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4 hrs ago | The Peninsula

Taiwanese rally against N-power...

TAIPEI: Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei yesterday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis.

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7 hrs ago | USA Today

Hey, ladies, have we got a hunky guy ad for you

The ad world's hottest trend: hot hunks. That's right, sexy guys - not gals - featured in racy TV spots.

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8 hrs ago | SanLuisObispo.com

SLO County beaches brace for Japanese tsunami debris

SLO County Dept. of Environmental Health has a program set up to respond to any tsunami debris from Japan that might wash up on shore in the county.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Avila Beach, CA, Scanners, San Luis Obispo, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA

11 hrs ago | IcNetwork

Prof. David Whittaker, forensic dentist at Cardiff University

The 73-year-old spent almost a year studying the remains of murderous duo Fred and Rose West's victims, he helped identify victims of the Boxing Day tsunami and even worked on the high profile case of two star footballers charged with assault.

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Related Topix: Dentistry, Natural Disasters, Asian Tsunami Disaster, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

16 hrs ago | Asopa People

Keith's intimate travel diary 16 - Glimpses from my mind

SATURDAY 18 MAY - MESSINA, ITALY. Nautica was scheduled to anchor off the spectacular cliff-top town of Taormina in Sicily.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Boat Disaster, Asian Tsunami Disaster, Natural Disasters, Australia, Oceania

Sat May 18, 2013

Voice of America

Earthquake Hits Northern Japan, No Reports of Damage

Seismologists say a strong earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan's main Honshu island, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

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Jerusalem Post

Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science, Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

Fri May 17, 2013

The Age

CHILE

A judge has dismissed an appeal to suspend involuntary manslaughter charges against four Chilean government officials accused of failing to issue a tsunami alert after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake in 2010.

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Daily Echo

Show of the Week - Toyah Wilcox in Hormonal Housewives

Sketches look at everything that makes today's woman tick , from the joys of teenagers, to the challenge of IKEA, the madness of holiday reps and the insanity of DIY.

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EurekAlert!

GPS solution provides 3-minute tsunami alerts

Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset.

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Rochester Business Journal

Sustainability or resilience: which should we seek?

The notion of sustainable development and the more general concept of sustainability have become quite the rage today.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, New York

American Thinker

A Care-less Foreign Policy

The Middle East is on fire. More than 80,000 people have been killed in Syria's brutal civil war.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Thu May 16, 2013

National Fisherman

Another view of Maine's elver rush

With the season about to end on May 31, I drove five hours north to Eastport, Maine, this week to learn more about the fishery for elvers, which have been making headlines since last year when prices reached more than $2,000 a pound.

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Related Topix: Eastport, ME, Natural Disasters, Marketing

AlertNet

Economic losses from disasters top $100 bln for third year

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Related Topix: Asian Tsunami Disaster, Natural Disasters, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy

Torontoist

Urban Planner: May 16, 2013

Photography: David Kaufman's Early Sunday Morning photography exhibit simultaneously celebrates the heritage of Toronto's architecture, while pleading for its preservation, in the face of gentrification and condo development.

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WKBT

Japanese delegation visits Gundersen Heallth System

A Japanese delegation of health and government officials toured Gundersen Health System Wednesday.

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The Globe and Mail

Japan's government takes aim at electricity monopolies

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture is seen in this March 11, 2013, photo.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia, Natural Disasters, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Energy

Wed May 15, 2013

The Washington Post

Japan Economy Grows More-Than-Forecast 3.5% in Boost for Abe

Japan's economy expanded the most in a year last quarter as consumer spending and export gains outweighed the weakest business investment since the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Related Topix: Asian Tsunami Disaster, Financial Markets, Business News

The Miami Herald

UN: $2.5 trillion in disaster losses since 2000

Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher than previous international estimates, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, Asian Tsunami Disaster

Mobile Radio Technology

Leveraging high-accuracy location technology after a disaster

A previous article examined myriad ways in which high-accuracy wireless location is proving to be an essential tool for law enforcement in the fight against crime and terrorism.

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Related Topix: Prison, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Asian Tsunami Disaster

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