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8 hrs ago | The Daily Star

Easter Island statue erected in Japan tsunami town

Japanese high school students and carvers from Chile pose before a new "Moai" statue , modelled on the mysterious carvings at Easter Island, as it was set at the tsunami-devastated town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on May 25, 2013.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Education Etc., Earthquake

8 hrs ago | Yahoo!

Easter Island statue erected in Japan tsunami town

A giant statue from Chile's Easter Island on Saturday found a new home in a small tsunami-devastated Japanese town where it will become a symbol for its recovery.

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Fri May 24, 2013

The Nation

Japanese Yen trade volatile in Asia

TOKYO : Yen trading was volatile in Asia on Friday in tandem with wild swings on the Tokyo stock market, but some analysts said the Japanese currency's weakening trend was likely to continue.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Tsunami

Iol.co.za

China, US disappoint markets

It was a grim day on global markets yesterday after the release of disappointing manufacturing survey data from China and renewed concern that the US could start to cut back on its cash injections.

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The Nation

Social media's role in natural disasters

I almost wrote that Thailand's hero of the week is social media, after the news last week of a 17-year-old girl rescued from prostitution in South Korea after she used Facebook to alert authorities.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Tsunami

Grocery Headquarters

Big Y Launches Donation Program to Support Oklahoma Disaster Relief Effort

The American Red Cross has a huge relief response to Oklahoma and other surrounding communities underway and Big Y World Class Market is doing its part to send help and hope to those in need.

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The Papillion Times

Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at the 19th International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo, Friday, May 24, 2013.

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The Standard

Nikkei ends rollercoaster session in positive territory (Business)...

Shares in Tokyo closed 0.89 percent higher today in a rollercoaster session that came a day after the Nikkei suffered its worst one-day drop since Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.

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Thu May 23, 2013

The Miami Herald

Coconut Grove woman to appear in People magazine for campaign

The Coconut Grove-based volunteer humanitarian has been called into action time and time again over the years, from the Sept.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen (generic), Health, Pain

Times of Oman

Tokyo plunges more than 7% as Asian markets fall

Asian markets fell Thursday with Tokyo plunging more than seven percent as investors took profits after weak Chinese data and signs the US Federal Reserve could start tapering off its massive stimulus measures.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke

Oracle

How Toshiba survived the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

The first words that come to mind are innovation and achievement. Innovation by definition means "a new method, idea or product". In the technology world it can mean this among many other things like implementing new ideas that can help you achieve business value or thinking "outside the box" when delivering exceptional service to your customers.

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Bangkok Post

SET takes hit from China, US

Thai shares and the baht yesterday took a hit from China's disappointing manufacturing output and mounting concerns that the US Federal Reserve will taper its asset-buying scheme to dampen demand for emerging markets' assets.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Tsunami, Ben Bernanke

Newkerala.com

Petra Nemcova goes bra-less on return to modelling

London, May 23 : Petra Nemcova has gone bra-less in sheer lace lingerie as she made a spectacular return to modelling.

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City Pages

John Piper, former Mpls megachurch pastor, deletes insensitive tweets about OKC tornado

John Piper, the recently retired pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, has made a cottage industry out of attributing natural disasters to God's vindictive will.

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Reuters

UPDATE 1-Japan govt: Nikkei plunge temporary, won't derail Abenomics

The biggest plunge in Japanese stock prices since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a temporary pullback that will not derail the government's "Abenomics" policy of loose money and fiscal stimulus, officials said on Thursday.

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The Japan Times

Annual entrance passes eyed for Skytree

The operator of Tokyo Skytree is considering issuing annual observatory entrance passes, Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., said in an interview.

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Related Topix: Japan Travel, Travel, Asia Travel, Tokyo, Japan Travel, Tsunami

Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault

Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually impossible.

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United Nations

UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima

The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and Assistance Network Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima next week, according to a news release from the UN nuclear watchdog.

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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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Tue May 21, 2013

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, Tsunami