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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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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.
23 hrs ago | Bangkok Post
Fumiya Saeki's favourite hobby is watching TV. One day in 2011, he saw news reports on the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.
Yesterday | Cornish Guardian
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.
Yesterday | 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.
'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.
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.
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.
Thousands in Taiwan rally against nuclear power
Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei on Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis.
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.
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.
GPS solution provides three-minute tsunami alerts
For the devastating Japan 2011 event, the team reveals that the analysis of the GPS data and issue of a detailed tsunami alert would have taken no more than three minutes.
Economic losses from disasters 'out of control'- UN
A man watches as water is pumped out of his shop in Pathum Thani province, a suburb of Bangkok, Nov.
Economic losses from disasters top $100 bln for third year
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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.
Japanese delegation visits Gundersen Heallth System
A Japanese delegation of health and government officials toured Gundersen Health System Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
Nankai Big One could kill 1,800 in isles: metro team
Some 1,800 people in the Izu and Ogasawara island chains in the Pacific could be killed, mainly by tsunami, if the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan experiences a major temblor, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government warned Tuesday.