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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2011-04-08-national-weekend-weather-forecast_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29Near-record heat will make for a summerlike weekend for much of the southeastern USA, where highs are forecast to reach near 90 degrees. Another ...Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:02:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-d86f8865b56547f323fd1fb3a66a5adc38.9051 -77.016220110408230200http://www.dehai.org/archives/dehai_news_archive/0616.html> here. But one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzDWXWfuxYY would have thought that were this story true it would be headline news?Experts on Africa who have traveled extensively in Libya contend that the stories emanating from the Western media that portray Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, as....Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:58:00 +0200dehaiendehai-7ab871ae5aaf5dcc4ea7514ce7e398cb32.8711 13.1820110405185800http://abbaymedia.com/News/?p=6578Following the poor October to December 2010 rains, southern and southeastern pastoral and agropastoral parts of the country face critical shortages of water and pasture. The anticipated below normal April to June 2011 rains are likely to further limit the availability of pastoral resources leading....Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:23:00 +0200abbaymediaenabbaymedia-92fa0c7c871382b4378e6518015dde8720110405112300http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/42191/9/asking_questions_with_photographs.htmlTHE FUNDAMENTALS of photojournalism remain the same as ever: to tell a story, no matter what technologies the photographer is using. But some aspects of photojournalism today are different than in the past. New technologies put different pressures on photojournalists and surviving as a photographer....Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:12:00 +0200spectatorenspectator-007771d0dd43a8cfbe58b6127c8e0e0420110404011200http://article.wn.com/view/2011/04/01/US_weather_service_predicts_busy_hurricane_season/| PENNSYLVANIA, USA (CMC) A United States weather service is predicting a busy hurricane season this year, with the southern Caribbean under threat early in the s... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Dana Warr)Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:23:00 +0200antiguanewsenantiguanews-b00d33438c3d3d598ec3642cc9f36cbe40.8732052497767 -77.798396426730920110402022300http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2011-04-01-national-weekend-weather-forecast_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29The first weekend of April will see a weather contrast between cool, damp conditions in much of the northern half of the nation and extreme heat ...Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:50:00 +0200usaTodayenusaToday-7812e4916a7010e400d1fac53043a0d520110401225000http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1103/S01005/over-700-seafarers-held-in-somalia.htmMV RAK AFRIKANA STILL AFLOAT AT SOMALI COAST (ecop-marine) Environmental organization protests against shipowner's neglect. The vessel is as ghost ship drifting unattended along the Somali coast. She is slowly going down, observers reported over the weekend and stated: "We can not say yet where she....Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:02:00 +0200antiguanewsenantiguanews-7a9cf6f96342f0ca006bda6b40d0eeb2MaritimeSafetyEuropeTerroristAttackSecurityCouncilRuralDevelopmentManMadeDisastersUNSecretaryGeneralHumanRightsDiscriminationUNbodiesGenderEqualityImmigrationSocietyRegionalPolicyDumpingEnergyMarketsandStrategiesBluefinTunaImportsExportsScienceAlternativeEnergyNuclearDecommissioningNuclearAirTransportEnvironmentAsylumJRCSafeguardsJRCNuclearSecurityCopenhagenSummitOHIMMaritimeTransportSecurityFrontexBorderDisputesFRA-EUEU-AfricaEU-CaribbeanEU-PacificEU-ChinaEU-LatinAmericaEU-Asia-2.49401225247672 39.323600563016220110329050200http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/usa-awards-disaster-grants,1724585.htmlALEXANDRIA, Va. March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the 100-year-old social services organization working to reduce poverty in America and assist with disaster response, this month has awarded five $10,000 disaster relief grants to help victims in the following....Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:48:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-49c91883b46502dc438daa763ebf89e6FoodSecurityFoodAidNaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220110324184800http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/719962011-03-24 The ‘people of Libya deserve all our sympathy – for having been obliged to endure the calamitous rule of a man, apparently destined to inflict so much suffering on them,’ writes Cameron Duodu.Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:08:00 +0100pambazukaenpambazuka-cec39bc2a32f4cf245e001f3ba7efb69UNbodiesPoliticalUnrestHumanRightsConflictSecurityCouncilTerroristAttackEU-Africa32.8711 13.1820110324180800http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/720042011-03-24 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brqnetwork/5510278601/Unless Libyans themselves own the struggle against Gaddafi, opponents to his regime may find that even if he has been removed from power, ‘Gaddafism’ will continue – but this time propped up by the West, Horace Campbell warns.Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:08:00 +0100pambazukaenpambazuka-f41208a78c608267bf56988c41af45eaUNbodiesConflictImmigrationSocietyRacismXenophobiaSecurityCouncilTerroristAttackDiscriminationEU-AfricaEU-ChinaEU-LatinAmericaEU-Asia32.8711 13.1820110324180800http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/03/21/47735701.htmlJapanese engineers are doing everything possible to put the situation at the Fukushima-1 NPP under control. On Monday they hooked up power cables to all six power-generating units. Experts hope that this will allow the launch of water cooling systems in the reactors and spent nuclear fuel pools.Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:06:00 +0100ruvr-enenruvr-en-bf712f0776dd064d0e3111edf710e534JRCNuclearSecurityNaturalDisastersJRCSafeguards35.6831 139.80920110321140600http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/we-are-at-the-crossroads-of-history-amit-mitra/articleshow/7740605.cmsFicci secretary general and Trinamool Congress candidate Amit Mitra is game for anything that Mamata Banerjee might give him.Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:41:00 +0100economictimeseneconomictimes-7d8752456b39227c72219ce4df21bf0620110318234100http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2011-03-18-national-weekend-weather-forecast_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29While the western USA endures a wet, cool weekend, most of the central and southern parts of the country will see very mild weather. And for ...Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:46:00 +0100usaTodayenusaToday-af3ebbd851b2f566beb5841b8ac8be2838.9051 -77.016220110318194600http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/australia-to-spend-up-to-15-bn-on-4-c17s-updated-01971/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20did/rss%20%28Defense%20Industry%20Daily%29interviews]: “And separately, this week, the government’s also formally decided that we should acquire another C-17 large aircraft, and we’ll do that as quickly as we can. And this has been – this has arisen in part because of the great utility we’ve got out of our current C-17 fleet in disaster....Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:49:00 +0100defenseindustrydailyendefenseindustrydaily-eea5d338404bd7df09948aec44e9f177NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters-35.3499 149.04220110318054900http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/nuclear-age-disastrous-decisions/508/Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Complex, Japan: Japan has suffered monumental destruction in the recent natural disaster; from the cumulative impacts of the high-ranking magnitude Earthquake of 9.0 and the initial tsunami to consecutive days of continued natural disaster aftermaths with aftershocks, earthquakes and secondary tsunamis.Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:43:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-9e77505f2971ca50d02f40e989bd1dfcRenewableEnergiesEuropeAidNuclearEnergyPoliticalUnrestNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAlternativeEnergyNuclearEU-USABiotechnologyBiodiversityImportsExportsWasteTreatmentNuclearMedecineJRCSafeguardsNuclearSafetyJRCNuclearSecurityEnvironment35.6831 139.80920110317204300http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/oettinger-pushes-stress-tests-europes-nuclear-plants-news-503139Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger called at a hastily-convened meeting of ministers yesterday (15 March) for the introduction of safety "stress tests" at nuclear power plants in Europe. He commended the safety standards currently in place in EU countries, but at the same time told German media....Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:33:00 +0100euractiv-eneneuractiv-en-51663d6e774e9c34f37d09f63b012d66RegionalPolicyGunterOettingerMediaNuclearEnergyNuclearEuropeanParliamentEU-USAMarleneHolznerJRCSafeguardsNuclearSafetyJRCNuclearSecurityEU-JapanPressRepresentatives54.2205350368171 -4.6208529784830820110316113300http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/caign-provide-aid-japan,1711684.htmlWASHINGTON March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Islamic Relief USA has launched an emergency appeal to donors to aid survivors of Japan 's earthquake and tsunami disasters. Strong aftershocks continue to rock Japan , days after the biggest earthquake in the island nation's recorded history, a magnitude 9.Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:43:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-1140e298dc25d02dae8f70382d98d196NaturalDisasters47.373271456894 -120.41897402772720110315224300http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1103/S00133/venezuela-the-embattled-future.htm"There is nothing in our system designed to exploit anyone." – George Bush, US ambassador to the United Nations, December 1972 "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." – Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, quoted in the New York....Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:02:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-07b39377675c4b823540bd4d40557611ImportsExportsCompetition-MergersSocietyScienceOutermostRegionsTelecommunicationsFinancialServicesMediaCompetitionCultureManMadeDisastersTerroristAttackHumanRightsAccountingLibertiesFightagainstFraudCompetition-CartelsUNbodiesFRA-EUEU-AfricaEU-CaribbeanEU-PacificEU-ChinaEU-JapanEU-CanadaEU-LatinAmericaEU-Asia10.49605 -66.89827720110314110200http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/management-into-220-countries,1707496.htmlVentura, CA, March 14, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Ron Broussard, President and CEO of Green Power Resource Management, Inc. (GPRM) commented: "GPRM will use FranTech and its various sub-entities to meet the needs of emerging growth in the renewable energy market. Our technology has become critical within the scope of today's depleting resources.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:17:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-a5e88cb3b23846925a1c12e60fd5acdeEnvironmentRenewableEnergiesWorldEconomyFloodingAlternativeEnergy20110314081700http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2011-03-11-national-weekend-weather-forecast_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomNation-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20Nation%20-%20Top%20Stories%29The worst of the rain may be over for the northeastern USA, but floods will remain an issue through the weekend. Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest ...Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:10:00 +0100usaTodayenusaToday-ea4797526daa9e556b8e526b938e36cc38.9051 -77.016220110312031000http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/news/8death-toll-rises-pacific-islands-on-alert-after-quake45/One of the most powerful ever earthquakes in the world has triggered a devastating tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. The 8.9 quake hit off the coast of Japan early this morning. It sparked fires and a 10 metre high wall of water that has smashed into the north-east of the country. A ship with 100 [...]Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:01:00 +0100newstalkennewstalk-35bbe7739f935bbe53f34cb775682d82NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersPetroleumRefineriesMaritimeSafetyEurope35.6831 139.80920110311150100