's patchwork of shuttle buses and trains following Friday's derailment got people to work on Monday, but it was not pretty.

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Bangkok Post

Turning dreams into reality

Fumiya Saeki's favourite hobby is watching TV. One day in 2011, he saw news reports on the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.

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Cornish Guardian

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TWO orphans of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami were welcomed to Cornwall on Saturday as they launched their new flip-flop brand, Gandys, in the county.

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Money Morning

Unloved Uranium is About to Get Much More Attractive

Not only is it a commodity, but nuclear power has a stigma attached to it, thanks to the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear mishap in Japan.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Asian Tsunami Disaster

Mon May 20, 2013

National Geographic

Top 10: Bees Hunt, Virgin Birth

"Armani the anteater's surprising pregnancy has sparked a debate over what animals are capable of when it comes to sex." NBC News Animals Archeaologists have uncovered evidence that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practiced agriculture before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Asian Tsunami Disaster

Times of Oman

A new deal for fragile states

Today, roughly one-quarter of the world's population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, Asia, Natural Disasters, Techno, The New Deal, Sudan, Africa

Times of Oman

'Quake risk higher than estimated'

Muscat: Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Oman, World News, Middle East, Oceanography, Science, Geology, Asian Tsunami Disaster

Jerusalem Post

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Chile; no tsunami seen

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.

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Related Topix: South America, Chile, World News, Natural Disasters, Earthquake, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Geology, Science, Israel, Middle East

The Honolulu Advertiser

No tsunami threat to Hawaii from large quake off Chile

An earthquake with an esimated 6.8 magnitude struck off the Coast of Chile Sunday night.

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West Hawaii Today

GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds

When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement.

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AlertNet

GENEVA: A global charity is advocating for child-based disaster...

Children's experiences and opinions must be taken into account when predicting, preparing for and responding to disasters, says a global charity.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Korea Herald

[Robert Reich] Danger to American family

My mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out.

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Evansville Courier & Press

Yesterday's News: First air mail flight here drew a crowd

I recall my state of wonderment back in 1995 the first time I sent an email. It was almost unfathomable at the time that I could hit a computer key and a few minutes later what I had typed could appear on a computer screen on another continent.

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Related Topix: Media, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Email Spam, Natural Disasters, Evansville, IN, University of Evansville

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